New Travel Card information Published Sept. 14, 2010 By Staff Sgt. Joseph McKee 914th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station -- Effective 1 October 2010, all eligible military members and civilian employees will use their individual government travel card (GTC) to purchase airline tickets through Omega World Travel. Individuals who are ineligible for the card will be authorized to use a centrally billed account for airline tickets. There will be a statement on the orders indicating whether the individual is to use their government travel card (individually billed account) or the centrally billed account. Omega World Travel charges a service fee of $25.00 per transaction. The cost of the airline ticket and this service fee should be listed separately in the reimbursable expenses section (block 18) of the travel voucher (DD Form 1351-2) in order to be reimbursed. A copy of your travel itinerary must also be submitted with your voucher. Individuals need to be aware that any changes made after a ticket has been purchased will result in an additional service fee. This fee may or may not be reimbursed. If there is an overall savings to the government (i.e. trip cut short by a day or more), then the fee will be reimbursed. The fee may also be reimbursed if the change was due to mission requirements (must be approved on the travel voucher). The service fee will not be reimbursed if the change was for their own convenience AND is not a cost savings to the government. Effective 1 October 2010 all ATM withdrawal slips and rental car receipts (regardless of amount) must be submitted with all travel vouchers. This is in addition to the receipts normally required, i.e. lodging receipts and any expense of $75.00 or more. If there are any questions, please contact me or the Travel Pay Office at 236-2294 or 236-2296.