John Harper wrote:

This morning returning (from Renton), I filed direct PYE PYE1. My clearance
was SEA J1 BTG then as filed, but I got vectored out of the way of the jets
then direct PYE.

J1, huh, you like to fly high and you don't mind the overwater PYE1 arrival?

Just my 2 cents: I've been told by the old Bay Approach that they prefer that you file some nearby VOR before the direct portion of the route, like Salinas if you're going to the southeast, or Manteca to the northeast. I don't know what they prefer to the northwest, though.

By the way, you did include a fix for each ARTCC (I don't think it has to be close to the boundary, just something that the previous ARTCC computer will recognize so it can process the flight plan).