Govt Ticket question
Aug 23, 2005 | 4:03 am
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Govt Ticket question
I was wondering if its possible, and ethical, once a govt ticket is issued to have the airline (CO) change it to a paper ticket and endorse it to another airline (UA). I have status and expiring upgrades that I would like to use if possible. I dont think this is a city pairs issue, because a coworked is booked on UA the same routing for a different time.
Thx for any insight.
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Thx for any insight.
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Aug 23, 2005 | 4:10 am
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Originally Posted by Qwert
I was wondering if its possible, and ethical, once a govt ticket is issued to have the airline (CO) change it to a paper ticket and endorse it to another airline (UA). I have status and expiring upgrades that I would like to use if possible. I dont think this is a city pairs issue, because a coworked is booked on UA the same routing for a different time.
Thx for any insight.
Mods feel free to move this if I posted in the wrong area.
Thx for any insight.
Mods feel free to move this if I posted in the wrong area.
Rex
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Aug 23, 2005 | 5:26 am
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It depends, what justification (to his/her supervisor) did your coworker use to get the non-city pair ticket?
Originally Posted by Qwert
I was wondering if its possible, and ethical, once a govt ticket is issued to have the airline (CO) change it to a paper ticket and endorse it to another airline (UA). I have status and expiring upgrades that I would like to use if possible. I dont think this is a city pairs issue, because a coworked is booked on UA the same routing for a different time.
Thx for any insight.
Mods feel free to move this if I posted in the wrong area.
Thx for any insight.
Mods feel free to move this if I posted in the wrong area.
Aug 23, 2005 | 7:33 pm
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Originally Posted by aljacket
It depends, what justification (to his/her supervisor) did your coworker use to get the non-city pair ticket?
It isnt listed as a city pair. Ive seen this itn booked on several different arilines. Seems to be luck of the draw with Sato.
Aug 24, 2005 | 4:23 pm
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I think it's OK if:
1. there's no contract;
2. you don't get any money back (personally); and
3. the government isn't disadvantaged because you get their later, have to leave work earlier etc.
Why didn't you just ask them to issue on UA though?
1. there's no contract;
2. you don't get any money back (personally); and
3. the government isn't disadvantaged because you get their later, have to leave work earlier etc.
Why didn't you just ask them to issue on UA though?
Aug 25, 2005 | 4:30 pm
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Why didn't you just ask them to issue on UA though?
Aug 28, 2005 | 1:06 pm
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Change airlines
I did this all the time on my ORF-SAN runs when I was on active duty. Had DL issue a paper ticket and walked over to AA and they put me on their flights. As long as no other charges are incurred and a contract is not involved, it shouldn't be a problem.
Aug 28, 2005 | 3:24 pm
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Of course most GSA city pairs are subject to a contract. The whole point of the city pairs is that all government employees flying that route will use the specified contract carrier. If there is low compliance by employees, the carriers will be less likely to submit favorable bids for "exclusive" rights that in reality are not.
The fact that you never got caught doesn't mean that the command would have approved it if it knew. There has been increasing emphasis on compliance over the past decade.
The fact that you never got caught doesn't mean that the command would have approved it if it knew. There has been increasing emphasis on compliance over the past decade.