This is a running list of known issues and procedural highlights for the past six months.

Also, be sure to visit our branch news page for travel-related news updates.

26 December:

• PCS Mileage (MALT) and TDY Mileage Rates

Effective 1 January 2019, the MALT (monetary allowance in lieu of transportation) rate per authorized POC (privately owned conveyance) is $0.20 (twenty cents) per mile. This rate is effective for all PCS travel that commences on or after 1 January 2019 (i.e., the initial travel is started).

TDY mileage rates changed on 01 January 2019. The new TDY rates are:

Current and previous PCS & TDY mileage rates are posted at https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/otherratesMile.cfm.

18 December: What's new in Web TPAX 7.1

10 December: Correct Order Dates in TPAX User Guide added.

17 October: Updated PPC's Travel Evacuation Order Guidance 2018 (PDF) 

17 August:

• Added "Termination of Flat-Rate Per Diem Frequently Asked Questions, COMDT (CG-1332) – 13 August 2018".

16 August:

• Updated the Actual Expense Lodging TPAX TDY User Guide.

14 August:

• Added Flat Rate Termination Long-Term TDY TPAX User Guide (This guide provides procedures for submitting a claim in TPAX that has a change in Per Diem rate.)
• Flat-Rate Per Diem Eliminated (ALCOAST 283/18).

11 July:

• TDY Settlement – With Prior Authorization guide updated.
  

12 June:

• The Requesting Travel Advances in TPAX guide has been updated. 

18 May:

• The Evacuation Travel Claim Guide has been updated.

30 April:

• The PCS Claim, Member with Dependents User Guide has been updated.

25 April:  

• Long Term TDY with Leave or Additional TDY User Guide Added - This guide provides the procedures for entering a long term (LT) TDY claim in TPAX that involves leave (LV) or additional TDY. 

• How Mileage is Calculated - The Defense Table of Official Distance (DTOD) is the official source for worldwide PCS and TDY distance information and replaces all other sources used to compute distance except for local travel by POV, which is determined by odometer reading, and for travel by an airplane.  Methodology for distance measurement is zip-code to zip-code and/or U.S. Installation for travel in CONUS and non-foreign OCONUS locations, and city-to-city distance elsewhere (e.g., within foreign locations or to/from foreign locations).  The Defense Table of Distances programmed in the electronic travel system (e.g. T-PAX) on the date the voucher is approved for payment is used to calculate the official mileage.
  
  Effective immediately, the DTOD mileage in T-PAX is the official mileage calculation (do not use DTOD because the mileage in T-PAX is effective dated base on the voucher approval date). This update will be reflected in the next update to the Coast Guard Supplement to the JTR. 

19 April:  A guide for completing Evacuation Travel Claims in Web-TPAX has been added.

06 April:  A guide for updating/correcting your rank in Web-TPAX has been added.

23 March:  Household Goods -  Ship by a government contractor or do it yourself? ALCOAST messages 100/18  and 101/18 provide vital information for members transferring, retiring, or separating in 2018. 

• The 2018 HHG transportation season will be upon us soon, and whether a member is performing a long distance permanent change of station (PCS) move or a funded local move, HHG counseling is mandatory. To ensure members are aware of their HHG transportation entitlements, commands should ensure that all members departing on PCS orders, or separating from the Coast Guard receive a printed copy of ALCOAST 100/18; Transfer Season 2018 Household Goods (HHG) Shipping Information and Mandatory Customer Satisfaction Survey.
• During peak season it may be difficult to secure a Government-contracted transportation service provider (TSP) that meets the desired packing, pick-up, and delivery dates of everyone affected. If a TSP cannot be contracted, or if a member prefers, they may perform a full or partial Personally Procured Movement (PPM) of Household Goods (HHGs) and receive the incentive payment of 95% of the government's constructed expense, not to exceed the authorized weight allowance as published in the Joint Travel Regulations. ALCOAST 101/18 provides detailed information for those planning to use the Personally Procured Movements (PPM) of Household Goods program.