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LIECISION *aOP T HUl UNIT LV9 TATEU
,_ WABHINSTON, .0, 3,0054U
FILE; 8-215729 DATE; October 29, 19.84
MATTBR OF: Larry Plummer--Request for Reimbursement
for Air.\ine Ticket Unused Due to
Cancellation of Annual Leave
DIGESt
A vacationing employee whose leave is interrupted
by otders to perform temporary duty at another
location, and who afterwards returnis to his per-
manent duty station at Government expense, ts not
entitled to be reimb jrsed for the cost of a per-
sonal return airline\ticket that he could not use
because of the cancellation of his leave, As the
Government has paid the cost of his return, em-,
ployee's claim is comparable to that for the lost
value of a vacation, and may not be reimbursed,
This is in response to a requesit by Mr. Foon C, Ltie,
Authorized Certifying Officer of the National Park Service,
United States Department of the Intei'iwr., for our decision an
to whether Mr. Larry Plummer, a Park -jervice employee, is
entitled to be reimbursed for the return portion of a personal
airline ticket which he did not use due to cancellation of his
annual leave. For the reasons that follow, we hold that
Mr. P]ummer is not entitled to reimbursement.
FACTS
Mr. Plummer, an employee at the.National Park Service
Western Regional Office in San Prancisco, scheduled annual
lave fore May 2 through May 9, 1984, for a vacation ip New
Y6rk and Washington, D.C. He purchased a round trip (San
Frincisco - Washington, D.C., New York - Samn Francisco)
super-3aver ai&lihe ticket at a cost of $399, After travel-
ling to Washington, D.C., however, Mr. Plunmner was infoLrmed
that he would have to interrupt his annual leave to attend a
Position Classification and Wage Administration Workshop in
Hot Springs, Arka.sas, from May 8 - 10. On May 7, he
travelled from Washington, D.C., to Hot Springs, Arkansas. He
attended the yorkshop there, anid returped dircty tb San
Francisco on May 11. His travel from Washingt.on to Hot
Springs and Hot Springs to San Francisco was procured through
use of a Govecnment Transportation Request (GTR); he also
received subsistence expenses (per diem) foIT the period
May 7 -11.
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