I bet you are one of those guys that wears your hat and expect people to look at you in awe. You are a real piece of work.

 

You're probably referring to ALPA's guidance that items such as "transportation between places of lodging or business and places where meals are taken, telephone calls, laundry, cleaning and pressing, the mailing costs of filing travel vouchers, and payments for employer-sponsored credit card billings" are not considered incidental expenses. You are misinterpreting the transport line item because you are not paying the fare/fee for the transportation itself, which is a item separately reimbursed had you paid.

The tip portion is addressed separately, and specifically, under the definition of an incidental expense. Examples:

From IRS Publication 463: "The term "incidental expenses" means fees and tips given to porters, baggage carriers, hotel staff, and staff on ships."

GSA on per diem:
"What is considered an incidental expense? The Federal Travel Regulation Chapter 300, Part 300-3, under Per Diem Allowance, describes incidental expenses as: [F}ees and tips given to porters, baggage carriers, hotel staff, and staff on ships."

 

Oh my god, this horrible topic has migrated.

 

Ha. The eternal debate over van tips is at least a change from our normal programming. Don't worry, we'll be back to the usual soon enough.

 

One of the proudest moments of my life has been that I derailed this thread with one post.

 

Shame on you.

 

Can’t we talk about what matters like is the Blue Falcon behaving? Or, when will the furloughed pilots come back? Or, are cadets better influencers than RTP’s? Or, when will Envoy fire their upper management team and replace them with non-binary life forms?

 

Besides SM we really don’t have any “influencers” anymore do we? Step it up y’all.

 

​​​​​​...because Killeen gets pretty ****ing hot.

 

2016 called and they want their LAX base rumors back.