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Feb 23, 2026 | 7:21 am

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JJeffrey

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Originally Posted by thedeeg

Hopefully I am in the correct thread for this question.

I have a frustrating situation here I think.

I used 4 SWU on a flight in April. When I chose them, I asked if they would use my SWU that expire in March 2026 before the ones that expire in March 2027. They said yes, but it appears they have all been deducted from the 2027 pot, as I am now showing “expiring soon” on some.

Is this likely to be easy to resolve, or am I just going to either kiss goodbye to a couple of SWU or, risk losing the C space that is reserved for 4 on the upcoming flight, by trying to change these?

I wish there was a better way of visualizing the expiry and usage of these.

I would first double check what SWU's they took. When I go to the rewards section and scroll down to SWU's it also says "Expires Soon" on the main page even though the only 2 SWU's in my account expire in 2027. When you click the details of each SWU deposit you can see exactly what the expiration date is for each that are remaining.

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