Originally Posted by
mersk862
Can't say I'm too surprised if he's doing it a lot. Flights are either on government fares (full Ys), or probably a lot of last minute walk-up fares since stuff like prisoner transports aren't normally scheduled far in advance and need to be flexible.
Unless he is a US marshal, he would not be covered on the US federal govt bid, and would be paying market fares. I go with the 2nd, that he is on expensive unrestricted walkup fares. US govt fares are not "full Y" but can be booked in Y. Full Y is the "YUA" and the g-man does not pay that, rather YCA, which is a negotiated contracted price, with the same restrictions of the YUA (and of course, the addl restriction of being a US govt employee on business.)