|CHAPTER�5�-�PERMANENT�DUTY�TRAVEL
    PART�B:��MEMBER�ALLOWANCES�FOR�TRANSPORTATION�AND�SUBSISTENCE
        U5107�POC�TRAVEL�PROHIBITED
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| | U5107 POC TRAVEL PROHIBITED | 
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| | Each Service may issue regulations prescribing exigencies under which order-issuing officials may prohibit members traveling as individuals (as distinguished from members traveling together under orders directing no/limited reimbursement) from using a POC.� If there are no such regulations, orders prohibiting POC transportation are without effect.� Paragraph U5108 applies if the member's orders state that POC travel is prohibited, or specifically direct a particular transportation mode (see par. U3002).� If the member travels by POC, there is no travel reimbursement entitlement. | 
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| | U5108ALLOWANCES WHEN TRANSPORTATION MODE OR TRAVEL WITH NO/LIMITED REIMBURSEMENT (CHAPTER 4, PART A) DIRECTED | 
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| | If a member is directed to use a specific transportation mode, par. U5105 doesn't apply. When a mode is directed, reimbursement for expenses is authorized as follows: | 
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| | A.Government Conveyance.� | 
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| | When exigencies of the Service require Government conveyance use for PCS travel, the orders must direct it.� If� a member's PCS orders direct� Government transportation use and the directed mode is available in time to comply with the orders but the member elects to travel by another mode at personal expense, the member shall not be reimbursed for transportation costs.� If the directed Government conveyance is not available in time to comply with the orders, see par. U5105-B or C. | 
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| | B.Common Carrier.� | 
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| | Each Service may issue regulations prescribing conditions under which order-issuing officials may direct members traveling as individuals (as distinguished from members traveling together under orders directing no/limited reimbursement ) to use common carriers.� The regulations must indicate the Service exigencies that require such action.� In the absence of such regulations, orders directing common carrier transportation are without effect.� Ordinarily, travel is directed by Government-procured transportation.� If the member fails to travel by the directed mode and that mode is available in time to comply with the orders, the member shall not be reimbursed for transportation costs. | 
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| | C.� Members Traveling Together Under Orders Directing No/Limited Reimbursement.� | 
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| | When Service exigencies require that members perform PCS travel by traveling together with no/limited reimbursement, that requirement must be stated in the� orders.� The guidelines and considerations in directing TDY� in Chapter 4, Part A also apply for PCS.� Members shall not be reimbursed for transportation costs.� Necessary transportation (including sleeping accommodations, if available and required) must be furnished by the Government.� Quarters and meals (by meal tickets (par. U5018), or otherwise) should be provided by the Government.� No per diem or AEA is payable.� If meals and/or quarters are not furnished, reimbursement is authorized for occasional meals and quarters in the same manner as for members on TDY under par. U4510.�� Most members pay the food cost without operating expense for Government meals and are not reimbursed this amount under occasional meals. | 
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| | D.� Transportation Mode Directed to First Duty Station Upon Enlistment, Reenlistment, or Induction. | 
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| | Each Service may issue regulations authorizing order-issuing officials to direct in travel orders the use of Government transportation or common carriers and meal tickets for travel of enlistees, reenlistees, or inductees from the place of enlistment, reenlistment, or induction to the first station.� If a member fails to travel by the mode directed in the member's orders and that mode is available in time to comply with the orders, the member shall not be reimbursed for transportation costs.� When the directed mode is not available, reimbursement is authorized.� In such cases, a member traveling by POC is entitled to reimbursement at the applicable MALT rate for the official distance of the ordered travel and a member who procures common carrier transportation at personal expense is entitled to reimbursement under par. U3110 or U3115, as applicable.� When meal tickets aren't available and meals and/or lodgings are� required, reimbursement is authorized for occasional meals and quarters under par.U4510.� If Government or Government-procured transportation and meal tickets are used, the member is entitled to reimbursement of miscellaneous reimbursable expenses under Chapter 4, Part F. | 
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| | E.� When Foreign Government Transportation Is Directed or Used.� | 
