If you’re less concerned about hygiene and more concerned about costs or hidden change fees, you’ll be happy to know that most airlines are waiving change fees for the foreseeable future. Southwest Airlines already offered this before the pandemic, but now American, Delta and United are all encouraging travelers to book by offering them the ability to change trips or cancel them and rebook later.
Most of the policies are similar to Delta’s in that any flight booked from now until May 31, 2020, can be changed without a change fee for up to a year, and any travel booked through Sept. 30, 2020, (regardless of when it was booked originally) can also be changed without fees.