Question for FT's TAs!
I was associated with California State University as well as the University of California. I can tell you public universities pay as little as possible for assistance booking flights--in the $15 to $20 range for a RT if they pay anything at all. I am sure that private universities would be the same way, particularly in these days of massive budget cuts. Also, for us, we had to use one of the "approved" travel agents or book airfare ourselves.