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B-222770 1 (1987-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmrj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroler General of the United States Wahington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of- Ronald Metevier File: B-222770 Date: May 12, 197 DIGEST 1. Employee authorized to travel by commercial air carrier on two separate temporary duty assignments chose, as a matter of personal preference, to travel by privately owned vehicle and to take annual leave for the brief period between the two assignments. Although the employee did not return to his permanent duty station between the two assignments, he is entitled to reimbursement for mileage and per diem for his actual travel limited, however, to th-e constructive costs for two round trips by commercial air carrier between his permanent duty station and the respec- tive temporary duty locations. The constructive cost is computed on the basis of the travel by commercial air carrier authorized and not on the basis of commercial air travel between points on the employee's actual travel itinerary. 2. Employee who traveled by privately owned vehicle as a matter of personal preference is entitled to mileage and per diem for the distance actually traveled, limited to the constructive cost of the travel authorized. Where travel orders provide for travel by commercial air carrier, constructive cost computation should include usual taxicab or airport limousine fares to and from the origination and destination airports. DECISION The issue in this case concerns application of the con- structive travel cost principles to the situation where an employee travels by privately owned vehicle as a matter of personal preference, and where he takes leave and does not return to his permanent duty station for the brief period between two distinct temporary duty assignments. We hold that the constructive cost computation, which establishes the maximum amount the employee may be reimbursed for his actual travel costs, is to be based on the constructive costs of two round trips between the employee's permanent duty station and his respective temporary duty sites. b j 156 q53

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