B-118904: Jun 29, 1954

MILEAGE - TRAVEL BY PRIVATELY OWNED AUTOMOBILE - COMPARATIVE COSTS - AUTHORIZED EXCESS BAGGAGE IN ARRIVING AT A CONSTRUCTIVE COST OF AIR TRAVEL FOR COMPARATIVE COST PURPOSES THERE MAY BE INCLUDED SUCH ITEMS OF EXPENSE AS WOULD BE AUTHORIZED IF THE TRAVEL ACTUALLY WERE PERFORMED BY AIR. PROVIDED THE WEIGHT OF THE BAGGAGE ACTUALLY TRANSPORTED BY PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE EQUALS OR EXCEEDS THE WEIGHT WHICH...

B-118904: Jun 29, 1954

The Civil Aeronautics Administration requested GAO's opinion regarding the certification of a payment voucher for travel costs by an employee and his dependents. The voucher was representative of the costs which would have been incurred for travel by air with 50 pounds of excess baggage, although the employee's wife chose to travel via personal automobile. The Civil Aeronautics Administration aske...