Try checking out U4151 M&IE RATE DETERMINATION FOR OCONUS FULL DAYS in the JFTR. From how I read it, it says to claim partial you need:
1. Adequate GOVT QTRS are available on the U.S. INSTALLATION, to which the member is assigned TDY,
2. At least one meal is available and directed in a GOVT dining facility/mess on the U.S. INSTALLATION to which the member is assigned TDY, and
3. The member is not traveling.
I didn't find anything about a kitchen. Hopefully someone who has more experience in this can help out.
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Quick question for you all.
I am on a longer accompanied TDY enroute. When I checked in, the lady at the desk didn't have a place for us to stay and offered us the contract lodging till we could get on base. I asked her for a Non-A but she wouldn't give me one. No big deal.
I decided instead to get an apartment out in town that was cheaper than the lodging rate at the base so it will all be reimbursed. Now I hear that this weekend they will be completely full both on base as well as their contract lodging hotel, and for the first time in a long time they will be giving out non-availability letters.
So whats to stop me from "trying" to move on base this weekend and scoring a Non-A, staying in my apartment and pulling a higher meal rate for my per diem???
Am I missing something?