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B-201777 1 (1981-05-06)

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                        THE CO,     ROLLER O NERAL
DECISION                OF THE UNITED STATES
                        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548




FILE:  B-201777               DATE: may 6, 1981

MATTER OF: Ernest Michael Ward -    Yebursement of Gov-
             ernment Employees for Transporta ion
             Purchased Through Travel Agentsf
DIGEST:
         (1) Civilian employee of Department of
            Army who purchased transportation
            with personal funds from travel
            agent in connection with official
            travel may be reimbursed under
            principle of this Office embodied
            in paragraph C2207-4 of Volume 2,
            Joint Travel Regulations, that a
            Government employee, unaware of
            the general prohibition against
            use of travel agents, who inad-
            vertently purchases transporta-
            tion with personal funds from a
            travel agent, may be paid for
            travel costs which would have
            been properly chargeable had re-
            quested service been obtained by
            traveler directly from carrier.

         (2) In the future this Office will re-
            view claims of Government travelers
            who violate the general prohibition
            by purchasing transportation with
            personal funds from a travel agent
            and claim-reimbursement under ex-
            ceptions such as that provided in
            paragraph C2207-4 of Volume 2,
            Joint Travel Regulations, to deter-
            mine not only that the use of the
            travel agent was inadvertent and
            resulted from a lack of notice of
            the general prohibition, but also
            that these contentions regarding
            the use of the travel agent were
            themselves reasonable in the cir-
            cumstances of the individual
            traveler's claim.

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