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B-216189 1 (1984-12-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmbd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OP THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-216189 DATE: December 5, 1984 MATTER OF: Barry Meehen - Transportation Purchased Through Travel Agent DIGEST: Federal agency authorized travel of state employee to a conference, and the employee improperly purchased air trans- portation with an agency-issued Government Transportation Request through a travel agent. The agency may reimburse the travel agent where the improper use of the travel agent was inadvertent and where the agency has taken corrective action to avoid future occurrences. Payment to the travel agent may not exceed the cost of the transportation if purchased directly from the air carrier. The issue in this decision involves the payment for air transportation obtained by a state employee through a travel agent where the costs of such travel were paid by the federal government. This was an unauthorized use of a travel agent and an improper use of a Government Transporta- tion Request (GTR). We hold that where the use of the travel agent was inadvertent and the traveler has been warned against future use, the travel agent may be paid for the transportation services where the cost of the transpor- tation does not exceed the cost if purchased directly from the air carrier. This decision responds to the request of Walter W. Pleines, Director, Division of Finance, Social Security Administration (SSA), reference SMF-237, concerning the pay- ment of a GTR issued to a commercial travel agent. In connection with a workshop scheduled in Dallas, Texas, in February 1984, SSA issued travel orders and a GTR to Mr. Barry Meehen, a New York State employee, for his travel from Albany, New York, to Dallas and return. Mr. Meehen obtained his airline tickets through John A. Myers Travel Center, a commercial travel agent, using the GTR for payment, and the travel agent billed the agency for payment. ()3O_ 37

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