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B-204297 1 (1981-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjye0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A DECISION K FILE: B-204297 MATTER OF: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20546 DATE: December 22, 1981 Captain Albert J. Gravallese, USNR A Navy Reserve officer who frequently traveled by air for mobilization training claims reimbursement for discount rate air fare tickets he purchased from a travel agency for travel within the United States. The use of a travel agency in such a case is prohibited by regulations because generally purchases directly from air carriers are more efficient and economical. Reimburse- ment is allowed only if the purchase was inadvertent and the claimant neither knew nor should have known of the prohibition. However, this officer was aware of the prohibition so he may not be reimburse4d for such tickets. This action is in response to an appeal of our Claims Group's denial of reimbursement to Captain Albert J. Gravallese, USNR, of $330 he paid to a travel agency for two air fare tickets he used in connection with two periods of active duty for training he performed in August 1980. Because Captain Gravallese is a frequent traveler who had been advised of the prohibition against use of travel agencies for procurement of Government travel contained in paragraphs M2200 and M2204, Volume 1, of the Joint Travel Regulations (1 JTR), his claim may not be allowed. Statement of Facts Captain Gravellese, a Navy Reserve officer, was ordered to perform two periods of active duty for training in August 1980--one period at Tampa, Florida, and one at Norfolk, Virginia. The orders stated that he was author- ized to travel at his own expense subject to reimbursement. He indicates that in anticipation of receiving these orders, he purchased two round-trip weekend travel Super Saver air fare tickets from a travel agency for a total of $330. The Navy disallowed Captain Gravallese's claim for reimbursement of the $330 since procurement of tickets .11IEl DIGEST:

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