B-201281: Jul 7, 1981

An advance decision was requested concerning payment of the difference between a mileage allowance for two round trips by privately owned vehicle and one round trip bus ticket in connection with an employee's temporary duty travel. The round trip mileage was authorized, and the employee was verbally instructed that his wife could drive him on the trip in his privately owned vehicle and that she co...

B-201281: Jul 7, 1981

DIGEST: DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY EMPLOYEE WHO WAS DRIVEN ON TWO ROUND TRIPS (EACH TRIP OVER 200 MILES) BY PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLE TO AND FROM AN AIRPORT PRIMARILY FOR PERSONAL CONVENIENCE WHEN TRAVEL BY COMMON CARRIER WAS REASONABLY AVAILABLE MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND ONE ROUND-TRIP BUS FARE BETWEEN THE SAME POINTS. PAYMENT OF THE CLAIM IS DENIED SINCE T...