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12 Upgrade

Accompanying travel (1) An office holder may upgrade the office holder’s class of travel in order to accompany a person travelling at a higher class of travel if it is demonstrably in the interest of the Commonwealth to do so. Lengthy flight (2) An office holder who is entitled to travel economy class may upgrade to business class (for domestic and international travel) if the duration of the flight exceeds 5 hours. Physical or medical requirement (3) A tier 2 office holder who is entitled to travel economy class for air travel between any of Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra may upgrade to business class if the office holder’s employing authority certifies in writing that there is a physical or medical requirement for the office holder to travel by business class.