Originally Posted by Shareholder (Post 21861154)

Not legally. And government air fares should only be booked through an authorized departmental agency not by an individual.

Originally Posted by Houston Chronicle

Federal employees traveling on business can book hotels at discounted rates negotiated by the government, but do the rules apply for personal trips? According to Viki Reath, spokeswoman for the U.S. General Services Administration, that's easy: "It is strictly a business decision of the lodging establishment as to whether or not they will extend the government per diem rate to employees traveling on personal business."

Originally Posted by zski1 (Post 21856917)

Can't please everyone, I suppose. Either flyertalk is a single issue help and advice board where each thread is narrowly constrained and non-generalizable to the public thus greatly diminishing the utility of the search function, or it's a place where people are expected to use the aforementioned search engine to find information tucked away in detailed threads which likely strayed somewhat from the initial post, thus preventing the clutter that has occurred like it has in this already-13-posts-too-long-thread. Mea maxima culpa.

Originally Posted by nall (Post 21861748)

There are student fares? How do they work?


In the case of hotels, this is definitely not true -- or at least not true for a majority of government employees. There are lots of threads on this topic, many of which have sought clarification from the hotels.

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Originally Posted by Shareholder (Post 21861154)

Not legally. And government air fares should only be booked through an authorized departmental agency not by an individual.

Originally Posted by chgodude (Post 21862562)

Actually thats not correct, I often book it on AA site with a gov issued credit card.