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B-212559 1 (1984-02-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlog0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECWUION . - OP THE UNITED TATE 4 WAUMINGTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-212559 DATE: February 2I , 198 MATTER OF: Abraham Frydman - Bonus Travel Coupon DIGEST: 1. A bonus ticket received by an employee as a result of trips paid by both appropriated funds while on official travel and personal funds, is the property of the Government and should be turned into the appropriate officials of the Government. 2. An employee who enters a promotional program and receives a nontransferable free upgrade to first-class service may use such benefits since the Government has no use for such benefits. This decision responds to a request by Mr. Ludlow C. Martin, Acting Chief Counsel, U.S. Army Electronics Research and Development Command, concerning several issues which arose as a result of bonus coupons earned by Mr. Abraham Frydman while on official business. By decisions of today, B-210717 and B-212236, we have addressed the issues raised by Mr. Martin. However, we will briefly raise and answer all questions raised in Mr. Martin's request. The first question raised is who owns a bonus airline ticket when a Government employee, who has enrolled in an airline mileage accumulation program, earns a bonus airline coupon based on both Government and personal travel mileage. As discussed in B-210717 and B-212236, if Government funds are.used by an employee on official business and the employee receives a bonus coupon as a result of Government travel and privately financed travel, the bonus ticket or other promotional gift is the property of the Government. See also 41 C.F.R. Part 101.25, as amended, 48 Fed. Reg. 48,231, October 18, 1983. The second question involves the same situation but asks whether the Government employee should be allowed to use the bonus ticket for personal travel and reimburse the A -3S-0 0: _

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