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Jan 24, 2019 | 1:34 pm

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Finsup72

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Originally Posted by no2chem

So I haven't encountered this situation before, but say I have a SWU "Valid through Jan 31, 2019".

Now let's say I find a flight which departs on 1/31/2019 where there's C availability all the way, but some of the segments leave 2/1/2019 (in particular, the long haul segment). Say, SFO-MIA(redeye, 1/31) - GRU (2/1).

Will the SWU expiring 1/31 pull for this one if I clear right away?

Does it change if I get waitlisted on the MIA-GRU segment?

I successfully had an expiring 1/31/19 SWU applied to a February flight with C availability at the time I called it in. I'm not sure if this was an exception or the norm.

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