Originally Posted by daniellam
What if you do the opposite?
Your employer would only pay for Y on flights that are not long enough to qualify for J travel, and you pay the difference between Y and J out of your own pocket by exchanging your ticket?
What would happen then?
To me that is the same as having, for example, a dinner per diem of $70 and deciding you want a decent bottle of wine and your dinner bill is $150.00 - you can expense the $70 and the rest is yours.
Please understand why companies pay for premium travel - it is so that you can be productive and well rested to represent our interests upon arrival. It is not so the employee can use it as a scam to make money.