Summary Passengers with Air Canada can now change bookings for some flights in September due to a potential pilots' strike. Almost all Air Canada pilots voted in favor of a strike, but there is a 21-day cooling off period. The carrier is committed to negotiating with pilots to reach a settlement before the strike can occur.
With the possibility of a pilots’ strike in a few weeks, Air Canada is allowing passengers booked on some of the flights in September to make changes to their reservations. Almost all of the carrier’s pilots recently voted in favor of a strike, but before that, there’s a mandatory 21-day cooling off period that ends on September 17. Flexible rebooking Air Canada says that it has introduced a goodwill policy to give all customers flexibility with imminent travel plans.
Passengers who are traveling with the carrier immediately preceding and after the end of the cooling off period on September 17 can now change their booking without any additional costs. Air Canada says that passengers with tickets in any class for travel between September 15 and 23 can make the following changes to their reservations: A) rebook to any other Air Canada flight(s) with the same origin and destination up to November 30, 2024. Change fees and any other fees or fare difference will be waived, meaning such changes can be made at no cost for customers who choose to travel the same route in the same cabin.
or B) cancel their flight and retain the residual value on a future trav.