Mileage/Meal Reimbursement Rates

Effective with the travel starting January 1, 2013, the mileage reimbursement rate for University travel increased to 56.5 cents per mile. Please follow this table when submitting your travel requests and expense accounts:

*** Please be aware that if a traveler decides to use a personal vehicle for long distance travel and the mileage costs are greater than the costs of flying, the University will only reimburse the traveler up to the plane ticket cost.

Standard per Diem FY '11 Meal Rates

• Breakfast: $ 8.00
• Lunch: $10.00
• Dinner: $24.00
• Total per Day: $42.00

Meal rates for High Cost United States Metropolitan cities
• http://www.dbm.maryland.gov/agencies/Pages/MealTipReimbursement.aspx

Meal & Incidental Costs rates for International destinations
For international travel, meals and incidental costs are reimbursable without receipts at the applicable Meals and Incidental Expenses (M&IE) rate of the U.S. Department of State. The foreign per diem rates are updated monthly and are found on the U.S. Department of State web site at http://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=184&menu_id=78  Whenever partial days per diem applies, such as departure and return days, reimbursement will be calculated based upon the total M&IE rates as follows: Breakfast-15%; Lunch-25%; and Dinner-60%.

In exceptional situations where an international traveler has extraordinarily high incidental expenses, the traveler may request,  in writing, waiver of  the standard U.S. Department of State per diem incidental expenses reimbursable rate and request reimbursement based upon actual receipts if funds are available and exceptional circumstances warrant a higher rate.  Such requests must be fully justified and are subject to the approval of the Comptroller and Office of the Vice President for Finance and Management.