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Travel Reimbursement
Dept. of Accounts Payable
University of New Orleans
2000 Lakeshore Drive
New Orleans, LA 70148
Phone: (504) 280-6107
Fax: (504) 280-1232
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The city and state of destination determines the tier of reimbursement. Receipts are not required for routine meals within these allowances.
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Tier I |
Tier II |
Tier III |
Tier IV |
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Cities in Louisiana, except New Orleans |
New Orleans and cities out of state, except the cities listed in Tiers III and IV |
Atlanta, Austin, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Ft. Lauderdale-FL, Galveston-TX, Hartford, Houston, Kansas City-MO, Las Vegas-NV, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Nashville, Oakland-CA, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland-ME, Portland-OR, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Diego, St. Louis, Tampa, Wilmington-DE, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and all of Alaska and Hawaii |
Alexandria-VA, Arlington-VA, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington-DC, and International cities |
| Breakfast |
$8 |
$9 |
$12 |
$13 |
| Lunch |
$11 |
$13 |
$16 |
$18 |
| Dinner |
$15 |
$19 |
$24 |
$29 |
| Total |
$34 |
$41 |
$52 |
$60 |
The traveler must be in travel status to receive these per diems:
| Breakfast |
Travel must begin at or before 6:00 am and extend beyond 9:00 am |
| Lunch |
Travel must begin at or before 10:00 am and extend beyond 2:00 pm |
| Dinner |
Travel must begin at or before 4:00 pm and extend beyond 8:00 pm |
For more details on meals, see LSU System Travel Guide PM-13.
Meals are not eligible for reimbursement on single day travel. However, the department head is allowed to authorize an exception to this rule on a case-by-case basis.
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The employee must be in travel status for a minimum of 12 hours.
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Single day meal reimbursements are considered taxable income to the employee.
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$26 is the maximum single day meal reimbursement. The single day rates are:
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