diff --git a/client/src/components/trans-routes/RouteEdit.js b/client/src/components/trans-routes/RouteEdit.js
index 230d044..eca1975 100644
--- a/client/src/components/trans-routes/RouteEdit.js
+++ b/client/src/components/trans-routes/RouteEdit.js
@@ -125,18 +125,11 @@ const RouteEdit = () => {
       if (!validateRoute()) {
         return;
       }
-      // Merge attendance-based absences into the customer list for saving
-      const existingAbsentInRoute = (currentRoute?.route_customer_list || []).filter(
-        c => c?.customer_route_status === PERSONAL_ROUTE_STATUS.SCHEDULED_ABSENT
+      // Do not persist scheduled-absence entries into route_customer_list.
+      const filteredCustomerList = (newCustomerList || []).filter(
+        (customer) => customer?.customer_route_status !== PERSONAL_ROUTE_STATUS.SCHEDULED_ABSENT
       );
-      const existingAbsentIds = new Set(existingAbsentInRoute.map(a => a.customer_id));
-      // Also exclude attendance-absent customers from newCustomerList (they shouldn't be in the main list)
-      const attendanceAbsentIds = new Set(attendanceAbsentCustomers.map(a => a.customer_id));
-      const filteredCustomerList = (newCustomerList || []).filter(c => !attendanceAbsentIds.has(c.customer_id));
-      // Add attendance-based absences that aren't already in existing absences
-      const newAttendanceAbsences = attendanceAbsentCustomers.filter(a => !existingAbsentIds.has(a.customer_id));
-      const fullCustomerList = [...filteredCustomerList, ...existingAbsentInRoute, ...newAttendanceAbsences];
-      let data = Object.assign({}, currentRoute, {name: routeName, driver: newDriver, vehicle: newVehicle, type: newRouteType, route_customer_list: fullCustomerList});
+      let data = Object.assign({}, currentRoute, {name: routeName, driver: newDriver, vehicle: newVehicle, type: newRouteType, route_customer_list: filteredCustomerList});
       if (estimatedStartTime && estimatedStartTime !== '') {
         data = Object.assign({}, data, {estimated_start_time: combineDateAndTime(currentRoute.schedule_date, estimatedStartTime)})
       }
@@ -595,8 +588,7 @@ const RouteEdit = () => {
                             currentRoute={currentRoute ? {
                               ...currentRoute,
                               route_customer_list: currentRoute.route_customer_list?.filter(
-                                customer => customer?.customer_route_status !== PERSONAL_ROUTE_STATUS.SCHEDULED_ABSENT &&
-                                  !attendanceAbsentCustomers.some(a => a.customer_id === customer.customer_id)
+                                customer => customer?.customer_route_status !== PERSONAL_ROUTE_STATUS.SCHEDULED_ABSENT
                               ) || []
                             } : undefined} 
                             setNewCustomerList={setNewCustomerList}