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| | CHAPTER 3 - TRANSPORTATION, ACCOMPANIED BAGGAGE,� AND LOCAL TRAVEL | 
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| | PART A:� APPLICABILITY AND GENERAL RULES��� | 
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| | A.� Applicability.� | 
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| | This Chapter applies worldwide to travel incident to TDY and PCS by the various transportation modes.� It prescribes rules concerning accommodations members or dependents may use on specific modes, U.S. flag carriers use, travel agency use, reimbursement of transportation expenses, travel within and around members' TDY or PDS locations, and entitlements for accompanied baggage transportation. | 
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| | B.� Transportation Modes.� | 
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| | Official TDY or PCS travel may be authorized/approved on any combination of the following: | 
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| | 1.Government (including foreign Government) aircraft, train, bus, vehicle, or vessel (ocean, waterway or ferry),� | 
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| | 2.commercial (including Government-contracted) aircraft, train, bus, or vessel (ocean, waterway or ferry),� | 
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| | 3.POC,� | 
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| | 4.special conveyance,� | 
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| | 5.taxicab, bus, streetcar, subway or other public conveyances, and� | 
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| | 6.airport limousine, or courtesy conveyance. | 
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| | U3001ALLOWABLE TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES | 
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| | Transportation expenses include the cost of airline, train (including sleeping accommodations or parlor car seats), vessel (including ocean, waterway or ferry), and bus tickets, transportation to/from carrier terminals and the cost of special conveyance.� POC operating expenses ordinarily are reimbursed through a mileage allowance.� Transportation expenses reimbursement and mileage are in addition to the per diem or actual expense allowances prescribed in Chapter 4, Part B or C. | 
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| | U3002DIRECTING TRANSPORTATION MODE | 
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| | The order-issuing official may direct the use of a transportation mode(s) for members on TDY travel that does not involve a PCS move.� Service regulations may specify when a particular mode (other than a POC or special conveyance) may be directed for individual PCS moves, (see par. U5107).� A member may not be directed to use a POC or a special conveyance, nor may dependent travel be directed by a particular mode.� The member may select POC for overland PCS travel.� In the absence of direction, the member may select the transportation mode which allows the mission to be completed within the prescribed time limits.� The member is bound by all regulations pertaining to the directed or, if appropriate, the selected transportation mode. | 
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| | U3003� AUTHORIZED MODES | 
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| | The order-issuing official, when not required to direct the transportation mode, ordinarily determines the authorized transportation modes, taking into account mission requirements, time limits, transportation availability, and economic considerations.� If the order-issuing official fails to make a determination or direct the mode, air transportation is the authorized mode for travel time and per diem calculation purposes for TDY and transoceanic PCS travel, unless the member demonstrates that air transportation can't meet the mission requirements efficiently or economically. | 
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| | PART B:� TRAVEL BY COMMON CARRIER��� | 
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| | U3100� GENERAL | 
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| | A.� Travel/Transportation Policy.� | 
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| | Travel other than by a usually traveled route must be justified.� A member may not use contract airline/rail passenger service provided under contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) for that portion of an indirect route traveled for personal convenience.� Government procured transportation or a contractor-issued Government travel charge card may be used only for that portion of a trip properly chargeable to the Government.� Any additional expense must be paid by the traveler.� All time not justified as official travel must be charged as leave. | 
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| | 1.� Less than premium-class accommodations must be used for passenger transportation, unless an exception in par. U3125 or par. U3130 applies, | 
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| | 2.� travelers may voluntarily use/accept, and the Government may furnish, accommodations which do not meet minimum standards if the member's or Service needs require use of these accommodations, | 
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| | 3.� travelers may not be reimbursed for travel at personal expense on vessels/aircraft of foreign registry, except as specified in pars. U3125-C and U3130-D, and | 
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| | 4.� each dependent is allowed a seat. | 
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| | B.� TDY Travel Involving Non-PDS Location(s).� | 
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| | A member on TDY orders is entitled to travel/transportation allowance NTE the actual transportation cost for the transportation mode authorized and used up to the constructed transportation cost between the member's PDS and TDY location.� When TDY travel is to/from a non-PDS location: | 
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| | 1.� the traveler must pay excess travel/transportation costs; and | 
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| | 2.� constructive costs for each leg of the trip must be based on Government contract fares, if available. | 
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| | NOTE:� For TDY travel/transportation allowances when TDY orders are received while member is on official leave, see� par. U4105-F. | 
