Claim what you are owed.

Cat695

Well i have to say i think JPA is pretty good......i use it alot as i'm claiming at least twice a month every month.

the things our found that you can claim for and are all allowed!!!!

IE does NOT need reciepts as long as its not over 5 quid (our UAO did go through a faze of making us fill out a form but that got binned because it was masses of paper work)

if your away for more than 21 days from your parent unit and your staying in hotels then you are entitled to that same level of accom as back in camp (so as a senior rank you can have your own room)

You must provide reciepts for DS however you can claim upto a max of £4.50 per meal by self certifying for places that do not do reciepts (such as vending machines)

Again if using DS and you don't spend your full entitlment one day (i believe is £24.52 at the moment) you can carry over the remaining for the next day and so on( this is brilliant if you fancy a nice BIG posh meal at the end of whatever your doing) so if you only spend 16 quid one day you have 32 quid to spend the next!

If your single and live in you can put a leave pass in ever weekend (sat sun) and it does not come off your entitlement ALSO you get back your food charges for those weekends (about 36 quid a month) many people aren't aware of this and its fully legit!!!!

smith9255

Cat695 wrote: »

If your single and live in you can put a leave pass in ever weekend (sat sun) and it does not come off your entitlement ALSO you get back your food charges for those weekends (about 36 quid a month) many people aren't aware of this and its fully legit!!!!

I'm sure you'll find that this last comment isn't legit. The fact is if you are in barracks over a weekend eating meals from the cookhouse you must pay for them. By placing a leave pass and receiving a refund people would be commiting fraud. :eek: The only exception to this is if you are in a PAYD unit, in which case there is no need to place a leave pass.

gt568

smith9255 wrote: »

I'm sure you'll find that this last comment isn't legit. The fact is if you are in barracks over a weekend eating meals from the cookhouse you must pay for them. By placing a leave pass and receiving a refund people would be commiting fraud. :eek: The only exception to this is if you are in a PAYD unit, in which case there is no need to place a leave pass.

It's not fraud if you don't go to the mess....:rolleyes:

Cat695

gt568 wrote: »

It's not fraud if you don't go to the mess....:rolleyes:

OBVIOUSLY that is what i was saying seeing as MOST singleys go home at the weekend!!! however if you don't and don't eat in the cookhouse or mess then get your money back....it IS legit as it was MY RAOWO that told us!!

EmmaWD

That's interesting about the DS, might have to have a posh meal when we move house then, seeing as we are getting DS X 3!

Cod_Almighty

And don't forget that you can claim for one alcoholic drink as well.

Andympgs

we only just found out about this food reclaim system although the clerk on base is very anal, the plt com has said to fill out leave passes and stick it on jpa, but now it has changed to just putting it into jpa and quoting that it is for a food reclaim, im on the 4 on 4 off rosta, and they gave me a 60 day balance in my leave entitlement, nut what when this runs out i mean are they just going to carry on adding to the leave balance so as i can take them on jpa for food reclaim, this is daft, surely there must be a simpler system, and this is obviously all authorised by unit admin which on ours goes through rsm first???????????????? there has to be something going on behind those closed doors, we should be payd on this base anyway.... anyway thats me done, had my winge

Renovatio

bonsibabe wrote: »

And one for the guys (or girls) who have a spouse who is registered as a disabled dependant. I am disabled and registered with my hubby's MCM div as such. We only just found out that we are entitled to a 25% discount on our CILOCT, backdated to the date I was registered disabled.

i know a few people who this would definately interest, do you have any sort of official reference for this?

bonsibabe

Renovatio - its on JPA but i can't remember where exactly.

What I would recommend is talking to a clerk and asking for the form that they use to give CILOCT discounts to single parents. There is a box on that form which you tick to show a disabled dependant. We still haven't had our money back so I would tell your friends that it can take some time. (we are on our 4th month of waiting) - but they are entitled to have it backdated to the date they were registered as disabled, or the date disability allowances are backdated to.

As i was disabled before we got married, my DH is entitled to 7 years worth of rebates, will keep you posted, and if I find the proper regulations will send you a PM

mummyjane

bonsibabe wrote: »

Don't forget HDT or RPOD as it used to be called. Unfortunately our unit have "lost" 3 HDT claims and we are now waiting for the 4th to get processed. Taken 2 years so should get a nice amount back!

And one for the guys (or girls) who have a spouse who is registered as a disabled dependant. I am disabled and registered with my hubby's MCM div as such. We only just found out that we are entitled to a 25% discount on our CILOCT, backdated to the date I was registered disabled. We had to provide proof (I gave a photocopy of a letter confirming DLA) and, as I was disabled before we got married, we are waiting for 7 years worth of rebates back.

I presume that this isn't the case if you have a disabled child receiving DLA?

Jane