You were planning to catch a flight and the dreaded text pops up on your phone: your flight has been cancelled.

Now what?

More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants are off the job after a strike deadline passed Saturday without a deal. The airline had already cancelled 500 flights on Friday in anticipation of the full stoppage and all flights will be halted during the work stoppage.

Air Canada has said that, in the event of a strike, it would try and book customers on another flight, including those operated by other carriers.

“However, available capacity on our airline and on other carriers is limited due to the summer travel peak, meaning the possibility of rebooking you within an acceptable time frame is low,” Air Canada said in an online notice Friday.

“If your travel is disru

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