| For | You may receive an advance |
|---|---|
| (a) Cash transaction expenses (i.e., expenses that as a general rule cannot be charged and must be paid using cash, a personal check, or travelers check) | Any time you are on official travel. |
| (1) M&IE covered by the per diem allowance or actual expenses allowance; | |
| (2) Miscellaneous transportation expenses such as transit systems and taxi fares; parking fees; ferry fees; bridge, road, and tunnel fees; and aircraft parking, landing, and tie-down fees; | |
| (3) Gasoline and other variable expenses covered by the mileage allowance for advantageous use of a privately owned automobile for official business; and | |
| (4) Other authorized miscellaneous expenses that cannot be charged using a Government contractor-issued charge card and for which a cost can be estimated. | |
| (b) Non-cash transaction expenses (e.g., lodging, common carrier, advance payment of discounted conference registration fee) | Only in the following situations: |
| (1) Government contractor-issued charge card not expected to be accepted. | |
| (2) Government contractor-issued charge card issuance denied. Your agency has decided not to provide you a contractor-issued individually billed travel card. | |
| (3) Official change of station. Your agency determines that use of a contractor-issued individually billed travel card would not be feasible incident to a transfer, particularly a transfer to another agency. | |
| (4) Financial hardship would be incurred. |
[FTR Amdt. 70, 63 FR 15968, Apr. 1, 1998; 63 FR 35538, June 30, 1998, as amended by FTR Amdt. 108, 67 FR 57966, Sept. 13, 2002; FTR Amdt. 2006-02, 71 FR 24598, Apr. 26, 2006; FTR Amdt. 2010-02, 75 FR 24436, May 5, 2010]