{"id":210545,"date":"2026-07-24T06:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/?p=210545"},"modified":"2026-07-24T09:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:20:20","slug":"westjet-offering-flexible-booking-options-as-negotiations-with-union-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/westjet-offering-flexible-booking-options-as-negotiations-with-union-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"WestJet offers flexible booking options as union talks continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-207669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WestJet-Fuel-Costs-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WestJet-Fuel-Costs-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WestJet-Fuel-Costs-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WestJet-Fuel-Costs-1024x768-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In an advisory on its website, WestJet says that as it \u201cremains actively engaged in negotiations with the union representing WestJet cabin crew, we are offering guests travelling between July 30, 2026, and Aug. 4, 2026 the flexibility to adjust their travel plans, including a one-time change or cancellation with no fee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The airline says that if its customers have flexible travel plans, they\u2019re encouraged to review the options available for their booking.<\/p>\n<p>To view those options, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westjet.com\/en-ca\/manage\/change-cancel#flexible\">just CLICK HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for vacation package bookings, WestJet advises that \u201cif you booked through WestJet Vacations, Sunwing Vacations or Vacances WestJet Qu\u00e9bec, your vacation provider will contact you directly with information about the flexible options available for your booking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, it adds that: \u201cIf you do not receive an email from your provider, please contact them directly for assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an advisory on its website, WestJet says that as it \u201cremains actively engaged in negotiations with the union representing WestJet cabin crew, we are offering guests travelling between July 30, 2026, and Aug. 4, 2026 the flexibility to adjust their travel plans, including a one-time change or cancellation with no fee.\u201d The airline says<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/westjet-offering-flexible-booking-options-as-negotiations-with-union-continue\/\">more &#8250;<\/a>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[1070],"front_page":[],"class_list":["post-210545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airlines","category-news","tag-westjet"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210545"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210559,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210545\/revisions\/210559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210545"},{"taxonomy":"front_page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/front_page?post=210545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}