Posted on Aug 5, 2018
How many days does a school have to be in order to get BAH?
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In order to get BAH, the location has to be your permanent duty station.
For TDY under 30 days, if lodging is not provided by the school, you should be authorized 100% of the daily lodging per diem rate for that locality. You are only authorized reimbursement for how much you actually spend though.
Greater than 30 days it's a flat 75% of the rate daily, regardless of the actual cost of lodging, meaning you could spend 50% of the rate daily and still get reimbursed 75%
On average the daily rate is around 90 dollars for lodging but you would have to look up the specific rate for your location.
Your orders should spell it out for you though.
For TDY under 30 days, if lodging is not provided by the school, you should be authorized 100% of the daily lodging per diem rate for that locality. You are only authorized reimbursement for how much you actually spend though.
Greater than 30 days it's a flat 75% of the rate daily, regardless of the actual cost of lodging, meaning you could spend 50% of the rate daily and still get reimbursed 75%
On average the daily rate is around 90 dollars for lodging but you would have to look up the specific rate for your location.
Your orders should spell it out for you though.
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Thank you. I know lodging will be provided for me. Just trying to get an idea for total income as it looks like I’ll be taking a pay loss (compared to my civilian job) for this training and BOLC. My recruiter told me I didn’t have to do DCC as Reserves (a lie), so now I’m just trying to get everything planned out so my family knows what to expect and we can starting saving to absorb the hit.
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I believe the answer is 30 days. On the 30th day your Family Separation should kick in.
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