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B-227427 1 (1988-03-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnau0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: Nancy Getchel - Cancellation of Special Fare - Reimbursement for Penalty File: B-227427 Date: March 23, 1988 DIGEST Employee may be reimbursed for a $200 penalty fee assessed by an airline when she cancelled her super-saver ticket, in spite of the fact that the ticket was originally purchased for personal reasons. An initial determination was made by the agency that utilization of a super-saver fare would result in economies to the government, and the charge was caused by the agency and not the employee when it cancelled the employee's temporary duty training assignment and rescheduled it for a later date. DECISION This decision is in response to a request by an authorized certifying officer, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), United States Department of the Interior, for an opinion as to whether Ms. Nancy Getchel, a BLM employee, may be reimbursed the $200 penalty fee assessed to her by an airline because she cancelled her super-saver ticket. For the reasons that follow, we hold that Ms. Getchel may be reimbursed. BACKGROUND Ms. Getchel is employed at BLM's Anchorage, Alaska District office. As part of Ms. Getchel's training needs, her supervisor determined that she should attend either of two training courses that were to be held in BLM's Training Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Subsequently, Ms. Getchel was nominated and approved to attend an Electric Systems Short Course to be held February 9-13, 1987. In addition, Ms. Getchel was placed on a waiting list for attendance at the Lands School to be held from February 19 to May 15, 1987. Her travel authorization to Phoenix to the Electric Systems short course was approved, and airline tickets were

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