Advantage must be taken of round trip rates when available. Travel must be made by most direct route possible with any individual traveling by an indirect route bearing the extra expense.
Some airlines offer first class accommodations at coach rates.
Air Fare Senate Bill 320 provided for the establishment of the State Travel Division within the Office of Public Affairs. The responsibility of this office is to establish contracts with designated Travel Agencies within the State to process all regularly scheduled air travel arrangements for all State agencies and departments. With the enactment of House Bill 2019 by the 1986 Legislative Session, statutes regulating air travel against State Funds were revised. A major change incorporated into the Travel Rules and Regulations of the State of Oklahoma - Office of Public Affairs, based on statute revisions, is the requirement of State contracted travel agencies having to be used by State agencies and departments . Air Travel Arrangements Travel arrangements for University employees, whose travel is being paid from University accounts, will be made through one of the authorized State Contracted Travel Agencies.