Thanks for the answer(s) / info.
It was a late night and a lot of reading recently before I had to ask for some clarification.
Originally Posted by
Adlerdriver
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Example 1 - answer is No. I can't answer Example 2.
I think the simplest way to explain is this: No matter where a pilot is based, some trips start or end (or both) in a city other than his domicile.
When that is the case, the trip is built with a deadhead between domicile and that city and the company buys an appropriate airline ticket.
If the pilot chooses, he can cancel that ticket and use the allotted money to get to/from that city on his own. If there is money leftover (or he already lives in that city - and spends nothing to get there), he can use those funds in the same month as the DH to travel elsewhere (domicile/other city for a different trip, vacation, etc.) as long as the travel occurs with 3 days of a trip/R-day/recurrent.
As of our current contract, any unused money evaporates at the end of the bid month.