diff --git a/server/src/db/repositories/VacayEntries.repository.ts b/server/src/db/repositories/VacayEntries.repository.ts
index acfb60ed6..2961af676 100644
--- a/server/src/db/repositories/VacayEntries.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/db/repositories/VacayEntries.repository.ts
@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ export class VacayEntriesRepository extends TrekRepository<VacayEntries> {
     await this.nativeDelete({ id });
   }
 
+  /** `DELETE FROM vacay_entries WHERE id IN (dynamic)`, the leave days `shiftOwnerEntriesForTripWindow` drops in one statement; a bound list. */
+  async deleteByIds(ids: number[]): Promise<void> {
+    if (ids.length === 0) return;
+    await this.nativeDelete({ id: { $in: ids } });
+  }
+
   /** VC116 — `UPDATE vacay_entries SET fraction = ?, kind = ? WHERE id = ?` (`toggleEntry`'s in-place conversion). */
   async updateFractionKind(id: number, fraction: number, kind: string): Promise<void> {
     await this.nativeUpdate({ id }, { fraction, kind });
diff --git a/server/src/nest/vacay/vacay.service.ts b/server/src/nest/vacay/vacay.service.ts
index dc0da9c1c..af55b2068 100644
--- a/server/src/nest/vacay/vacay.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/nest/vacay/vacay.service.ts
@@ -398,15 +398,15 @@ export class VacayService {
       const companyFractions = new Map(companyHolidays.map(h => [h.date, h.fraction] as const));
 
       const moves: { id: number; date: string; fraction: number }[] = [];
-      for (const row of moving) {
-        const date = shiftIsoDate(row.date, offset);
+      const dropped: number[] = [];
+      for (const { id, date: from, fraction } of moving) {
+        const date = shiftIsoDate(from, offset);
         const company = companyFractions.get(date);
-        if (standing.has(date) || isBlockedWeekend(plan, date) || (company !== undefined && company >= 1)) {
-          await this.entries.deleteById(row.id);
-        } else {
-          moves.push({ id: row.id, date, fraction: company !== undefined && row.fraction > 0.5 ? 0.5 : row.fraction });
-        }
+        const drops = standing.has(date) || isBlockedWeekend(plan, date) || (company ?? 0) >= 1;
+        if (drops) dropped.push(id);
+        else moves.push({ id, date, fraction: company === undefined ? fraction : Math.min(fraction, 0.5) });
       }
+      await this.entries.deleteByIds(dropped);
       // Rows move in the direction of travel, so each target is already free of
       // the moving row that held it when the next one arrives: (user, plan, date)
       // is unique.