They reimbursed us if we didn’t use the travel card too, but it was pretty painful, took a long time and they would want justification for why you didn’t use it.
That might have been command policy too...don’t know.
Mkay. Yea, ours is somewhat separate - the GTC is run by Citibank, and the reimbursement isn’t really a reimbursement - it’s an allowance for the $$ amount you’re entitled to. So a 200-mi 4-day trip, you’d get 3 nights hotels at the gov hotel rate(up to actual cost, and it’s already known since DTS usually books it), 400 mileage, two days full per diem, and two days travel per diem. Flat amount just given to everyone on such a trip.