Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Less than two weeks ago. The navy reserve prefers not to deal with the hassle of issuing gov CC's to SELRES, so even those of us who travel a lot generally don't have them. Also there is still a middleman on processing travel claims in the navres...they go to your NOSC first, to be lost, misplaced, delayed, rerouted, returned for technical reasons, etc.
They are already hassling me about not clearing my travel claim, even though they had it in their hot little hands the day after I returned...this has been business as usual since 1994.
Whatver you want say about navy FTS...at least they are consistent.
When I did have a gov CC, I had to pay any interest accumulated while my travel claim was delayed...is this still the case?
I'm not sure about the paying of the interest. But I know that as of August of last year they would give you a government credit card for your travels that should cover pre-authorized expenses. Unless of course you were "surprise" deployed like me (IA'd) and they didn't get a chance to put you through for a card. Then you have to front all the expenses. I got paid back for everything, I just had to make sure I saved those reciepts in a safe place through my deployment so I would get reimbursed by my own unit when I returned. Still has not fun to pay all that up front. Most airlines waived the bag charges which made my life easier, only the one regional I had to fly with made me pay for all the bags upfront. 300 dollars, the price of putting a flack jacket and other gear onto a CRJ 200.
