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Effective immediately, please be aware of the following JPL Travel policy with regard to combining business and personal travel.  -Mary Ellen Barba, May 11 2005

• The booking of personal travel in combination with JPL business travel is provided to the traveler as a courtesy.  For this courtesy to be extended, the traveler must agree to comply with the following guidelines
  

• All airfare shall be charged to the traveler's personal credit card, with the traveler assuming full financial responsibility for the total fare, including the business portion, in consideration of the following:

• A non-refundable business/personal fare cannot be "co-owned" or split.  As a result, when booking a combined business/personal fare, the traveler must assume financial responsibility for the full fare until completion of the business trip, at which time reimbursement for the business portion will be made.  In the event the business trip is cancelled, the traveler will not be reimbursed for the business portion, and will retain complete ownership of the ticket.

• For example, if the traveler books a $1,000 non-refundable fare, which includes $200 for the personal portion and $800 for the business portion, and the business trip is cancelled, the traveler is responsible for the full $1,000 fare and will receive no reimbursement from JPL. Additionally, the traveler will be charged a change fee by the airline when re-booking the travel.

• -- The traveler assumes responsibility for any changes or cancellations to the personal travel.  JPL Travel Reservations is not authorized to provide assistance in this area.

• -- A cancelled non-refundable ticket may normally be applied toward a future flight for a period of one year, if the reservation is cancelled on or before the original ticketed departure date.  If the reservation is cancelled after the departure date, the entire value of the ticket is forfeited.

• -- The traveler is responsible for any fee(s) charged for changes to, or cancellation of, the personal travel.

• -- Due to the extent of the traveler's financial risk when combining business and personal travel, JPL highly recommends that the traveler independently book all personal travel reservations.