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majoba82 · Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Location: USA - Philadelphia

My contract finishes in May. I intend on traveling to SE Asia before going back to the United States. My employer has informed me that, because I'm not going DIRECTLY home, they can not pay the plane ticket to the US, only the plane ticket to Thailand. Does anyone have experience with this? My only way to get a full ticket home is to work another year and then go?

loggerhead007 · Joined: 22 Mar 2009

Check your contract. It probably says they will pay for your ticket home or give you the monetary equivalent. All 3 of my contracts have. Tell them you're not sure so you'd like the $$.

espoir · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Location: Incheon, South Korea

read your contract carefully. it should state something to the effect of

"employer will reimburse the employee for an economy class ticket from Korea to their home country on the most direct flight. If employee travels to a third country, the employer will still only reimburse to cost of am economy class ticket from Korea to the employees home country on the most direct flight."

Skippy · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon

Should have kept your mouth shut! And yes it sounds like you are being cheated. What does your contract say. Some places will pay only set amount some will only pay for a ticker straight back to where you came from. You will have to really negotiate!.

Good Luck

loggerhead007 · Joined: 22 Mar 2009

Check your contract. It probably says they will pay for your ticket home or give you the monetary equivalent. All 3 of my contracts have. Tell them you're not sure so you'd like the $$.

loggerhead007 · Joined: 22 Mar 2009

Check your contract. It probably says they will pay for your ticket home or give you the monetary equivalent. All 3 of my contracts have. Tell them you're not sure so you'd like the $$.

loggerhead007 · Joined: 22 Mar 2009

Check your contract. It probably says they will pay for your ticket home or give you the monetary equivalent. All 3 of my contracts have. Tell them you're not sure so you'd like the $$.

loggerhead007 · Joined: 22 Mar 2009

Check your contract. It probably says they will pay for your ticket home or give you the monetary equivalent. All 3 of my contracts have. Tell them you're not sure so you'd like the $$.

lifeinkorea · Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Location: somewhere in China

Just because you can't cheat them or aren't doesn't mean they are cheating you. You informed them you were going to Thailand, so they only want to pay that amount. If you kept your mouth shut and asked for just an average for the airfare to go back home, then you probably could have cashed in. Thus, cheating them.