What is the Fixed Rate VTA based on?
A2. The 100% fixed vacation travel assistance benefit is not intended to be a reimbursement of expenses incurred or to be incurred. Rather, it is a value assigned to a benefit for which employees and their dependant(s) are not required to travel away from the post or to take “paid leave”, i.e. vacation, furlough, compensatory leave, or lieu time off. The value is based on the cost of travel between an isolated post and its point of departure. It is calculated as follows: (a) If your isolated post has an airport, the payment will be 100% of the return full economy class airfare between the post and the point of departure (including GST and provincial or territorial sales tax if applicable) as determined by TBS. Fees such as NAV CANADA fuel surcharges, airport improvement fees, travel agent fees, etc., are excluded from the calculation. (b) If your isolated post does not have an airport, the payment will be 100% of the return full economy class airfare between the nearest airport and the
