Originally Posted by
IEFBR14
On another occasion, I needed to report to OKC on Monday for a job interview. A Y-ticket was sent to me. Again, I kept the Y-ticket, found a M-class ticket (requiring Sat overnight) to DFW. On Sat, I flew to DFW, hung around DFW eating delicious BBQ, and got in my self-paid rental car and drove to OKC Sunday night. I turned in my bargain National car, and picked up the Hertz car that was already waiting for me. Monday night, I turned in the Hertz car, got into another rental car and drove to DFW for my flight home. Even after the additional hotel, car rent, and BBQ charges, I came out ahead.
This sounds just like what several NBA referees were doing back in the 1990's. They were supplied first class tickets by the NBA to travel to games. They would cash in the first class ticket, purchase a coach ticket, and pocket the difference. The IRS went after them for tax fraud as that was considered unreported income. Prison sentences and hefty fines ended up being doled out to the guilty parties.