Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
If your leisure travel was already approved by your employer for vacation time, then the employer should pay the cost of changing your plane tickets if they later require you to work at a time that interferes with your ticket for the vacation.
It seems like an unusual job requirement to do something until 2 AM, except maybe in Japan.
I go back to this. If your employer approved the holiday, should they not cough up for any additional costs you now face. I know I would do this.