woolyback_bastard
Old Salt
FiveAlpha said:wooly - there are certain criteria regarding distances etc. For HTD - Home to duty (i.e pad to work for example), you have to pay the first 3 miles yourself. Get You Home for married unnacompanied it just about covers the cost of 4 journeys home a month. It gets paid at a daily rate depending on how far away you live. If you're on ex or ops then it stops as you cant be in receipt of GYH and LSA (seperation allowance).
5a I can see where your coming from and I don't blame anyone claiming this benefit if it is available, I would also if I was still serving. However I know from where I live many on the lads and lasses have to travel from Burghfield Common to RAF Odiham and it's 16 miles each way, as the quarters on base are crap, and one's in Burghfield very good in comparrison. However, most people I know in civvie st, would think nothing of travelling 15 -20 miles each way to and from work and find this reasonable and they don't get any government handouts towards their travel expenses.