Originally Posted by jchand
In my opinion, it is between you and the airline. So my advice to him was not to mention it to the employer.
And why is that? He does not own the ticket, the employer does.
Under your logic, if he did not take the trip at all, he should get the refund from the ticket.
Let me ask it to you like this - if someone asked you during a job interview how YOU would handle this situation, how would you answer?
Thieves are thieves - we generally try NOT to hire them.