United Offers 'Free' Checked Bags for a Year, for a Fee. United is raising the fee for a second checked bag from $70 to $100. United Airlines will let you check bags for a year free of baggage service charges, provided you pay upfront. The airline now offers an annual subscription service for checked bags. The cost starts at $349 per year, which covers one checked bag on flights in the continental United States for one person. The program, announced earlier this week, is the first of its kind.
In general, the best time to visit the south is during the Australian summer, from December to March, though long summer holidays from Christmas through January mean that prices are higher and beaches more crowded at this time.
Weather in Australia in May. May is a blissful âshoulder seasonâ in Australia â autumn brings cold, sunny and dry conditions to the extreme south, moving through warm to hot as one travels north, with the horrid, muddy rainy season over in Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef and Northern Territory.