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| | U3105COMMON CARRIER TRANSPORTATION PROCUREMENT | 
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| | See DOD 4500.9-R, (DTR), Part I for Defense Transportation Regulation (DTR) Passenger Movement.� For policy and FAQs regarding the City Pair Program see par. U3145. | 
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| | U3110REIMBURSEMENT FOR PERSONALLY-PROCURED COMMON CARRIER TRANSPORTATION INCIDENT TO TDY | 
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| | A.� General.� | 
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| | A member may not be reimbursed for personally-procured transportation when a specific transportation mode is directed (as distinguished from authorized) to travel by a specific mode (Government/Government-procured, transoceanic or transportation furnished by a foreign government or Government contractor). Otherwise, the member is entitled to reimbursement of transportation cost as prescribed in subpars. B-F.� Reimbursement may not be more than the cost of accommodations prescribed in pars. U3125, U3130 and U3135.�� See Part D when the transportation is partly by POC.� If a member uses Government-procured transportation for part of a journey (see par. U5150), limits in subpars. B and C must be reduced by its cost. | 
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| | B.Government/Government-Contracted Transportation/In-house or CTO. | 
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| | When Government/Government-contracted transportation/in-house or CTO (see Appendix A for definition) services are available and the member procures common carrier transportation (including sleeping accommodations) at personal expense under an individual travel order, the member may elect to receive reimbursement for the actual transportation cost for the transportation mode authorized and used up to the constructed transportation cost between authorized points. | 
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| | C.Government/Government-Contracted Transportation/In-house or CTO Not Available. | 
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| | When Government/Government-contracted transportation/in-house or CTO (see Appendix A for definition) service is not available and the member procures common carrier transportation at personal expense, the member may elect to receive reimbursement for the actual transportation cost for the transportation mode authorized and used up to the constructed commercial transportation cost between authorized points. | 
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| | D.Transoceanic Travel - Government/Government-Procured Transportation Available. | 
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| | When travel by Government/Government-procured transportation is authorized (as distinguished from directed) and transoceanic travel is performed by common carrier at personal expense, the member is entitled to reimbursement for the transportation cost up to the amount the sponsoring Service would have paid for the available transportation.� If both Government and Government-procured transportation are available, the lower priced one is the measure of maximum reimbursement.� When Government/Government-procured transportation is not available, the member is entitled to reimbursement for the transportation cost up to the least costly available scheduled commercial air service over the direct route between the origin and destination.� If air travel is medically inadvisable for the member, reimbursement is limited to the least costly first-class passenger accommodations on a commercial ship. | 
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| | E.� Transoceanic Ferry Fares.� | 
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| | When a member on TDY travels at personal expense aboard a transoceanic ferry that has been authorized/approved as advantageous to the Government, reimbursement is authorized for the cost incurred, including any part attributed to movement of a POC (55 Comp. Gen. 1072 (1976)).� For transoceanic ferries of foreign registry, see par. U3130-D. | 
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| | F.� Other Reimbursable Expenses.� | 
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| | Reimbursement for additional transportation expenses (e.g., taxicab, bus and streetcar fares) incurred in the performance of duty is allowable as authorized in Part E. | 
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| | U3115REIMBURSEMENT WHEN TRANSPORTATION MODE OR GROUP TRAVEL IS DIRECTED | 
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| | A.� Travel Directed.� | 
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| | When a member, individually or as part of a group, is directed (as distinguished from authorized) to travel by a specific transportation mode (Government/Government-procured, transoceanic or transportation furnished by a foreign Government or Government contractor), reimbursement and the payment of a mileage allowance is prohibited for transportation at personal expense unless the authority responsible certifies that the directed mode was not available at the time and place required to comply with the orders. | 
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| | B.� Other Reimbursable Expenses.� | 
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| | Reimbursement for additional transportation expenses (e.g., taxicab, bus, streetcar fares) incurred in the performance of TDY are allowable as authorized in Part E. | 
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| | U3120� ARRANGING OFFICIAL TRAVEL | 
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| | A.� Travel Arrangement Requirements | 
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| | 1.� Uniformed Service Members.� | 
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| | When making travel arrangements, uniformed service members are required to use the following (except as provided in subpar. B.):�� | 
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| | a.� a CTO (see Appendix A for definition), | 
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| | b.� in-house travel office, or | 
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| | c.� General Services Administration (GSA) Travel Management Center (TMC).�� | 
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