Originally Posted by
vsevolod4
And you actually reimbursed them?
This is a business expense.
If their corporate policy is to purchase nonrefundable tickets to save costs, then they are booking these understanding that if anything changes whether in our out of their control, they would be liable for either the entire ticket or for cancellation penalties. In the long run, unless the nature of the business is that you almost always cancel/change, they're better off than buying refundable tickets.
Their policy is for them to take the risk, so they should.
Unless I'm mis-understanding and you WANTED to take the ticket which was in your name and use it for personal, non-business travel.
If that's the case, you could/should reimburse them.
And if you ended up NOT flying under that scenario, that is your rish
Their argument was that I chose to resign after the travel plans were made. Further, we did not part on good terms, so they were anxious to squeeze every last drop from me that the could. I was so unhappy at that company, known for being cheapskates, that I just said "fine, take it from my final payout." They did and the travel agent e-mailed me a copy of the cancelled e-ticket for future reference.
They thought I was using them to take a free vacation after I quit.
Petty? Well, I no longer work there. What does that tell you?
