Frequently Asked Questions
UPDATED: 13 OCT 04

1. Actual Expense Authorization (AEA)
2. Airline City-Pair Fares - Airfares for Official Business of Government Civilian Employees, Uniformed Personnel, and their Dependents. City-Pair Fares questions, comments and/or suggestions?
3. Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Access Fees
4. Car Rentals Program, US Government
5. Conference Lodging Allowance
6. Continental United States Cost of Living Allowance (CONUS COLA)
7. Contractor Travel Regulations
8. Currency Conversion
9. Dislocation Allowance (DLA)
10. Defense Table of Official Distances (DTOD) 
11. Dual Allowances
12. Excused Absence and Duty Status While Preparing for and Completing a PCS Move
    (See DoD 1400.25-M, Subchapter Section 630.7.4.3)
13. Foreign Point of Contact Training (POC Training) - The Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee periodically conducts an in-depth two day training session for overseas military allowance points of contact (POC).
14. Government Meal Rate
15. Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP)
16. Hostile Fire or Imminent Danger Pay Areas
• Uniformed Members
• Civilian Employees
17. DOD Installation Information:
    • Major Military and Associated Installations Information
    • Air Force Crossroads
      
18. Laundry/Dry-Cleaning Reimbursement
19. Living Quarters Allowance (LQA)
20. Local Travel in/around PDS/TDY Area
21. Lodging Taxes
22. Long Distance Phone Calls Reimbursement
23. Mass Transit Subsidy Program
24. Mileage Rates - PCS or MALT Mileage Rates vs TDY Mileage Rates
25. Major Military and Associated Installations Information - Worldwide relocation information on major military and associate installations for use by Service men and women and their families during permanent change of station moves.
26. Overseas Cost-of-Living-Allowance Rates (COLA)
27. Overseas Housing Allowance Rates (OHA)
28. Per Diem Rate Review - Request for Review of a Per Diem Rate
29. Per Diem Meal Breakdown - Meal rate breakdown for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
30. Per Diem - FIRST AND LAST DAYS OF TRAVEL
31. Permanent Change of Station/Relocation Allowances:
    • DoD Civilians and Uniformed Members PCS FAQs
    • Customer Guide to Relocation Policy for DoD Civilian Employees
    • Relocation Services (Civilian Employees)
32. Persons with Disabilities Using Commercial Airlines For Travel
33. Pet Quarantine Fee Reimbursement
34. POV Shipment from Outside United States
35. Premium Class Travel
36. Proportional Meal Rate
37. Secretarial Process
38. Tax exemption
39. TDY Lodging At/Below Per Diem? - Premier Lodging Program (PLP)
40. Temporary Lodging Allowance (TLA)- Outside the Continental United States (Overseas/OCONUS)
41. Temporary Lodging Expense (TLE) - Within the Continental United States (CONUS)
42. Training Opportunities - Training for transporters. Training for the Joint Federal Travel Regulations, Volume 1 (JFTR) affecting uniformed personnel and the Joint Travel Regulations, Volume 2 (JTR) affecting DoD civilian employees and GSA's Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) affecting virtually all Executive Branch civilian employees?
43. When is Travel Time Considered Hours of Work for Pay Purposes?
    • Field Advisory Service (FAS)
    • Office of Personnel Management (OPM)