In the real world, you'll probably never get to that fix without getting another
clearance limit unless

I suspect that we're tripping over "clearance limit". IF you got a
clearance that said hold at xxx VOR, expect flight planned route at
12:30 Zulu, you'd know what to do. If you arrived at xxx VOR after
12:30 Zulu, you'd never enter the hold. No delay.

If you got a clearance that said "cleared to xxx VOR, expect flight
planned route as soon as you arrive at xxx VOR", then you also know what
to do. Upon reaching xxx VOR NORDO, you'd never enter the hold. No delay.

But "expect flight planned route as soon as you arrive at xxx VOR" is
nonstandard phraseology. The proper way to say this is "expect no delay".

And there we are.

Jose
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