After reading this thread all the way through I've read 2 different answer to a question I had about gateway travel. If your trip starts somewhere other than your base, can they travel you on a day off, or is that only to get to your base for a trip? Also, does recurrent and such count towards your 17 days? i.e. if you have recurrent in a particular month can you get a 17 day trip in addition to it?