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B-212236 1 (1984-02-24)

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                         THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OECIIION       ..            THE UNIEYO STATES
                         WASHINGTON. O. C. 20549


                                      February 214, 1981
FILE:     B-212236             DATE:

MATTER OF:       John D. McLaurin - Promotional Gifts
                 Received as a Result of Official Travel

DIGEST:
        An employee received and used a bonus
        ticket and a free hotel room for personal
        travel as a result of trips paid by both
        personal funds and Government funds. Such
        promotional gifts which were received
        because of travel paid by Government funds
        belong to the Government. The employee
        must pay the full value of the tickets and
        benefits received to the Government.                -
        Since this employee used these gifts prior
        to the issuance of guidance on the use of
        such materials, he may reduce his liabil-
        ity for repayment based on the percentage
        of travel paid by personal funds. Any
        future use of promotional gifts will
        result in liability for the full value of
        the bonus or gift. See B-210717, dated
        today.

     Mr. Richard Mulberry, Inspector General, Department
of the Interior, has requested a decision concerning a
travel bonus consisting of two free first-class round-trip
tickets and four free nights at a hotel received by an
Interior employee, Mr. John D. McLaurin. The travel bonus
was awarded by United Airlines under their Mileage Plus
program and the mileage accumulated by Mr. McLaurin was
primarily as a result of official travel. The first issue
presented is whether Mr. McLaurin should reimburse the
Government for the value of the bonus awards. The second
issue is, -assuming the Government is to be reimbursed,
should the reimbursement be limited to reflect the percent-
age of private travel versus official travel used to obtain
the award. We hold that Mr. McLaurin must reimburse the
Government for the bonus awards based on the percentage of
official travel used to obtain the award.

     Mr. McLaurin registered in the United Airlines
Mileage Plus program in October 1981. By February 1983,
M1r. McLaurin had traveled over 75,000 miles and, under the


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