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Old Oct 18, 2014, 3:08 pm
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Originally Posted by dtwdoc
When using a govt rate, there is a difference between federal and state. As an employee of the state, you only qualify for state govt rates. …..

One thing that has never been clear to me is whether you can use a state govt rate in a different state. For example, if I were a state employee in MI, could I get the state govt rate in CA?
- I am aware that there are different types of government rate. Hilton usually makes this very clear, by showing different specific rates. By contrast, SPG seems focused on the federal government alone? Is there any way to differentiate stave versus federal versus contractor rates on SPG?

- As for using state rate out of home state, may vary. On Hilton, where these can be seen, sometimes it will say State of XYZ only, but more often just "state" - in the latter case, I was told more than once that any state is OK.
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