JPA Expenses - Advances

[Mightierthan]

Can anyone there help me with putting in a claim for an advance of travel expenses?
I am happy with the procedure, however the system is not playing. I am detached 8-20 Mar in hotac so am putting in for an advance of the B&B costs.
I have ensured that, on the initial screen the type of claim is 'Advances', then on the details screen the 'Expense Type' defaults to 'advance', so no problems there.
The 'date expense incurred' has to be today's date so I have input 4 Mar. The anticipated end is 20 Mar, so I have input that. The duration is 12 nights so I have also input that, along with the total amount I need. When I proceed the system then comes up with this error message: "The 15-MAR-2009 that you have entered is in the future. Claims cannot be made for a refund of Expenses when the Expense has not yet been incurred. For Advances enter today's date with number of days set to one." Despite the fact that I am asking for an advance rather than a refund, even if I follow those instructions then I get a policy violation warning that the amount I am claiming is over the daily amount allowed!
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

 

[fed_up_scribbly]

For advances the number of nights must be "1" regardless of how long the duration of the TDY. It does say this hidden away in the screen, or the error message somewhere.

 

[MingMong]

I had the same problem trying to get an advance for accomodation for a 7 week resettlement course. I phoned up my HR clerk (or whatever they are called today) and they told me that it was standard to get that warning message. The claim will still go to your approver, and if he is aware of what it is for then chances are he will approve it.

I'm pretty sure that this is what happened, but I have been to sleep a few times since then.