Travel Restrictions for Federal Employees

When traveling on civilian aircraft, military members are authorized to wear uniforms while traveling in coach class.

Frequent flyer miles accrued during official travel belong to the traveler.

Travelers may accept an unsolicited offer from the airline to upgrade their government ticket to a premium class of travel even if they are in uniform. However, senior officers must consider the appearance of impropriety.

Employees may not volunteer to take a later flight in exchange for travel benefits offered by the airline if it will interfere with scheduled duty. An involuntarily bumped traveler on official duty must turn in any monetary compensation received from the airline with his/her travel voucher.