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Subject: RE: travel approval request ( New Fully Refundable Flight & Hotel Itinerary)¶
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:51:01 +0000¶
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None of this changes the fact that you left the office without telling us in the middle of us all trying to schedule this trip, and then scheduled me on a non-refundable flight after I specifically said that we need refundable flights.¶
In any event, the flight that is on does not work for me, so if I’m not allowed to take the flight you originally booked for me, please send me a list of ALL refundable flight tickets that are within the allowable price range for departure on February 3 (arriving February 4) and departing February 7. Please don’t just put me on flights without checking with me if they work.¶
Thank you.¶
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Sent: Monday, January 27, 2020 08:26¶
| Subject: | RE: travel approval request(New Fully Refundable Flight & Hotel Itinerary) |
| Importance: | High |
Good morning¶
Fortunately, there’s was a 24 hour policy when booking a non-refundable trip so I knew that if any issues transpired, we could void the trip by COB today. Since the cost of the non-refundable trip previously reserved is astronomically high, I voided it and booked the same departing flight as with the same return date from the old itinerary that’s fully refundable and much lower than the flight itinerary chosen.¶
If you need to make any further amendments, you can now be assured that you’ll be able to without penalty fees. Also, the new flight itinerary will be ticketed on 1/29/20, so you have even more time to make any adjustments before your trip to Stockholm, Sweden. Sorry for the inconvenience.¶
U. S. Attorney’s Office (SDNY)¶
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2020 7:43 PM¶
Subject: RE: travel approval request¶
I wish you would have told us that you were leaving early today – we had a lot of travel issues and thought you would be assisting this afternoon. In particular, in my email about flights, I specifically asked to get a refundable fare, and you got me a non-refundable, so I had to call the government travel people tonight to switch it, since international travel must be refundable. The ticket will now be more expensive but it’s required for us for international flights.¶
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Sent: Friday, January 24, 2020 13:31¶
Subject: RE: travel approval request¶
mentioned to me that you told her I had purchased refundable flights, but that’s not quite right – I had asked you to make sure to get refundable tickets on the flights I listed below. Could you please double check and confirm that the flights you got for me are in fact refundable tickets?¶
thanks,¶
similar request from me for the same trip, if you could please book the following refundable tickets –¶
| - | Monday, 2/3, Delta, 6:40 p.m. departure from JFK, landing at 11:55 a.m. in Stockholm(ARN) on 2/4, with a layover in Paris |
- Friday, 2/7, Delta, 12:45 p.m. departure from Stockholm (ARN), landing at 9:55 p.m. at JFK, with a layover in Paris
Note that it appears this set of flights is only available in premium economy but those seats are cheaper than any other flights on those days in regular economy seating. Please let me know if e2 or EOUSA says we have to fly regular economy (and therefore spend more money) and I can look at other flight times.¶
Separately, could you also please take a look at hotel options in downtown Sweden that are within the per diem allowance? We generally need to be in this area, downtown:¶
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I looked for a long time and literally didn’t see anything at $196 or below, so if you could please take a look and let us know three or four options, we can take a look at those.¶
thanks very much,¶
For this trip, could you please help with booking flights? If you could please book the following refundable ticket, that would be very much appreciated:¶
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Monday, 2/3, 8:15 p.m. departure from JFK, landing at 2:25 p.m. in Stockholm on 2/4, with a layover in London (American Airlines)
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Thursday, 2/6, 11:40 a.m. departure from Stockholm, landing at 7:30 p.m. at JFK, with a layover in London (American Airlines)
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Thanks!¶
Subject: RE: travel approval request¶
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Subject: RE: travel approval request¶
Similar to prior requests in connection with the Epstein investigation (2018R01618), but with an added international element, we’d like to please request permission for the team to travel next week for an interview near Stockholm, Sweden, next week on January 29th and/or 30th. We expect to be traveling, respectively, some combination of the 27th (overnight) to the 31st, depending on when the interview ends up being scheduled, and we’ll put final dates on our formal applications. Also similar to prior trips, we’d like to request approval to get a conference room for one of those days at a hotel for the interview itself.¶
Also based on our discussion earlier we’ll be mindful of looking for domestic (or domestic-flagged) carrier flights, as well as the costs of any alternatives, in looking at possible specific bookings. Thanks as always for your help and input on that.¶
thank you,¶
Subject: RE: travel approval request¶
Similar to prior requests in connection with the Epstein investigation (2018R01618), we’d like to please request permission for the team to travel next week for an interview (or possibly interviews) in Los Angeles on December 16 and/or 17. We expect to be traveling, respectively, some combination of the 15th to the 18th. Also similar to prior trips, we’d like to request approval to get a conference room for one of those days.¶
thank you,¶
Subject: RE: travel approval request¶