|CHAPTER�5�-�PERMANENT�DUTY�TRAVEL
    PART�C:��DEPENDENT�ALLOWANCES�FOR�TRANSPORTATION
        U5205��TRAVEL�AND�TRANSPORTATION�OPTIONS
            A.��Monetary�Allowance�in�Lieu�of�Transportation�(MALT)
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| | A.� Monetary Allowance in Lieu of Transportation (MALT) | 
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| | 1.� General.� | 
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| | A member entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances under par. U5203 is authorized MALT at the rates provided in par. U5105-B1 for dependent travel by POC (exclusive of transoceanic travel).� Except as provided in subpar. 2, the MALT rates authorized for dependents� travel are for the use of one or two POCs.� MALT payment doesn't affect entitlement to transportation-in-kind for other dependents not taken into account in computing the amount of authorized MALT. | 
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| | 2. Use of More Than Two POCs.� | 
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| | Reimbursement for the use of more than two POCs within the same household for PCS travel may be authorized/approved as advantageous to the Government if (NOTE: "family members" or "dependents" in the following subparagraphs includes only those traveling by POC): | 
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| | a.more than eight family members travel together by POC, including the member; | 
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| | b.because of age or physical condition, a dependent needs special accommodations in one vehicle and second and third vehicles are required for other family members; | 
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| | c.a member must report to a new duty station in advance of travel by dependents who delay travel for acceptable reasons (such as school term completion, property sale, settlement of personal business affairs, HHG transportation, non-availability of adequate housing at the new duty station) and five or more dependents travel by POC later; | 
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| | d.five or more dependents travel unaccompanied by POC between authorized points other than those for the member's travel (such as travel to a designated place or to the new PDS when member has TDY en route); | 
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| | e.five or more dependents travel unaccompanied to the new duty station in advance of the member's reporting date for acceptable reasons (such as to enroll children in school at the beginning of the term); or, | 
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| | f.special circumstances (as determined through the Secretarial Process) not included in a through e exist, such as travel over the ALCAN Highway, where extra spare tires, parts and tools must be carried. | 
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| | When the use of more than two POCs is authorized/approved, the prescribed MALT applies for each POC.� The same POC may be used for more than one trip between the old and new PDSs if the member and/or a dependent drives it to the new PDS, and then returns it to the old PDS, at no expense to the Government, for the purpose of driving other dependent(s) and/or member to the new PDS.� Under these circumstances, the prescribed MALT applies except that the MALT rate is to be determined on the basis of the number of dependents and the member, if appropriate, who didn't travel by POC on the first trip.� The applicable conditions in items a through e must be shown in the travel order or indicated by specific approval on the travel voucher. | 
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| | B.� Transoceanic Travel | 
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| | 1.Transportation Mode.� | 
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| | Air travel is the normal transportation mode for dependents to, from, or between OCONUS areas except for travel between CONUS and Newfoundland, Canada.� Maximum use should be made of Government air transportation.� However, dependents aren�t required to use Government air transportation.� When dependents agree to use Government air transportation, they shall not be required to use other than regularly scheduled transport type aircraft ordinarily used for passenger service.� When appropriate Government air transportation is available, and travel by aircraft is not medically inadvisable but a dependent elects to travel at personal expense, reimbursement is in accordance with par. U5116-D1. | 
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| | 2.Air Travel Medically Inadvisable.� | 
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| | When air travel is medically inadvisable for family member, the family shall not be separated unless it agrees to be.� When air travel is medically inadvisable, surface transportation provided shall be the least costly first-class passenger accommodations on a commercial ship.� See par. U3130-D concerning the requirement to use vessels of U.S. registry.� The provisions in par. U5116-D1 for directing a member to use Government transportation or Government-procured transportation don't apply when a medical condition prevents a family member�s travel by aircraft. | 
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| | 3. Travel by Oceangoing Car Ferries.� | 
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| | When travel is by oceangoing car ferry, allowances are as prescribed in pars. U5116-C and U5210. | 
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| | U5210� PER DIEM RATES FOR DEPENDENTS� TRAVEL | 
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| | A.� General.� | 
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| | A member is authorized a per diem allowance for each dependent�s travel in connection with the member's PCS, or for other travel as hereinafter prescribed in this Part.� Travel time for which per diem may be paid is determined under par. U5160 in the same manner as for a member.� A member�s travel time and the amount of per diem actually paid for the member's travel in connection with the PCS, aren't used in computing the per diem allowance for travel of any of the dependents in subpars. B and C.� | 
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| | B. Dependent(s) Accompany Member.� | 
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| | When dependents travel with a member, the member is entitled to per diem for each dependent while traveling, and at points of delay, in an amount equal to the following percentage of the per diem to which the member is entitled: | 
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| | 1.three-fourths for each dependent 12 years of age or older; and | 
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| | 2.one-half for each dependent under 12 years of age. | 
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| | When more than one POC is used as provided for in par. U5205-A, and the dependents traveling in the POCs travel along the same general route on the same days as the member, the dependents are accompanied by the member.� A member's TDY location is not a point of delay for a dependent.� No per diem is authorized for a dependent for time at a TDY location. | 
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| | C.Dependent(s) Travel Independently.� | 
