Finance Problems

[Weezer]

That SrA is just trying to do his/her job...blame the leadership who won't/can't streamline this process.  This should be as simple as scanning orders and your ID card when you show up on-base.  Any further details can be provided by your unit during their daily personnel report.  Your orders have enough info that they can determine your gaining unit, your accountability/vRED info.  It's a travesty, and I bet some of those young Airmen would love to figure out how to improve the system (maybe I'm optimistic).  However, the SNCOs/officers who came of age in the MPF/Finance dumpster fires are so entrenched in the system that they quash any innovation.

 

Edited September 18, 2017 by Weezer
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[gearhog]

ive been trying to log into mypay for over a week. I need to work some math on my taxes and cant. i look forward to never needing this again. I've been on the fence about a Guard retirement right at 20. Stuff like this makes my choice clear.

Reserve/Active Military Members
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Edited December 22, 2017 by torqued

[FUSEPLUG]

I’ve been getting that too. I thought it was just because I haven’t had a pay period in a while, but that didn’t seem right. Glad it wasn’t just me. It must be tough to maintain a website that hasn’t been refreshed once in the 13 years I’ve been in. 

[BFM this]

37 minutes ago, FUSEPLUG said:

It must be tough to maintain a website that hasn’t been refreshed once in the 13 years I’ve been in. 

Not true.  It was updated.

We went from "if you like your password, you can keep your password" to "Password will expire every 30 days"

[SocialD]

Bringing this thread back from the dead.   Finance guy, are you still on here?  Maybe others have figured out a work around?  This is WAY down the list on bitches/gripes/complaints, but something I'm currently dealing with.

FG or anyone know why we "must" have to have a car on our orders to be reimbursed for rental car gas?  Shouldn't anyone on the TDY be able to be reimbursed w/o wasting man hours on amending orders?  Since we lost the ability to blanket "variations authorized" our orders, this has become an ass pain.  Inevitably we end up with a 4-ship in a car that needs gas (thanks LTs) and noone has a car on their orders.  Sure pay cash and turn over the receipt, but half the time noone has cash anymore.  Seems like we're unnecessarily handcuffing/creating more work for ourselves.

Hell even planning who gets a rental car is a pain.  Has to be a AGR or someone on AT orders only (no split AT/ST, no technician status, no half time AGRs, and no part-timers)?  Why can't it just be a single fucking account labeled XXXFW rental car?  I'm sure there is a valid reason somewhere, but it makes planning much more of a PITA when we have swapouts, people showing up at different times/locations (flyers vs airline, advon, etc...), and guys going in AGR/Technician/ST/AT/Part time status.     

In the grand scheme of things nothing major, but seems like this would be an easy way to make TDYs a little less painful.  Might not even be an issue for AD types.  

[brabus]

Don't need to provide a receipt for less than $70. Claim as taxi on voucher. Problem circumvented (albeit not solved long term as you pointed out). Why did you guys lose variations authorized?

[slc]

I've had this problem before (multiple times).  Devils advocate:  Why did you claim a taxi when the crew had a rental car on orders?  Problem still needs solved though in the end.  

[HossHarris]

You’re not obliged to ride with the guy who has the rental car 24/7. 

[Hopefulflyer389]

22 minutes ago, HossHarris said:

You’re not obliged to ride with the guy who has the rental car 24/7. 

What about eagle pilots and crew chiefs? 

[Spinner]

7 minutes ago, Hopefulflyer389 said:

What about eagle pilots and crew chiefs? 

They ride each other...

[pilotguy]

Question: 10 days again I arrived TDY and went to lodging. They had lodging available but I decided to stay off base instead for 60 per night. 

Today I decided I wanted to move back on base. They gave me a non A for the rest of my time TDY. 

 What am I entitled to?

”on base” rate for meals for the last 10 days? And then full rate for meals starting now since I have a signed non A??

[jazzdude]

Question: 10 days again I arrived TDY and went to lodging. They had lodging available but I decided to stay off base instead for 60 per night. 
Today I decided I wanted to move back on base. They gave me a non A for the rest of my time TDY. 
 What am I entitled to?
”on base” rate for meals for the last 10 days? And then full rate for meals starting now since I have a signed non A??

That sounds correct.

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[Fly4five]

I have a lodging question too. I’m currently TDY enroute to my PCS location and receiving BAH for my family while I’m here. My family decided to accompany me and I checked on base to see if they had lodging that could accommodate all of us and they said no. The gave me a non a letter but it does say accompanied by family on it. Will that cause a flag to finance and stop my BAH payment? Or am I good to go to turn in the letter to get my full reimbursement every month for our Crashpad?

Edited September 9, 2018 by Fly4five

[di1630]

I have a lodging question too. I’m currently TDY enroute to my PCS location and receiving BAH for my family while I’m here. My family decided to accompany me and I checked on base to see if they had lodging that could accommodate all of us and they said no. The gave me a non a letter but it does say accompanied by family on it. Will that cause a flag to finance and stop my BAH payment? Or am I good to go to turn in the letter to get my full reimbursement every month for our Crashpad?

Is your family authorized TDY? Probably not. I’d go back and get a standard non-a for you only and act like they aren’t there (TDY entitlement wise). You’ll probably save yourself trouble in the long run.


