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B-103315 1 (1975-08-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadixw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLL=R GENERAL , D IB ECISION ( _o1... .) OF THE UNITED STATES 0 q WASHINGTON, [D.C. 20548 FILE: DATE: AUG 8 1975 B-103315 MATTER OF: X Y Z Corporation 7, DIGEST: Official Government passenger travel is procured directly from carriers and travel agents are not used because (1) direct procurement is more efficient and economical; (2) reservations, cancellations or changes in travel schedules are more readily effected with less errors; (3) the statutory audit and settle- ment of carrier accounts is better facilitated and overcharges more quickly recovered. Mr. D. B. James, President of X Y Z Corporation, advises that his con.pany ouns end operates seven travel agency offices, six of which are located in cities Vaich do not have either airports or airline ticket offices. lie reports that bis com.,pany frequently acceots Goverwient Trinsportaticn Fequests in exchange for airline tichets, but that his company is denied co:.issions on the airline tickets because of the Governnent's policy of purchasing official passenger travel directly from the air carriers. Mr. James urges that the Government regulations be amended to authorize the use of travel agents in the procurement oi official travel. 1.e believes that this proposed change in the regulations would enable travel agents to render beneficial services to the Governnent and would at the stne time pernit travel agents to be paid commissionts on Governnenit travel. Ile notes that the Government is the biggest customer for travel in the country and directs attention to the promotional advertising sponsored by the airlines which encourages the travelint, public to engage the services of travel ageuts in planning their trips. Initially, we point out that travel agents act as sales agents for the airlines. For the airlines, the essential role for the travel agents is the promotion and the development of new traffic. The airlines believe that their designated travel agents should concentrate their efforts to the promotion of discretionary travel rather than to the issuance of tickets to persons who would travel regardless of whether they dealt with the travel agents or with the air carriers.

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