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B-213833 1 (1984-05-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcbk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OP THE UNITED SyTATEa WASHINGTON. 0.C. RO548 FILE: B-213833 DATE: May 29, 1984 MATTER OF: Joseph A. Kiehl -- Travel Expenses -- Liability for Loss of Air Travel Ticket DIGEST: 1. Wife of State Department employee was authorized travel for medical evacua- tion on a cost-constructive basis from Sophia, Bulgaria,-to Washington, D.C., and a return trip by the same route. She lost excursion fare return trip ticke.after arriving .in Washington, D.C. After being advised to do so by State Department travel officials, she procured another ticket with a Govern- ment Travel Request (GTR), but without knowledge that it was at a higher rate. We hold that she may not be reimbursed by the State Department for.the portion of return trip ticket for.which she was not reimbursed by the foreign-flag car- rier since a traveler is -required to. safeguarditickets .and is iable.for any, costs or expenses that can reasonably be said to flow from the loss of a ticket. -. . 2. Even if wife of State Department employee was advised incorrectly by State Department travel officials, she is still responsible for the correct performance of official travel and for the .payment of any charges through- failure to comply with the governing regulations. This result is required by the regulation to that effect and by the general rule that the Government is not liable for the errors of its employees. On behalf of the Department of State, Mr. Robert C. Myers, Chief, Transportation Division, has requested an advance decision on whether an employee may be reimbursed by the State Department for the return trip portion of an airline ticket which was issued to the employee's wife

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