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| | Dependents are not �accompanying the member� when they travel separately from a member on different routes or at different times.� The member is entitled to a per diem for these dependents as follows: | 
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| | 1.One Dependent Traveling Separately.� | 
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| | An amount equal to the per diem to which the member would have been entitled for personal travel. | 
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| | 2.Two or More Dependents Traveling Separately.� | 
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| | When two or more dependents travel together separate from a member, the member is entitled to per diem for one member-designated dependent, 12 years of age or older, in an amount equal to the per diem to which the member would have been entitled for personal travel.� For each of the other dependents, who is 12 years of age or older, traveling with that dependent, the member is entitled to per diem in an amount of three-fourths of the per diem to which the member would have been entitled for personal travel.� For each dependent under 12 years of age, the per diem is one half of the per diem to which the member would have been entitled. | 
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| | U5212� REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES | 
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| | When transportation-in-kind is furnished or a member is reimbursed for transportation, the member is entitled to reimbursement for the following expenses incurred incident to dependents� transportation: | 
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| | 1.taxicab, bus, streetcar, subway, or other public carrier fares when free transfer is not provided between places of abode and carrier terminals, between carrier terminals, and from carrier terminals to lodging and return when required by transportation delays en route which are beyond the dependents' control; | 
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| | 2.MALT, as prescribed in par. U5203-A, first itemization, item 3 for POC travel, in lieu of reimbursement for public carrier fares authorized by item 1 between places of abode and carrier terminals; | 
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| | 3.� tips to train attendants when dependents travel separately from a member, up to $1 each calendar day for a dependent traveling alone or for each family of two or more dependents traveling together; customary tips for baggage handling (except at hotels), tips to taxi drivers; | 
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| | 4.baggage checking and transfer costs, when costs are itemized and the number of pieces are shown on the claim; | 
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| | 5.passport, visa, and change of status fees, including costs of required photographs and birth certificates, or other acceptable evidence of birth.� Expenses for legal services incurred for processing applications for passports, visas, or changes in status even though local laws or custom may require the use of lawyers in processing such applications aren�t reimbursable; | 
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| | (NOTE:Command sponsored dependents ordinarily travel on the no-fee passport.� However, when travel on official orders is to or from high threat areas or high risk airports (see Appendix N) by commercial air and dependents are authorized to obtain and use regular fee passports, fees for such passports are reimbursable.� Dependents traveling solely by military air or AMC charter flight shall not be reimbursed for regular fee passports unless Government transportation became available on short notice (that is, after commercial travel arrangements have been made and a passport purchased) or the priority of the travel is sufficiently high to require backup travel arrangements.) | 
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| | 6.airport taxes, landing fees, port taxes, boarding taxes, airport fees or service charges, or other similar mandatory charges or fees assessed on departure from, or on arrival at carrier terminals not included in the ticket cost (52 Comp. Gen. 73 (1972)); | 
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| | 7.costs of traveler's checks or similar instruments purchased for the safe transportation of personal funds necessary for anticipated expenses; and | 
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| | 8.tips to stewards and other attendants paid by or on behalf of the dependents aboard commercial vessels, up to $5 per day. | 
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| | The expenses listed in items 1, 3, and 4 aren't reimbursable when dependents travel on a MALT basis under par. U5203-A, first itemization, item 3.� However, reimbursement is authorized for those bona fide expenses described in this subparagraph incurred during travel on a separate leg of a journey when MALT is not payable between those two points.� When determining the allowances payable under this Part, travel between any two points falling within the following categories is a separate leg of the journey: | 
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| | b.passenger port of embarkation, | 
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| | c.passenger port of debarkation, | 
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| | d.first duty station, | 
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| | e.last duty station, | 
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| | i.designated place. | 
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| | Receipt requirements are the same as those in par. U2500-B. | 
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| | U5215� FACTORS AFFECTING TRAVEL OF DEPENDENTS | 
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| | A.� Members Attain Eligibility for Dependent Travel. | 
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| | A member, ineligible for dependents� travel and transportation allowances to a new PDS under par. U5203-B who later attains eligibility, is first entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances upon a subsequent qualifying PCS, as set forth in this paragraph. | 
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| | 1.While on Duty at a Station to Which Dependents� Travel Is Authorized.� | 
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| | When a member attains eligibility for dependents� travel and transportation allowances while at a PDS to which dependents� travel ordinarily is authorized, the member is entitled to travel and transportation allowances for their travel on the member's next PCS.� Entitlement is for travel from the dependents� location on the date of receipt of PCS orders, up to the entitlement for travel from the PDS at which the member attained eligibility to the new PDS or to another place authorized under this Part.� Dependents temporarily absent from the old PDS at the time orders are received are subject to subpar. F.� No travel to an OCONUS PDS may be authorized/approved under this subparagraph unless the dependents are command sponsored before travel begins and the member has at least 12 months remaining on the OCONUS tour at that station after the dependents are scheduled to arrive. | 
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