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B-223815 1 (1987-03-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmqe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: T The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- James W. Winchester - Reimbursement of Airline Ticket Purchased With Personal Credit Card File: B-223815 Date: March 20, 1987 DIGEST An employee was authorized official round-trip travel from Washington, D.C., to San Diego, California, in November 1985. His wife accompanied him on the trip, and their airline tickets were purchased by the employee's secretary from the agency's Scheduled Airlines Traffic Office. Although the secretary was instructed by the employee to use his personal credit card and the Government credit card to purchase the tickets separately, she inadvertently used - the employee's personal credit card to purchase both tickets. The employee may be reimbursed the total cost of his airline ticket, notwithstanding the $100 cash purchase limitation contained in Federal Travel Regulations para. 1-10.2b and 41 C.F.R. 5 101-41.203-2 (1985). The purchase of his ticket by his secretary with his personal credit card occurred through inadvertence and was contrary to the employee's intent and instructions. DECISION This decision is in response to a request by Mr. James W. Winchester, a former Associate Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States Department of Commerce, for reimbursement of the cost of an airline ticket purchased for him by his secretary with his personal credit card through the Scheduled Airlines Traffic Office (SATO). For the reasons stated later in this decision, we conclude that the former employee may be reim- bursed for the full cost of the airline ticket. BACKGROUND Mr. Winchester was authorized to perform round-trip official travel from Washington, D.C., to San Diego, California, in November 1985. He made airline ticket reservations for

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