Originally Posted by
ffay005
My guess is that if you try to do it before the flight is cancelled, you will be referred to QR (and QR is most likely uninterested in any AY-introduced waivers and will look at award availability only). But if you wait until the flight is actually cancelled and AY sends you both the cancellation notice as well as the rebooked itinerary, you then have the option of changing that itinerary online at AY MMB, including for flights the next day.
That I hope for as well, but the reason why I am asking again is this sentence: "
If you have received a message of a flight cancellation, these are your options:"
It suggests that one should contact ticket issuing entity for rebooking to convenient date even after actual cancellation occurs. It is interesting that after so many strikes, there is nobody here with real-life experience. But is is also true that AY sells small fraction of tickets via OTA and partner airlines nowadays...