THANK YOU, JANE! A number of people have answered my question off-line
but I have received different interpretations. I even checked with an
NSF Budget/Finance person who seemed to think that it didn't matter. But
with your compliance background I consider you the ultimate authority.
Thanks for chiming in.
Franci
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jane A. Youngers [SMTP:xxxxxx@UTHSCSA.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 3:49 PM
> To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
> Subject: Re: US flag carriers?
>
> Franci and all:
>
> He has to buy a ticket that is written as a United (or another US carrier)
> flight. This comes under "code-sharing" and federal regulations are
> pretty
> specific. At present a flag carrier is an airline which is a U.S. flag
> carrier or a partnership (code-sharing) arrangement between a U.S. carrier
> and a foreign carrier as long as any travel on the foreign carrier is with
> a
> ticket written by and using the U.S. carrier's flight information. (You
> often encounter that a flight you are on which goes to an international
> destination will have two different flight numbers; for example, American
> Airlines 123 and Canadian Airlines 456 are really the same flight, but
> show
> different numbers depending on who is writing the ticket.)
>
> You might want to look at the November 13, 1998 February Register (63 FR
> 63417) for more info.
>
> But, the reality is that things haven't changed much in terms of
> cost--cost
> is no issue when making flag-carrier decision and flying on federal funds.
> The carrier is the issue. Make liberal use of code sharing arrangements.
> Follow the rules for stopover exceptions, etc. (the NSF GPM is a good
> source
> of info here). And be prepared to disallow the cost if the rules are
> broken.
>
> Happy Friday.
>
> Jane
>
>
>
> >Here's my Friday afternoon question: What defines a US flag carrier?
> I
> >have a PI going from the U.S.-London-Stockholm with a stopover in London.
> >Apparently there are no US-carrier flights from London to Stockholm, but
> he
> >can buy a "United" ticket for a flight which is actually an SAS flight,
> just
> >with a United ticket. The United ticket costs more than the SAS
> ticket.
> >Is he supposed to buy the United ticket in order satisfy the Fly America
> >rule? Or because SAS is flying the plane anyway, can he just go ahead
> and
> >buy the SAS ticket because there are no US carriers actually flying that
> >route?
> >
> >And is there someplace where these Fly America questions are answered?
> >
> >Franci Farnsworth
> >
> >Frances Vinal Farnsworth
> >Coordinator of Sponsored Research
> >Munford House
> >MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
> >Middlebury, VT 05753
> >Tel: 802-443-5889
> >Fax: 802-443-2081
> >email: xxxxxx@middlebury.edu
> >
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