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| | When transportation, under the terms of a contract or agreement between the United States and a foreign government and at no cost to the United States or the member, is directed and available but the member travels by a different mode, the member shall not be reimbursed for transportation costs.� When a member uses transportation furnished by a foreign government on a complimentary basis, there is no entitlement to transportation allowance for that portion of the travel. | 
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| | U5109MISCELLANEOUS REIMBURSEMENT | 
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| | For reimbursement of miscellaneous travel expenses incurred during a PCS move, see Chapter 4, Part F. | 
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| | U5113PER DIEM FOR PCS TRAVEL | 
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| | A.Rate.� | 
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| | The per diem rate for the new PDS and the procedure in par. U4125 are used for PCS travel when transportation is personally procured (par. U5105-C), furnished in kind, or Government procured (par. U5105-D), for separate legs of a journey (par. U5150).� If there is an overnight stop or TDY en route, the per diem rate for that day is the stopover or TDY location rate.� M&IE for the arrival day at the new PDS is the new PDS rate whether or not there is a stopover. | 
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| | B.Partial Days of Travel.� | 
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| | The 75% rate in par. U4125-A3a� applies to the days of departure and arrival at PDSs, designated places, or COT leave locations.� If travel begins and ends on the same day, per diem is 75% of the appropriate M&IE rate (par. U4125-A3). | 
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| | C.Entitlement.� | 
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| | Whenever PCS travel is completed on a single calendar day with more than one leg of a journey involved (par. U5150), and at least one leg is performed by POC, the member is entitled to per diem as in par. U4125.� When a member takes leave in connection with a PCS, or there is TDY en route, per diem is authorized for allowable travel time.� When Government quarters are available on an OCONUS U.S. installation a member in a travel status is entitled to an incidental expense rate of $3.50 for all full travel days, except for the day travel begins or ends. | 
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| | U5116PCS TO, FROM, OR BETWEEN OCONUS POINTS | 
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| | A.General.� | 
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| | Except as specifically provided in subpars. B and C, members traveling on PCS orders that neither direct a transportation mode nor specify that the members is to travel with other members with no/limited reimbursement, to, from or between OCONUS points, are entitled to:� | 
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| | 1.� the applicable allowances prescribed in par. U5105 for the official distance between the old PDS and the appropriate aerial or water POE serving the old PDS;�� | 
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| | 2.� transportation by available Government aircraft or vessel, otherwise Government-procured transportation or reimbursement for transportation procured at personal expense for the transoceanic travel involved (see subpar. D) plus applicable per diem; and� | 
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| | 3.� the applicable allowances prescribed in par. U5105 for the official distance between the appropriate aerial or water POD serving the new PDS and the new PDS.�� | 
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| | For travel to and from vehicle processing centers accomplished concurrently with travel performed under items 1 and/or 3, see par. U5413. | 
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| | B.When Land Travel Only Is Involved.� | 
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| | Except as specifically provided in subpar. C, a member on PCS orders not involving transoceanic travel (see Appendix A) is entitled to the applicable allowances prescribed in par. U5105 for the official distance. | 
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| | C.� Transoceanic Travel | 
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| | 1.General.� | 
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| | When transoceanic travel is involved between PDSs, the usual means of accomplishing travel is to use Government or Government-procured air transportation for personal and dependent transoceanic travel.� Reimbursement is authorized for: | 
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| | a. personal travel under subpar. A;� | 
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| | b.dependents' travel under par. U5205-B; and� | 
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| | c.POV delivery to the vehicle processing center for shipment under par.U5413. | 
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| | 2.POC Travel | 
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| | a.General.� When transoceanic travel usually would be involved but the member is authorized to and travels by POC as advantageous to the Government for the entire distance between duty stations, reimbursement is on a MALT PLUS basis for the member (and dependents if applicable) for the official distance involved.� Such reimbursement is authorized even though it exceeds that authorized in subpar. 1. | 
