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One time my project mgmt told me I could pay extra for Econ+ seats or whatever they’re called so I could work on transcon flights and not hold them up at the airport by being the last off the plane (we shared rides to client).
After 2 months of reimbursement (at which point I got enough status to get the seats for free), finance retroactively rejected all the charges and said project mgmt had no authority to approve these as an exception, but oddly also said I could get these reimbursed again if I could prove each flight taken was sold out. I guess I could screenshot the seat availability right before boarding if I had known but couldn’t think of a way to “prove” this after the fact, so ended up $200-300 out of pocket.
Made sure to max out my food allowances every single day after that as a small way of making up for it. 😈

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Holy hell. Reading this entire thread just became worth it.

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