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huck · Joined: 19 Jan 2003

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schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

My school's reimbursement policy is similar -- they insist on seeing both the ticket & a receipt from the issuer. I think its because its hard to determine from the ticket alone how much money was actually laid out.

I havent bought online exactly but I have paid by bank transfer -- that receipt didnt satisfy them. My travel agent was happy to oblige with a faxed receipt that showed the agent's name, company name, & contact phone number -- that worked. (They mailed me a hard copy too just in case.)

If you bought direct from the airline, I'm sure they'd provide the same service.

chiaa · Joined: 23 Aug 2003

Tell them if you want me to come you are going to pay this amount _____. If they do not agree to it before you leave, come anyway find a different place to work. There are too many jobs out here! If your ticket is a fair amount this should be no big deal.

kylehawkins2000 · Joined: 08 Apr 2003

The company may want to charge it as a business expense. Try what Chiaa said and if they insist on an invoice just contact the company you bought it from and ask them to send you one. It shouldn't be a big deal. As for a 'stamp'....what's that all about? What kind of stamp do they need?

chiaa · Joined: 23 Aug 2003

Homer · Guest

Its the minimum to ask for an invoice when reimbursing something like a plane ticket....

You could like Chia said and threathen them but that might not go over very well when all they are asking for is proof of purchase for your plane ticket.

This is not an unreasonable request and too many teachers coming here seen to think everything is owed them and that they should not be asked anything.

Any business with an iota of common sense would ask for this invoice on a purchase as important as a plane ticket.

My advice: get an invoice sent to you from S.Air, bring it with you to Korea and be a professional.

chronicpride · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

The stamp thing that they might be alluding to, is from their own tradition. Those small, round Korean red stamps that they often use to certify contracts and official documents. Someone probably translated someone's Korean into English, verbatim, without omitting the reference to their own custom.