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41 C.F.R. § 301-10.107   When must I use a contract city-pair fare?

Title 41 - Public Contracts and Property Management

Title 41: Public Contracts and Property Management
PART 301–10—TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES
Subpart B—Common Carrier Transportation
Use of Contract City-Pair Fares

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§ 301-10.107   When must I use a contract city-pair fare?

Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 49374, August 23, 2006.

Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 49374, August 23, 2006.

Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 49374, August 23, 2006.

You must always use a contract city-pair fare for scheduled air passenger transportation service, (an Internet list of city-pairs is available at http://pub.fss.gsa.gov/services/citypairs), if you are a civilian employee of an agency (see §301–1.1 of this chapter), unless one or more of the following conditions exist(s):

(a) Space or a scheduled contract flight is not available in time to accomplish the purpose of your travel, or use of contract service would require you to incur unnecessary overnight lodging costs which would increase the total cost of the trip; or

(b) The contractor's flight schedule is inconsistent with explicit policies of your Federal department or agency with regard to scheduling travel during normal working hours; or

(c) A non-contract carrier offers a lower fare available to the general public, the use of which will result in a lower total trip cost to the Government, to include the combined costs of transportation, lodging, meals, and related expenses.

Note to paragraph (c): This exception does not apply if the contract carrier offers a comparable fare and has seats available at that fare, or if the lower fare offered by a noncontract carrier is restricted to Government and military travelers on official business and may only be purchased with a GTR, contractor-issued charge card, or centrally billed account (e.g., YDG, MDG, ODG, VDG, and similar fares); or

(d) Rail service is available and such service is cost effective and consistent with mission requirements; or

(e) Smoking is permitted on the contract flight and the nonsmoking section of the aircraft for the contract flight is not acceptable to you.

Note 1 to §301–10.107: Employees of the Government of the District of Columbia are not eligible to use the contract city-pair fares, even though they may otherwise be covered by the Federal Travel Regulation.

Note 2 to §301–10.107: Department of Defense (DoD) groups of 21 or more passengers may request contract service on an optional basis. Contract carriers may, but are not required, to furnish service to such groups.

[FTR Amdt. 84, 64 FR 29162, May 28, 1999, as amended by FTR Amdt. 108, 67 FR 57964, Sept. 13, 2002]

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