Posted on Mar 2, 2020
Do you receive reimbursement for drill travel (TDY), and are the numbers correct?
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Has anyone run the numbers on travel pay and found that they are incorrect? Mileage pay is set at $ $0.575 which means my full 600 mile trip should get me a reimbursement of about $345. However, they arbitrarily send me $119 for reimbursement. This happens to the other travelers in my unit as well. If anyone has any explanation, or points of contact for this, it would be quite helpful. (This is mileage for driving a POV - Air Force Reserve).
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Reimbursement for IDT travel is limited to $300 total (gas, food and lodging). Mileage for IDT is limited to $0.18 per mile, not the TDY rate of $0.575 (IDT is not TDY).
IDT travel reimbursement is also limited to critical shortage AFSCs (yours is on the list).
The latest I could find was this, set to expire in 2018,
https://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/Portals/4/DRIO/AFRC-CY18-IDT-Travel-Reimbursement-Program-Guide.pdf
But there is probably a new one somewhere if you are still getting travel for home station IDT.
If there is a convenient way to fly to IDT, you can use up to $300 for that with a little more advance effort on your part.
IDT travel reimbursement is also limited to critical shortage AFSCs (yours is on the list).
The latest I could find was this, set to expire in 2018,
https://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/Portals/4/DRIO/AFRC-CY18-IDT-Travel-Reimbursement-Program-Guide.pdf
But there is probably a new one somewhere if you are still getting travel for home station IDT.
If there is a convenient way to fly to IDT, you can use up to $300 for that with a little more advance effort on your part.
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If they can’t figure it out or get it fixed then keep track of your mileage and then claim the rest as a deduction since you were not reimbursed for it by Uncle Sam.
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Updated reimbursement:. $500 total for IDT. Mileage is set at $.16/mile. Whomever it is that processes your vouchers and approves your DTS, get with them for clarification
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SFC Livingston is there an NGB Policy / Memo / or Regulation for this?
Or is this dictated differently for each state? Or is this only available to Reserve Components?
Or is this dictated differently for each state? Or is this only available to Reserve Components?
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SGT (Join to see) for NG, I'm not sure. Again, you'll need to get in touch with your DTS reviewer and/or Operations section
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