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Old Jan 14, 2017, 6:34 pm
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Originally Posted by BThumme
One followup question first, as I'm new to being Ex Plat so haven't had any SWUs expire.

My brother is traveling in march. If a SWU expires in January/February, can it not be used for march (that has current confirmed C space)?

EDIT: looks like I was wrong per http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...n-2014-a.html#
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Originally Posted by econometrics
It was always my understanding that you have to be ticketed to apply a SWU.
Nope.

Originally Posted by econometrics
Right. But HOLD the ticket in C for 24 hours? That's what the OP was originally asking about.
Done it countless times, but not recently. Dunno if things have changed.
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