diff --git a/homeassistant/components/overkiz/executor.py b/homeassistant/components/overkiz/executor.py
index 94b2c1b25fa..02829eaf1a3 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/overkiz/executor.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/overkiz/executor.py
@@ -81,8 +81,14 @@ class OverkizExecutor:
 
         return None
 
-    async def async_execute_command(self, command_name: str, *args: Any) -> None:
-        """Execute device command in async context."""
+    async def async_execute_command(
+        self, command_name: str, *args: Any, refresh_afterwards: bool = True
+    ) -> None:
+        """Execute device command in async context.
+
+        :param refresh_afterwards: Whether to refresh the device state after the command is executed.
+        If several commands are executed, it will be refreshed only once.
+        """
         parameters = [arg for arg in args if arg is not None]
         # Set the execution duration to 0 seconds for RTS devices on supported commands
         # Default execution duration is 30 seconds and will block consecutive commands
@@ -107,8 +113,8 @@ class OverkizExecutor:
             "device_url": self.device.device_url,
             "command_name": command_name,
         }
-
-        await self.coordinator.async_refresh()
+        if refresh_afterwards:
+            await self.coordinator.async_refresh()
 
     async def async_cancel_command(
         self, commands_to_cancel: list[OverkizCommand]
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/overkiz/water_heater/atlantic_domestic_hot_water_production_mlb_component.py b/homeassistant/components/overkiz/water_heater/atlantic_domestic_hot_water_production_mlb_component.py
index 0f57d13433b..1b2a1e218d4 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/overkiz/water_heater/atlantic_domestic_hot_water_production_mlb_component.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/overkiz/water_heater/atlantic_domestic_hot_water_production_mlb_component.py
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ class AtlanticDomesticHotWaterProductionMBLComponent(OverkizEntity, WaterHeaterE
     @property
     def is_away_mode_on(self) -> bool:
         """Return true if away mode is on."""
-        return (
-            self.executor.select_state(OverkizState.MODBUSLINK_DHW_ABSENCE_MODE)
-            == OverkizCommandParam.ON
+        return self.executor.select_state(OverkizState.MODBUSLINK_DHW_ABSENCE_MODE) in (
+            OverkizCommandParam.ON,
+            OverkizCommandParam.PROG,
         )
 
     @property
@@ -151,10 +151,40 @@ class AtlanticDomesticHotWaterProductionMBLComponent(OverkizEntity, WaterHeaterE
             await self.async_turn_away_mode_on()
 
     async def async_turn_away_mode_on(self) -> None:
-        """Turn away mode on."""
-        await self.executor.async_execute_command(
-            OverkizCommand.SET_ABSENCE_MODE, OverkizCommandParam.ON
+        """Turn away mode on.
+
+        This requires the start date and the end date to be also set.
+        The API accepts setting dates in the format of the core:DateTimeState state for the DHW
+        {'day': 11, 'hour': 21, 'minute': 12, 'month': 7, 'second': 53, 'weekday': 3, 'year': 2024})
+        The dict is then passed as an away mode start date, and then as an end date, but with the year incremented by 1,
+        so the away mode is getting turned on for the next year.
+        The weekday number seems to have no effect so the calculation of the future date's weekday number is redundant,
+        but possible via homeassistant dt_util to form both start and end dates dictionaries from scratch
+        based on datetime.now() and datetime.timedelta into the future.
+        If you execute `setAbsenceStartDate`, `setAbsenceEndDate` and `setAbsenceMode`,
+        the API answers with "too many requests", as there's a polling update after each command execution,
+        and the device becomes unavailable until the API is available again.
+        With `refresh_afterwards=False` on the first commands, and `refresh_afterwards=True` only the last command,
+        the API is not choking and the transition is smooth without the unavailability state.
+        """
+        now_date = cast(
+            dict,
+            self.executor.select_state(OverkizState.CORE_DATETIME),
         )
+        await self.executor.async_execute_command(
+            OverkizCommand.SET_ABSENCE_MODE,
+            OverkizCommandParam.PROG,
+            refresh_afterwards=False,
+        )
+        await self.executor.async_execute_command(
+            OverkizCommand.SET_ABSENCE_START_DATE, now_date, refresh_afterwards=False
+        )
+        now_date["year"] = now_date["year"] + 1
+        await self.executor.async_execute_command(
+            OverkizCommand.SET_ABSENCE_END_DATE, now_date, refresh_afterwards=False
+        )
+
+        await self.coordinator.async_refresh()
 
     async def async_turn_away_mode_off(self) -> None:
         """Turn away mode off."""