Can I use a contract fare for personal travel? What if the personal travel is being taken in conjunction with official government travel?
No. Use of contract fares is limited to official travel only. If personal travel is being taken in conjunction with official government travel, the contract fares cannot be used for that portion of the trip that is personal. Example: Travel authorization states the official travel itinerary as: From: Atlanta, GA To: San Francisco, CA and Return to Atlanta, GA Airline City Pair one-way contract fare from Atlanta, GA, to San Francisco, CA, is $251 with United Airlines. Round trip totals $502. For personal reasons, an employee wants to go to Chicago for several days resulting in the following: From: Atlanta, GA To: Chicago, IL From: Chicago, IL To: San Francisco, CA and Return to Atlanta, GA Since the portion of the itinerary from Atlanta to Chicago and Chicago to San Francisco is for personal reasons, the employee is not entitled to use the airline city pair contract fares for this portion of the trip. Commercial fares are applicable to this portion of the trip. The airline city pair con
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