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For your convenience, direct links to each City Pair Program’s participating airline carrier’s fees and policies for baggage, pet, and service animals are provided below. If travel is on an international flight with a codeshare partner of the airline, you must check the operating airline’s policy and fees. For further information or questions, reach out to the airline’s customer service.
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| Airline information | Alaska Airlines | American Airlines | Breeze Airways | Delta Air Lines | JetBlue Airways | Southwest Airlines | United Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baggage information1 | Alaska baggage | American baggage | Breeze baggage | Delta baggage | JetBlue baggage 2 | Southwest baggage 4 | United baggage |
| Pets3 | Alaska pets | American pets | Breeze pets | Delta pets and Delta military pets | JetBlue pets | Southwest pets | United pets and United military pets |
| Service animals3 | Alaska service animals | American service animals | Breeze service animals | Delta service animals | JetBlue service animals | Southwest service animals | United service animals |
| Customer support | Alaska customer care | American customer relations | Breeze customer support | Delta customer support | JetBlue contact us | Southwest contact us | United customer care |
1 Federal Travel Regulation 301.12.2 identifies excess baggage as a miscellaneous expense. Verify your agency’s policy.
2 Select FY26 city pairs have a $0 First Checked Bag Fee. Contact your Travel Management Company (TMC) to determine if this applies to your upcoming travel.
3 If you are traveling with a military working dog, please refer to the Air Force Guidance Memorandum to AFI 31-126 [PDF], Military Working Dog Program.
4 Checked bag fees apply FY26 onward.
The Fly America Act requires you to use a U.S. designated air carrier for all government funded air travel unless one is not available. See more information about the act, code sharing, and the Open Skies Agreement at GSA.gov/openskies.
To ensure you don’t have any surprises on your next airfare bill, below are some fees that might be required.
The airline carriers may charge a change fee to travel agents who do not reissue a ticket when a traveler makes a voluntary change to a ticketed transaction. This is a policy between the airlines and travel agents, and is not under the authority of the City Pair Program contract. Contact your travel management company for more information.
Due to the continued volatility in fuel costs, the City Pair Program is allowing airlines to assess a fuel surcharge to domestic or international contract fares after the surcharge has been in place commercially for a minimum of 14 consecutive days and:
All ticketed or purchased travel as of July 21, 2014 includes a passenger civil aviation security service fee (security service fee), refer to the TSA’s security fees page.
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Rates for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and possessions are set by the Department of Defense.
Rates for foreign countries are set by the Department of State.
Rates are available between 10/1/2023 and 09/30/2026.
The End Date of your trip can not occur before the Start Date.
Traveler reimbursement is based on the location of the work activities and not the accommodations, unless lodging is not available at the work activity, then the agency may authorize the rate where lodging is obtained.
Unless otherwise specified, the per diem locality is defined as "all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city, including independent entities located within those boundaries."
Per diem localities with county definitions shall include"all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city as well as the boundaries of the listed counties, including independent entities located within the boundaries of the key city and the listed counties (unless otherwise listed separately)."
When a military installation or Government - related facility(whether or not specifically named) is located partially within more than one city or county boundary, the applicable per diem rate for the entire installation or facility is the higher of the rates which apply to the cities and / or counties, even though part(s) of such activities may be located outside the defined per diem locality.
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