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Old Apr 22, 2022 | 3:55 pm
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Originally Posted by VegasGambler
AHA!! That's what I wanted to hear! So this trick will work. By clearing the domestic leg before expiration, I can clear the international long haul after expiration (whereas, if I specified that I only wanted to use the SWU if the international leg had space, it would expire worthless).
Yes. The risk, of course, is that if the international leg doesn't clear, you've wasted your expiring SWU.
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