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B-230371 1 (1988-04-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnbf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroler General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Judith A. Holm - Claim for Cost of Exchanging Matter of- Airline Tickets File: B-230371 Date: April 5, 1988 DIGEST An employee, who exchanged her airline ticket in order to catch an earlier flight from temporary duty, may not be reimbursed the $50 fee. The additional expense may be allowed under para. 1-3.4c of the Federal Travel Regulations only when it is more advantageous to the government. DECISION This decision is in response to a voucher submitted by Ms. Judith A. Holm, a Department of Energy employee,l/ in which she claims an additional $50 cost incurred by Fer when she altered her travel schedule so as to return to her duty station earlier than planned after completion of her temporary duty assignment. Briefly stated, the facts are that Ms. Holm was furnished a round-trip ticket on Northwest Airlines for travel from Chicago, Illinois, to Knoxville, Tennessee, and return at a cost of $492. The meeting she was attending in Knoxville ended earlier than expected so she decided to leave Knoxville at 12:35 p.m. aboard Eastern Airlines for her return travel home rather than wait for her later scheduled flight on Northwest Airlines which would depart Knoxville at 3:05 p.m. Ms. Holm went to the airport and exchanged her return ticket for a flight on Eastern Airlines, but this exchange of tickets cost an additional $50. The agency denied Ms. Holm's request for reimbursement on the basis of the small time differential between her scheduled arrival at Chicago on Northwest (5:25 p.m.) and the scheduled arrival on the Eastern flight (3:15 p.m.). l/ The question was presented by an authorized certifying officer, Chicago Regional Office, Department of Energy.

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