§ 101-41.203-6 - Air excess baggage service.

(a) Cash shall generally be used to pay for the air carriage of authorized excess baggage when the cost thereof is $15 or less for each leg of a trip. (See § 101-41.203-2.) When the charges will exceed $15, the air carrier to which the authorizing GTR is presented shall prepare one or more sets of a Government excess baggage authorization/ticket (GEBAT) to provide a separate coupon for each change of flight, carrier, or stopover. It is essential to the payment process that the GTR number, the name and address of the office to be billed for the services furnished, and the name of the traveler, as shown on the authorizing GTR, be completely and accurately entered on the GEBAT.

(b) The GEBAT coupons shall be given to the traveler with the air ticket for presentation to the honoring carriers. Each carrier that is to provide excess baggage service shall lift the pertinent coupon, complete if to show the gross and net weights or number of pieces of baggage carried, and use the coupon to support the subsequent billing of charges. The carrier providing the service may bill its charges direct to the paying office or may go foward the coupon to the carrier to which the GTR was tendered for billing.