Originally Posted by Dr Dave

I once attended a seminar organised by the US Army in Central Asia at their expense. The travel policy was Y only, but all participants travelled on full fare Y tickets at very high prices. Restricted J fares were half the price but were not permitted.

The policy was to use US airlines unless there was no alternative - in my darker moments squashed in a Y class seat I wondered if this was a cunning way of transferring tax-payers money to US corporations.