|CHAPTER��2�-�TRANSPORTATION�MODES,�ACCOMMODATIONS,�TRANSPORTATION�REQUESTS,�AND�BAGGAGE
    PART�D:��TRAVEL�BY�POC
        C2151��DETERMINATION�OF�ADVANTAGE�TO�GOVERNMENT
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| | C2151� DETERMINATION OF ADVANTAGE TO GOVERNMENT | 
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| | A.� General. | 
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| | Except as provided in par. C2152-A, the use of a POC shall be authorized only when its use is advantageous to the Government.� A determination that the use of a POC is advantageous to the Government shall be preceded by a determination that transportation by common carrier, a Government-contract rental automobile, or Government-furnished transportation is not available or is not advantageous to the Government. To the maximum extent possible, these determinations and the authorization to use a POC shall be made before travel. | 
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| | B.� TDY Travel. | 
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| | In determining whether the use of a POC is� more advantageous to the Government than other available transportation modes, consideration shall be given to the overall benefits, disadvantages, comparative costs of transportation, per diem, and reimbursable items, including the following: | 
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| | 1.� requirements of the assignment including transportation of baggage, tools, or equipment; | 
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| | 2.� availability of other transportation facilities and the effect on productive time related to the travel time involved; | 
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| | 3.� duty locality in relation to traffic conditions, routing, and weather; | 
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| | 4.� location of places of TDY in relation to the location of quarters and meal facilities and availability of transportation modes, other than POC, between these points; | 
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| | 5.� overall cost advantage when there are accompanying passengers under official travel orders in the same POC; | 
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| | 6.� the salary cost represented by the additional travel time and the physical strain on the employee (with possible decreased efficiency) when any appreciable distances are involved in connection with TDY travel. | 
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| | C.� Permanent Duty Travel | 
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| | 1.� By Privately Owned Automobile. | 
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| | The use of a privately owned automobile for: | 
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| | a.� first duty station travel by a newly recruited employee or appointee
b.� PCS travel, or
c.� separation travel, | 
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| | is advantageous to the Government. Mileage reimbursement for such travel shall be at the appropriate� rate prescribed� in par. C4250-A. Renewal agreement travel by privately owned automobile is advantageous to the Government when it's determined the cost of such travel at the applicable mileage rate, and including per diem for the actual travel period, not in excess of the time required to complete the trip at a rate of 350 miles per calendar day, is less than the cost of travel by common carrier.� Travel time in all instances is allowed as provided� in par. C4300. Reimbursement for renewal agreement travel by privately owned automobile is as indicated in par. C4661. | 
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| | 2.� By Privately Owned Airplane or Motorcycle. | 
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| | The use of a privately owned airplane or motorcycle for: | 
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| | a.� first duty station travel by a newly recruited employee or appointee,
b.� PCS travel,
c.� separation travel, or
d.� renewal agreement travel | 
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| | is advantageous to the Government when it is determined the cost of such travel at the applicable mileage rate, and� including per diem for the actual travel period, not in excess of the time required to complete the trip at a rate of 350 miles per calendar day, is less than the cost of travel by common carrier. Travel time in all instances is as provided in par. C4300.� Computation of reimbursement for travel by privately owned airplane or motorcycle is as� indicated� in� par.� C4661. When travel by motorcycle or airplane is advantageous to the Government, reimbursement is at the rate of $0.25 per mile for travel by motorcycle and $0.85 per mile by airplane. | 
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| | C2152� DETERMINATION OF COST WHEN OFFICIAL TRAVEL PERFORMED BY POC AS MATTER OF PERSONAL PREFERENCE | 
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| | When an employee uses a POC as a matter of personal preference while traveling on official business, reimbursement is in accordance with this paragraph.� Reimbursement is based on the actual travel performed for the distance as determined under par. C4658.� The mileage rates are� those prescribed in Appendix A or par. C4651-B2 plus the other allowable costs enumerated in par. C4654 and per diem allowable for the actual travel.� The total payment may not exceed the total constructive cost of the common carrier mode that would have been provided by the transportation officer including constructive per diem for travel by that mode.� When the actual costs by POC are less than the constructive costs, reimbursement shall be in the amount of the actual� costs� (see par. C4661-B4). The� constructive cost comparison of dependents shall be included in the constructive cost for the employee when renewal agreement travel is involved.� If it has been determined that travel by POC is incompatible with the performance of the mission, no reimbursement for travel by POC shall be made. | 
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| | B.� CONSTRUCTIVE COST COMPARISON. | 
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| | 1. Airplane | 
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| | The mileage payment shall not exceed the constructive cost of coach-class accommodations as defined in par. C2204, on a commercial air carrier.� If travel is between a city/airport pair for which air carrier service is provided under contract with GSA, the constructive cost is limited to� the approprate contract air fare.� If no air carrier is under contract with GSA to provide service between a particular city/airport pair, the constructive cost is limited to the lowest unrestricted coach-class fare provided by a commercial air carrier serving that city/airport pair.� Coach-class accommodations are provided by a carrier when it is scheduled on flights serving origin and destination points, regardless of whether space would actually have been available had the traveler used air transportation for the official travel.� | 
