Air carrier first officer reported their flight had been rerouted but the reroute had never been pas...

Narrative:

Cleared via pre departure clearance conle 3 colin J61 hubbs kempr ilm AR15. After takeoff; tower asked what our destination and assigned SID were. They sounded concerned and sent us over to potomac departure. On check in with potomac departure; they also asked us what our destination and assigned SID were. Potomac departure did not seem busier than usual; but the controller sounded like he might be task saturated. Potomac gave us a vector to the east (heading 060; which was the wrong direction for heading to florida) which we complied with. The captain tried to query the controller regarding what he was showing for our destination; but was told to 'stand by'. Potomac then gave us a turn to the north (heading 360). By this point; there was a concern that if the controller thought we were going to a destination in the north; then it might take long enough to sort everything out that we might not have enough fuel to turn back south to our destination. Finally; potomac cleared us to proceed direct to terpz and then intercept the terpz departure; which was not on our flight plan or our pre departure clearance. We reprogrammed the FMC and double verified that it was correct with each other before executing. Once everything settled down; the ca called back to bwi clearance delivery. Apparently; our flight had been rerouted but the reroute had never been passed to the crew.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier First Officer reported their flight had been rerouted but the reroute had never been passed to the crew; causing confusion when they checked in with Potomac Departure.

Narrative: Cleared via PDC CONLE 3 COLIN J61 HUBBS KEMPR ILM AR15. After takeoff; Tower asked what our destination and assigned SID were. They sounded concerned and sent us over to Potomac Departure. On check in with Potomac Departure; they also asked us what our destination and assigned SID were. Potomac Departure did not seem busier than usual; but the Controller sounded like he might be task saturated. Potomac gave us a vector to the east (heading 060; which was the wrong direction for heading to Florida) which we complied with. The Captain tried to query the Controller regarding what he was showing for our destination; but was told to 'stand by'. Potomac then gave us a turn to the north (heading 360). By this point; there was a concern that if the Controller thought we were going to a destination in the north; then it might take long enough to sort everything out that we might not have enough fuel to turn back south to our destination. Finally; Potomac cleared us to proceed direct to TERPZ and then intercept the TERPZ Departure; which was not on our flight plan or our PDC. We reprogrammed the FMC and double verified that it was correct with each other before executing. Once everything settled down; the CA called back to BWI Clearance Delivery. Apparently; our flight had been rerouted but the reroute had never been passed to the crew.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1404877
Time
Date	201611
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PCT.TRACON
State Reference	VA
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID CONLE 3
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 165 Flight Crew Type 3400
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Air carrier first officer reported their flight had been rerouted but the reroute had never been passed to the crew; causing confusion when they checked in with potomac departure.