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What to know about credit card travel insurance as an Air Canada strike loomsAfter carefully planning a summer vacation, the last thing on your mind should be finding alternate transportation. But some travellers could be left scrambling as the clock ticks down to a possible work stoppage at Air Canada. The airline says it will gradually suspend its flights starting Thursday after the union representing the airline’s 10,000 flight attendants and the airline itself issued 72-hour strike and lockout notices, respectively. They are set to take effect around 1 a.m. ET on Saturday.

It can be challenging for customers who are stuck in the crossfire, dealing with delays and cancellations. But travellers may be in luck if they booked their tickets with a credit card that has built-in travel insurance—with one caveat. “You have to make sure that when you’re booking it, it isn’t past the date where many of (the credit card companies) would view it as a known event,” said Will McAleer, executive director of the Travel Health Insurance Association…

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