Originally Posted by
AFW_MD11
Domestic Trip - only hotel authorized as deviation expense is if you check in a day early on a front-end deadhead trip - then, that 1 day in the hotel is a deviation expense.
International Trip - hotels are authorized as deviation expense. The hotel you use can be in the US or wherever (any city, even the scheduled layover city) - just have to be on an "international" trip.
CBA Section 8.C.3.d. Hotel
A "gotcha" on using Hotel in lieu of Deadhead. It doesn't matter how much your deadhead bank is worth, FedEx will only reimburse for the contract rate for the hotel.
Was in Chicago. No contract rate for the weekend. Therefore I got charged about $40 more than I got reimbursed for. Had over $5k in bank. Great deal. I always take the deadhead now, even if it means turning right around and going back. Just doing my part to save money.