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B-196145 1 (1980-01-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhwy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-196145 MATTER OF: DIGEST: 0LLCR 1zS. 0 7 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL * X:. OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 DATE: January 14, 1980 Edmundo Rede, Jr. -Voluntary Payment to Employee for Vacating Seat on Overbooked Airpland Employee received $200 and free flight from airline for vacating his seat on overbooked flight while on official business. The Government receives the value of the free flight but the employee may retain the payment under certain circumstances. This case is distinguishable from denied boarding compensation which is due the Government. Mr. Oliver Kennedy, Assistant Comptroller of'the Army, has forwarded a letter to our Offic-e concerning the claim of Edmundo -Rede, Jr., Director, U.S. Army TRADOC Systems Analysis, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, for compensation which was paid to Mr. Rede-incident to travel on official business when he vacated his.seat on an overbooked flight. The record indicates that Mr. Rede was sent on temporary .duty (TDY) from El Paso, Texas, to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on May 29, 1979. While he was sitting on the plane, a representative of -American Airlines boarded the plane and announced that the plane was overbooked. The airline offered vclunteers $200 in cash and free transportation if they left the plane and took another flight which was departing one and one-half hours later. Mr. Rede accepted this offer and received a check for $200 and a -redemp- tion certificate which was issued to the United States Government. The Finance Officer at White Sands Missile Range determined that Mr. Rede was not entitled to the $200 and deducted that amount from his next paycheck. Mr. Rede states that he saved the Government the cost of the ticket by leaving the plane and that by leaving he incurred a personal hardship and was compensated by the airlines for it. Mr. Rede argues that it is unreasonable to penalize a person for voluntarily incurring a hardship that results in substantial savings to the Government. For the following reasons, Mr. Rede's claim is upheld. Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) state that penalty payments made by air carriers for failure to furnish accornmodations for IW2~LH 44, _

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