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Old Jan 2, 2015, 6:52 am
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Originally Posted by MNAudiS4
Sorry if this was posted before, i didn't find it with the search or see it. With the 503 SWU i could always extend past the expiration date of the cert. With the 590 SWU aka Global Upgrade Cert travel must be completed before expiration. I was over by 3 days by the expiration date and couldn't use a SWU 590 because it expired 3 days before.
This was noticed in the original thread discussing GUCs and a few times subsequently. Sorry you got burned by it
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