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B-227468 1 (1988-03-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnag0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 *Decision John A. Park - Travel Expenses - use of Matterof: Prize - Combined Personal and Official Travel File: B-227468 Date: March ii, 1988 DIGEST An employee combined official travel with a personal trip and used a prize won by his wife to cover most of the cost of the travel, the rest of which he paid himself ($79). He seeks reimbursement for the cost of a round-trip government fare ($278) representing the official travel. The govern- ment has no obligation to reimburse the employee for the constructive cost of travel where no actual travel expenses are incurred. Since the official travel was combined with a personal trip, the employee may only be reimbursed to the extent that his actual expenses do not exceed the cost which would otherwise have been incurred had only official travel been performed. Accordingly, the employee may be reimbursed the $79 he paid. DECISION This decision is in response to a request by Mr. Jerry A. Fries, Authorized Certifying Officer, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Department of the Interior, reference 1382 (822), for an opinion as to the propriety of paying Mr. John A. Park, a BLM employee, for his use for official travel of an airline ticket which was a prize won by his wife. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that Mr. Park may be reimbursed only for the amount of his actual out-of-pocket expenses, namely $79. BACKGROUND In 1986, Mr. Park and his wife, who reside in Havre, Montana, had planned a trip to San Francisco, California, which was postponed due to a death in the family. This trip was a prize constituting a free trip for two and was won by Mr. Park's wife. In January 1987, Mr. Park was notified that he would have official training in Reno, Nevada, and he decided to combine

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