Re: Airline Vouchers Received On Grant Funded Travel BOB 24 Feb 2003 16:44 EST

I am sure we all have opinions on this very interesting question.  What we
need is a citation of Federal regulations as they apply.  Perhaps the
institution's own standard practice guide has a policy on this. I look
forward to an official answer.  If we are not careful, we will all need to
be turning our complementary airline peanuts into our CFO.
Bob
xxxxxx@umich.edu

--On Monday, February 24, 2003 1:34 PM -0800 Judith Opacki
<xxxxxx@ATMOS.WASHINGTON.EDU> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On the contrary, I believe that the vouchers belong to the university.
> The university paid for the tickets, and the students were traveling on
> university business.  Therefore, all benefits belong to the university.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Judy
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> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Tania H. Clucas wrote:
>
>> Lola -
>>
>> My opinion - the travel still happened at no additional cost to the
>> project, and the vouchers are meant to recompense the traveler for their
>> inconvenience. On a related matter, I assume they are not restricted
>> from claiming frequent flyer miles, which I think would fall into a
>> similar regulatory category.
>>
>> As far as I know, we don't do anything, because it's not our concern, as
>> long as they get to the location to do what they are supposed to,
>> without incurring extra costs.
>>
>> Tania
>>
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