Originally Posted by
Kipper
Thanks guys. Sounds like a great option. Anyone know if I would be able to expense the hotel there as well as in lax against the deviation bank? Seems like I should be able to. I think if layovers are built into the schedule we can expense hotels accordingly. Thanks again.
Kipper, yes, you can expense those hotels at the TPE contract rate, because it was the last city associated with the revenue portion of the trip. Check chapter 8 in the contract.
CBA Chap. 8, Section C.3.d.
Hotel
i. Domestic
A pilot who is scheduled for consecutive deadheads from and back to the same domestic city, may expense up to 3 nights of hotel use in the contract hotel in lieu of the scheduled deadhead tickets. The hotel use shall be between the scheduled deadheads. Use of a non-contract hotel, and any hotel use for greater than 3 nights, requires prior approval of the pilot's ACP, or his designee.
ii.
International
(a) A pilot who deviates from international deadhead travel may expense up to 3 nights of hotel use in lieu of the scheduled deadhead ticket. The hotel use at an international location shall be on consecutive days in conjunction with the revenue portion at the beginning or end of a trip. Hotel use for greater than 3 nights requires prior approval of the pilot's ACP, or his designee.
(b)
A pilot who deviates from international deadhead travel may expense hotel(s) as part of his deviation travel as follows:
(1) he may expense 1 hotel room as a deviation expense, or
(2) he may expense up to the same number of hotel rooms as in his scheduled deadhead.
Intent: A pilot scheduled for an intervening layover during a 2 duty period international deadhead may expense a intervening hotel use enroute to his scheduled destination.
iii. Domestic and International
(a) A pilot who deviates from deadhead travel at the beginning of a trip may check in at the contract hotel a maximum of 1 day early. This hotel use is a deviation expense charged to his bid period deviation bank.
(b) When hotel use is an allowable/reimbursable deviation expense:
(1) the pilot is responsible for his hotel reservation,
(2)
reimbursement shall be limited to the contract hotel rate for the city associated with the revenue portion of the trip, and
(3) authorized expenses shall not be direct billed.
But you shouldn't just depend on what folks on here tell you. If you have any questions, call the folks in Crew Travel Audit before your trip. They'll be happy to answer questions about what's can be expensed.