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B-210600 1 (1984-09-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlxj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: XL I 0 TIHE COMPTROLLER G3ENERAL DECISION.. . OF THE UNITED 3TATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-210600 DATE: September 18, 1984 MATTER OF: Northwest Airlines, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Under the Federal Claims Collection Act, a government claim for the value of unused airline tickets may be satisfied by means of administrative setoff within 10 years after accrual of the claim. 2. Where a calculation of the amount of unreim- bursed ticket refunds due the government from an airline is based solely on amounts owed by other airlines and the subject airline's estimated revenues, the government-- has not established a certain or liquidated amount owed as required under the regula- tions and collection of the amount thus may not be accomplished by administrative set- off. Northwest Airlines, Inc. requests review of a settle- ment action taken by the General Services Administration (GSA) in the form of a Certificate of Indebtedness dated November 9, 1982. The Certificate advised of GSA's determination that Northwest owed the government $283,780, and that this amount would be collected by setoff from sums otherwise due Northwest from the government. The setoff amount represents GSA's calculation of the value of unused transportation (i.e., unused or downgraded airline tickets) purchased with Government Travel Requests (GTRs) between September 1, 1975 and June 30, 1978. GSA determined the government was entitled to refunds for these unused services. Northwest maintains that this setoff action is improper and asks that GSA be directed to stop withholding these funds and to refund any amount already setoff. We sustain the claim. US-003

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