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B-213340 1 (1984-02-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlnz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER OENERAL OIRCISION 6P THE UNITEO GTATED WASHINGTON, 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-213340 DATE: February 23, 1984 MATTER OF: Seymour Epstein DIGEST: A civilian employee of the Department of the Army, unaware of the general prohibi- tion against use of travel agents, pur- chased transportation for official travel with personal funds from a travel agent. He may be reimbursed, but reimbursement is limited to the travel costs which would have been charged had he obtained his transportation directly from the carrier using a Government transportation request. In this case a special fare was offered for transportation procured with a Government transportation request but since the travel agent could not use a Government transportation request the special fare could not be applied. This decision is in response to Mr. Seymour Epstein's appeal of our Claims Group's denial of his claim for reim- bursement of additional air fare. The amount claimed-- $194--is the difference between the regular round-trip coach fare he paid a travel agent and the lower round-trip fare available when travel is obtained using a Government trans- portation request. Mr. Epstein may not be reimbursed the difference because the airlines which he used had in effect a discount fare that applied to travelers paying with a Government transportation request, which was available to him. In May 1982 Mr. Epstein, an employee of the Department of the Army, was required to travel on short notice to a professional conference in Los Angeles, California, from his duty station at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. He indicates that his office's heavy workload at that time, his need to shift the burden of making travel arrangements from himself to another because he needed time to prepare for the con- ference, and his unfamiliarity with the travel agent pro- hibition, were responsible for his procuring his round-trip ticket through a travel agent at the regular coach rate. He contends that the regular coach fare was the lowest fare available at the time his reservations were made.

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