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| | b.Travel Partly by POC and Partly by Common Carrier.� When travel by POC has been authorized�� as��� prescribed in�� subpar. a,� but�� actual� 
travel is performed between the old and new PDSs by mixed modes, reimbursement is under par. U5105-E. | 
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| | 3.POC Travel Involving a Car Ferry.� | 
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| | When a member travels between two PDSs partly by POC and partly by transoceanic car ferry (circuitously or otherwise), the member is entitled to: | 
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| | a.� MALT PLUS for the official distance from the old PDS to the car ferry POE and from the car ferry POD to the new PDS� (NOTE:� If more than one car ferry is used, MALT PLUS is payable for overland travel between ferries.);� | 
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| | b.� Government-procured transportation or reimbursement for the transportation cost of personal travel for the member on the car ferry (including the cost of required staterooms but not the cost of meals);�� | 
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| | c.� reimbursement for ferry fees;�� | 
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| | d.� dependents' transportation as for members in items a and b;� | 
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| | e.� for travel aboard a car ferry other than on the Alaska Marine Highway System, per diem for the day of arrival (embarkation) on board at the rate applicable to the POE and per diem from the day following embarkation through day of departure (debarkation) at the rate applicable to the POD; or�� | 
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| | f.� for travel aboard an Alaska Marine Highway System car ferry, per diem for the day of arrival (embarkation) on board at the rate applicable to the POE and per diem from the day following embarkation through day of departure (debarkation) at the highest CONUS M&IE rate. | 
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| | The nonavailability of U.S. registered carrier certificate or memorandum required by par. U3125-C6 must be attached to the voucher, when applicable. | 
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| | D.� Reimbursement for Transoceanic Transportation Costs | 
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| | 1.Government or Government-Procured Transportation Available.� When travel is directed by Government or Government-procured transportation and the member performs transoceanic travel at personal expense, no reimbursement for the transoceanic travel is authorized.� If Government and Government-procured transportation are both authorized and available, the member is entitled to reimbursement for the cost of the transportation used up to the cost of the lowest priced� transportation mode authorized and available. | 
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| | 2.Government Transportation and Government-Procured Transportation Not Available. When Government transportation and Government-procured transportation aren't available, the member is entitled to reimbursement for the cost of transportation used up to the least costly available scheduled commercial air service over the direct route between the origin and destination.� If travel by aircraft is medically inadvisable for the member or an accompanying dependent, reimbursement is limited to the least costly available first-class passenger accommodations on a commercial ship. | 
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| | 3.Travel by Vessels or Aircraft of Foreign Registry.� See Chapter 3, Part B, for the only circumstances when reimbursement is authorized for travel at personal expense on vessels or aircraft of foreign registry. | 
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| | E.Reimbursement | 
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| | When Member Performs Circuitous Travel.� When a member, at personal expense and convenience, performs PCS travel over a circuitous route, the member is entitled to:� | 
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| | 1.MALT PLUS for land travel performed from the time the member departs the old PDS until the member reports to the new PDS,� | 
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| | 2.reimbursement for the cost of transoceanic U.S.-flag transportation used and per diem, and� | 
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| | 3.reimbursement for transoceanic foreign-flag transportation used and per diem up to the cost the Government would have incurred for the member's transportation on the direct route if travel by foreign-flag carrier on the circuitous route is supported by the certificate required in Chapter 3, Part B, stating U.S.-flag carrier wasn't available on the direct route and a certificate stating U.S.-flag wasn't available on the circuitous route. | 
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| | The total amount of reimbursement shall not exceed the amount the member would have been entitled to under subpar. A via the direct route between the old and new PDSs.� If travel by a specific mode is directed in a member's orders and the member travels by a different mode, the maximum cost computed under subpar. A shall be reduced by the cost of the unused directed transportation mode (see Appendix A for definition of circuitous travel). | 
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