<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by ROADRUNNER:
A friend flying on a Government fare in Coach noticed a strange Frequent Flyer number on his boarding pass. Since Government employees are forbidden under penalty from getting miles on their accounts, he was curious if someone else is getting those miles, if there any for his flights.
I thought it strange, that there would a foreign FreqFlyer account number on his boarding pass.
Does anyone have an explanation?
Are there miles that someone higher up the ladder can use? </font>
Actually, the travel policies do not prohibit the government employee from accruing the miles, but it prohibits the personal use of them. The miles may be accrued for future use on official business. They may not be used for upgrades, or obtaining a membership in one of the airline lounge programs.
It is something of a pain to keep the records of personal travel vs. official travel, but hopefully it is worth the effort.
There was apparantly a flaw in the records, on that trip. My numbers always show up properly even though I have to use a specified agent who is terrible.
[This message has been edited by katfan (edited 06-27-2001).]