Originally Posted by
SFOffjunkie
Originally Posted by
Efrem
I had a consulting gig once that was going to pay for a business-class USA-France round trip. I asked the client if it would be OK for me to buy an economy ticket, upgrade it with miles, and bill them for the J fare. They OK'd it, so I did. (As it happened, I only upgraded the return, since I knew the BOS-CDG flight would be nearly empty and I'd be able to get five across to lie down.)
If I read this correctly, the idea was to buy an economy ticket but charge the client for a J ticket. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but I don't see how that would be reasonable. If I were your client, I'd say no way, and I'd start taking a close look at any other expenses you submit.
More reasonable would be to charge the client for the Y ticket and the upgrade fee.
The client's travel policy permitted, and the client budgeted for, business class travel. This was done with the client's full knowledge and approval beforehand. I resent the implica.tion that I was in any way dishonest or that anything I did called for the client to scrutinize any of my other expenses. If we were having this discussion in person I would ask for, and expect, an immediate apology.