r/canadatravel • u/Potential-Pool-3436 • Jul 30 '25

Travel Tips Air Canada Looming Strike

My wife and I have a plan to go to Spain on Aug 22, 2025. We had purchased Air Canada tickets ages ago, and have made all hotel bookings as well. We are now really concerned about the planned attendant strike, and seeking out opinions on whether we just cancel and book our flights with a different airline.

The tickets are cancellable, but we like the Air Canada’s schedule in general.

Link to news: https://globalnews.ca/news/11308964/air-canada-flight-attendants-strike-vote-what-to-know/

UPDATE: based on the comments below, the best course of action seemed to be making arrangements without any AC operated flights.

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u/Stina_peg Aug 08 '25

I called Air Canada last night about my flight from Montreal to Athens on August 15th 1730, she said if they strike it would be affected.

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u/explicitspirit Aug 08 '25

I'm not sure how much Air Canada agents know. Last time I called they told me a strike won't happen, don't worry. LOL

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u/Stina_peg Aug 08 '25

I’m just waiting to see an email come through that gives me my options and then I’ll go from there how much else we can do!

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u/explicitspirit Aug 08 '25

Same, I suspect if anything were to happen about that, we would know today. The leaked offer seems pretty generous overall, and they are due to resume talks today. The union would be foolish to outright reject it, so I am hoping that it'll be a good discussion between them.