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| | 2.� Train | 
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| | When the air accommodations described in subpar. a are not provided between origin and destination points, the mileage payment is limited to the constructive cost of coach-class train accommodations for the travel performed.� The constructive cost comparison also may be made with rail transportation, even though commercial air accommodations are provided between the city/airport pair, when an administrative determination is made that such comparison, including related per diem, is more economical, and the travel order or other administrative directive so provides.� The constructive cost comparison may be limited to the cost of extra fare service as defined in par. C2203-D only when extra fare service has been authorized as advantageous to the Government. | 
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| | C.� Cost of The Basis of Bus. | 
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| | When neither air nor rail accommodations are provided, the mileage payment is limited to the constructive cost of bus transportation. | 
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| | D.� Other Costs To Be Included. | 
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| | In determining the constructive common carrier cost, there also shall be included the usual transportation costs to and from the common carrier terminals.� In addition, the cost of excess baggage shall be included when it would have been allowed had the traveler used the carrier upon which the constructive transportation costs are determined provided the traveler certifies as to the weight of the baggage or presents other acceptable evidence of its weight. | 
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| | E.� Limitaion of Per Diem. | 
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| | The constructive per diem shall be limited to the amount otherwise allowable if the traveler had used the carrier upon which the constructive transportation costs are determined. | 
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| | F.� Times of Boarding and Leaving Carrier. | 
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| | When the constructive cost comparison of transportation and per diem in subpars. B through E are made, a carrier schedule which requires boarding or leaving the carrier between 2400 hours and 0600 hours shall not be used if there are more reasonable, earlier, or later departure or arrival scheduled times that shall not unduly increase the constructive per diem. | 
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| | C2153� NOT USED | 
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| | C2154� NOT USED | 
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| | C2155� USE OF PRIVATELY OWNED AUTOMOBILE BETWEEN CONUS AND ALASKA, NEWFOUNDLAND, MEXICO, OR CENTRAL AMERICA | 
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| | Travel between points in CONUS and Alaska (via Alaska Highway), Newfoundland, Mexico, or Central America (via Pan American Highway) by privately owned automobile may be authorized subject to the conditions in subpars. B and C. | 
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| | B.� Permanent Duty Travel Other Than Renewal Agreement Travel. | 
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| | For permanent duty travel to other than renewal agreement travel to and from places listed in subpar. A, the following entitlements are prescribed: | 
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| | 1.� the authorized mileage rates prescribed in par. C4250-A for the distance by the usual direct highway route between authorized origin and destination points, | 
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| | 2.� the applicable rates of per diem reimbursed on the basis prescribed in par. C4300. | 
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| | C.� Renewal Agreement Travel and Temporary Dtuy Travel | 
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| | For renewal agreement travel and all TDY travel to and from the places listed in subpar. A, reimbursement shall be limited to the modes of transportation listed in subpars. 2 and 3 which would have been used had travel not been authorized by privately owned automobile.� Reimbursement limitation determination will be made at the time of travel order issuance. | 
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| | 2.� Transportation Modes Other Than To and From Newfoundland. | 
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| | Except for travel to and from Newfoundland, the applicable transportation modes that would have been used had travel not been authorized by privately owned automobile are: | 
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| | a.� common carrier in the CONUS as determined in par. C2152 and commercial aircraft from the appropriate aerial port of embarkation to aerial port of debarkation, | 
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| | b.� common carrier in CONUS as determined in par. C2152 and Government aircraft from the appropriate aerial port of embarkation to the appropriate aerial port of debarkation. | 
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| | The transportation modes in item b are considered the basis for reimbursement in the absence of a travel order limitation statement. | 
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| | 3.� Transportation Modes To and From Newfoundland. | 
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| | For travel to and from Newfoundland, the applicable transportation modes that would have been used had travel not been authorized by privately owned automobile are: | 
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| | a.� common carrier in CONUS as determined in par. C2152; | 
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| | b.� Air Mobility Command (AMC) aircraft between CONUS and Newfoundland (McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown, New Jersey, is considered as the point of aircraft embarkation and debarkation in CONUS). | 
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| | D.� Reimbursement Limitation. | 
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| | When reimbursement is limited under subpar. C, see par. C4661-B. | 
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| | E.� Statements. | 
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