Narrative:

Enroute to mdw; I thought ATC cleared us direct to awsum on the goshen arrival. Executed clearance in FMC. Several minutes later; ATC queried our cleared to point and corrected our clearance to ashen instead of awsum. The first officer received the initial clearance while I was off frequency. I should have verified the accuracy because direct to awsum seemed unusual.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot selected AWSUM intersection on the anticipated MDW GOSHEN 5 STAR after he was cleared to the ASHEN intersection which is 86 NM closer. Similar sounding intersections caused the confusion.

Narrative: Enroute to MDW; I thought ATC cleared us direct to AWSUM on the GOSHEN Arrival. Executed clearance in FMC. Several minutes later; ATC queried our cleared to point and corrected our clearance to ASHEN instead of AWSUM. The First Officer received the initial clearance while I was off frequency. I should have verified the accuracy because direct to AWSUM seemed unusual.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.