when you file VFR your route is not passed along in the ATC system. If you are using flight following, the controller you contact has no info and he has to do "work" rather than just looking at your "strip" . I have seen references to filing an IFR flight plan with an altitude like VFR/045" in the altitude field of an IFR flight plan in order to get your flight strip into the system. I think this was prior to ICAO changeover. Does this still work? If not is there an alternative way to do it? i am usually using Foreflight to file.
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