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[Fly4five]

1 minute ago, di1630 said:

Is your family authorized TDY? Probably not. I’d go back and get a standard non-a for you only and act like they aren’t there (TDY entitlement wise). You’ll probably save yourself trouble in the long run.


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They are on my PCS orders but the block talking about TDY doesn’t say one way or another. It just states student must use government lodging if available. The problem is if they weren’t with me they would be able to accommodate me and I wouldn’t get the non A letter. It sounds like it’s better to just turn in my receipts at the end of the month without the non a letter and just suck up the extra charges.

[MooseAg03]

When I took my family during my time at the FTU, I didn’t get a non-a. I just used the $60/day to pay for our housing. I did run into an overzealous civilian at Nellis finance that tried to refuse to pay me lodging and per diem because my family was with me (I guess she saw this on the PCS travel voucher). She tried to say I was “staying with family” as justification for non-payment. It took me 7 months to get paid correctly.


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[brabus]

4 hours ago, Fly4five said:

They are on my PCS orders but the block talking about TDY doesn’t say one way or another. It just states student must use government lodging if available. The problem is if they weren’t with me they would be able to accommodate me and I wouldn’t get the non A letter. It sounds like it’s better to just turn in my receipts at the end of the month without the non a letter and just suck up the extra charges.

Don't suck up extra charges, do what di said.  If someone asks at the front desk, just tell them your family isn't with you anymore...unless you think that will result in them saying they have room for you alone?  Them being there should have zero bearing on you getting full lodging rate and BAH...it's not illegal for them to visit you.

[Fly4five]

13 minutes ago, brabus said:

Don't suck up extra charges, do what di said.  If someone asks at the front desk, just tell them your family isn't with you anymore...unless you think that will result in them saying they have room for you alone?  Them being there should have zero bearing on you getting full lodging rate and BAH...it's not illegal for them to visit you.

Yea I talked with some guys and am going to go ahead with it. I’m PCS enroute and they are on my orders so I’m with you. I got the letter and will be using it since they are listed on there. I don’t have separate orders for my TDY and PCS. 

[war007afa]

For what it's worth, the requirement is for the Non-A number, not necessarily the actual letter, for DTS purposes...

[Skitzo]

Currently TDY back to Clovis Air Patch to give A3V checkrides. When filling out my DTS I immediately booked a flight out of Fort Walton. I was surprised to see my authorization rejected because I didn’t comply with a policy that requires me to cost compare airfare out of Fort Walton and Pensacola. If the cost was 200 or greater I was directed to use the lower cost option.

So I saved the Air Force 200 dollars and incurred an additional 3 hours of travel. 15 minutes to VPS or 90 minutes to PNS. By all accounts I believe this to be legal. Anybody have anything that could prove me wrong?


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[SurelySerious]

6 minutes ago, Skitzo said:

Currently TDY back to Clovis Air Patch to give A3V checkrides. When filling out my DTS I immediately booked a flight out of Fort Walton. I was surprised to see my authorization rejected because I didn’t comply with a policy that requires me to cost compare airfare out of Fort Walton and Pensacola. If the cost was 200 or greater I was directed to use the lower cost option.

So I saved the Air Force 200 dollars and incurred an additional 3 hours of travel. 15 minutes to VPS or 90 minutes to PNS. By all accounts I believe this to be legal. Anybody have anything that could prove me wrong?


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I’ve not heard of something like that, especially if you’re based in the VPS area. If so, the GSA city pair fare from your base to destination is the standard if one exists. But I’m no finance guy. 

[HossHarris]

Take a cab the 90 miles to Pensacola. Round trip. Make it more expensive and kill off the good idea fairy. 

[brabus]

I did exactly what Hoss said.  Same exact situation (VPS vs. PNS).  I don't remember the exact disparity in prices the RA was looking for, but bottom line took a car service there and back...cost the government $150 more in the end.  The wasted time was worth it to see his reaction when he realized I had fucked the system, but there was nothing he could do as it was a legally reimbursable expense.  I don't think such shenanigans happened again, at least that I'm aware of.

[di1630]

I did exactly what Hoss said.  Same exact situation (VPS vs. PNS).  I don't remember the exact disparity in prices the RA was looking for, but bottom line took a car service there and back...cost the government $150 more in the end.  The wasted time was worth it to see his reaction when he realized I had ed the system, but there was nothing he could do as it was a legally reimbursable expense.  I don't think such shenanigans happened again, at least that I'm aware of.

Get the ticket you want, do a constructed travel worksheet showing it saves the gov’t money because of the expensive cab ride and when it works, spread the word to help fix things.

Or you can f-ck your travel plans, bone the taxpayer and make a point which will be quickly dismissed and ignored.




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[pilotguy]

On 9/10/2018 at 3:29 AM, Fly4five said:

Yea I talked with some guys and am going to go ahead with it. I’m PCS enroute and they are on my orders so I’m with you. I got the letter and will be using it since they are listed on there. I don’t have separate orders for my TDY and PCS. 

Your family isn’t authorized to be TDY with you even though it’s a TDY enroute. You will get hosed if the nonA says your family is with you.

You packed up and have no house anywhere, I get that. But the AF still expects you to be at training alone and won’t reimburse you for family related expenses...be very careful