US: Airlines already waiving change fees for Friday nor'easter

A coastal storm that’s forecast to roar across the Northeast later this week is expected to be so strong that airlines are already waiving change fees days in advance. In anticipation of the "nor’easter," four of the nation’s biggest carriers have already enacted flexible rebooking policies at a number of airports across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. The policies are in place for Friday and Saturday, when the storm is expected bring severe and damaging winds to many of the region’s big cities. Airports in the expected path of the storm include those serving New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Providence and Hartford, Conn. Strong winds also were forecast for Washington and Baltimore, though none of the airports near those cities were included in the change-fee waiver as of early Wednesday evening. Among airlines waiving change fees are American, Delta and Southwest. Their waivers covered numerous airports from Philadelphia north through New York state and New England.<br/>