Your flight just got cancelled because of an airline strike and you have no idea what to do

Your flight just got cancelled because of an airline strike and you have no idea what to do ✈️👀 This is happening right now with WestJet and 70,000 passengers are stuck. Here’s what you actually need to know 👀 ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚨 1. CHECK YOUR FLIGHT STATUS IMMEDIATELY ▸ Do not go to the airport without confirming ▸ Airlines cancel flights hours before strike begins ▸ Your booking confirmation is not confirmation your flight exists ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📞 2. CALL THE AIRLINE DIRECTLY NOT A THIRD PARTY ▸ If you booked through third party site they cannot help you ▸ Airline customer service has rebooking options immediately ▸ Third party will tell you to call the airline anyway ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💰 3. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO COMPENSATION NOT JUST A REBOOKING ▸ Flight cancellation due to airline strike is airline responsibility ▸ You get rebooked PLUS compensation under passenger protection rules ▸ Most people never ask so they never receive it ━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✈️ 4. GET REBOOKED ON A COMPETITOR AIRLINE IMMEDIATELY ▸ Airline must book you on rival carrier if no availability ▸ Do not accept standby or waitlist status ▸ Demand confirmed seat on next available flight ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏨 5. HOTEL AND MEALS ARE COVERED IF YOU ARE STRANDED ▸ Airline pays for accommodation if strike strands you overnight ▸ Keep all receipts for meals and hotel ▸ Submit receipts for reimbursement within 30 days ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📋 6. GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING ▸ Screenshot rebooking confirmation with flight details ▸ Document compensation offer in writing ▸ Keep airline contact name and time of call ▸ You need proof if they do not follow through ━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚖️ 7. THIS IS YOUR LEGAL RIGHT AND MOST PEOPLE DON’T EVEN KNOW IT EXISTS ▸ Passenger protection act guarantees compensation ▸ Airlines count on you not knowing your rights ▸ File for compensation even if rebooking was free ▸ You are owed money not just a new flight ━━━━━━━━━━━━ Do not accept a rebooking without compensation. That’s not protection. That’s the airline hoping you don’t know better 🧳✈️ #airporttips #travelhacks #airlinestrike #passengerrights