What to Expect If You're Flying in 2021

Policies enacted by the airlines in 2020 may change air travel for the long haul.

- EMMA PATCH

AT A TIME WHEN EVERYTHING travel-related seems to be up in the air except for airplanes, at least fliers have the ability to stay flexible. The major airlines have permanently waived change fees for all but the cheapest flights within the U.S. and to Mexico and the Caribbean. And although the waived-fee policies aren’t set in stone for basic-economy or international bookings, for now some airlines are extending the policy to those tickets, too.