Originally Posted by
joer
...The call ended shortly after the accountant suggested that I should pay the difference between the coach and business class fare, and my manager observed that that would mean that my company would have to give me an expense check for $*.
That's a great story, in part because it says your manager was alive from the neck up, on the ball, and on your side. Part of the problem in many cases is that it just ain't so. Many managers are as clueless about travel as the next doofus.