A bit of an emergency situation. I am a USMC reservist. I had to cancel a trip that started today and make a new one starting tomorrow. They were able to remove my flights book the flights I needed for tomorrow. The problem now is I still have per diem for lodging and MI&E left on the old authorization. I don't need this since I have the per diem on my new authorization too.
My question is: Is it ok that I still have the old per diem? What happens if I just leave it? Or am I going to get charged for something out of pocket? If so, is there a way to remove it?
So far I have not been able to get a straight answer from my unit so any help would be appreciated.
Urgent: Per Diem (Lodging and MI&E) remains on cancelled trip
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Posted by Forward_Pace_6298
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DTS doesn’t pay for lodging, that’s paid when you show up and run your GTC. The authorization is just that, you’re authorized. Same with per diem, you’re not charged it, it’s what you’re authorized. It’s only paid when you file a voucher.
If you have an entirely new authorization, get the other one deleted, but there’s no rush to get that done. If they can’t, then don’t file a voucher. If you must, then zero everything out.