Real life MMD: Should I keep the train voucher?

Morgadams

Look at it this way - if they'd refunded you £70 in cash would you keep it? No - as it would technically belong to the person who paid for the journey - which would be your company. If it's a refund on the fare, in the form of voucher, then it belongs to the person who paid the original fare. If it was compensation for personal suffering to you, then maybe there's an arguement that you are entitled to the vouchers. I know it's a clique, but honesty really is the best policy, so I'd tell your boss/line manager and chances are they'll let you keep the vouchers but be prepared for the fact that they'll want to have them if they see it as a refund. Not worth the risk to not declare them -especially as this has now been on here!

Aldahbra

JoannaS wrote: »

I can't believe you even feel like this is a 'moral dilemma'!!!!!

1. You were the one who was inconvenienced not your company

2. They gave you vouchers for rail travel not cash

3. Stop wasting our time and let someone with a real dilemma get some advice

4. Enjoy using your rail vouchers! :-)

The fact that your can't see that this is a dilemma shows us that this topic really does need to be hight lighted.

How would you feel if it were politicians getting free train rides?

Really the vouchers belong to the company, they paid for the train journey. Keeping them without notifying the company would be corrupt. Chances are the company would let you keep them, but that is their call.

stellagoldstein

Yes keep the tickets. Although work purchased the ticket it was your time that was lost through the delay and even if it was 'work time' that was lost you probably had to make up the time in catching up with your workload later on.

epm-84

If people actually read some of the posts before posting they could give better answers.

As pointed out earlier the rail travel vouchers are only valid if they are used by the person they were sent to.

Also rail travel vouchers are only issued when someone puts in a claim, they are not issued automatically. If the company said that it couldn't be bothered getting someone to spend 10 minutes filling out a claim and you put the claim in yourself in your own time then it's the company's loss.

amanda69jones

Your company doesn't have a process to deal with something out of the ordinary (most don't). Use the voucher - if you can. The rail companies make it difficult. You can't use it online, and if you book by phone you have to give two week's notice so you can send in the paper voucher by post. You can't split a voucher either. It's an antiquated, hard-to-use system that seems to be there just to discourage people from claiming their compensation.

janiebquick

Tell your line manager or whoever organises the rail booking what has happened and see what they say.