File a flight plan with the same callsign

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Hello,
How long do we have to wait until we can file a flightplan with the same callsigns?
I had the following problem a couple of times now: After arriving at my destination I logoff from Vatsim and file my return flight with the same callsign. I logon again and ATC still has the old, original flight plan. When I try to file again in flight, they keep on reporting that they only have the original FPL.

Thanks,

E.

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You should be able to file a flight plan more or less immediately. If you have connected first, you will need to remain stationary for 90 seconds before you can file.

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Hello, it was much longer than that. I even disconnected, then filed the second FPL and connected again. The problem is that there Is no easy way to check until the controller tells you that you have a ‘wrong’ flight plan.

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Haven’t experienced that myself yet (and I do fly a fair share of back to back flights with the same callsign), but what I tend to do is check a map tool to ensure the correct flight plan is now in the system after filing - if that is the case and the controller still says they have the old flight plan, then I’d submit that this is a problem on the ATC side (be that lack of competence of the controller themselves, a controller client issue, a misconfigured sector package, outdated version of either of the two, …) and not something VATSIM itself can fix.