Instructions for using VPD. Memo on the correct use of military transportation documents Travel on trains for military personnel

To purchase an air ticket and board a flight, you need a passport confirming the identity of the passenger. Military people who are temporarily without of this document on their person, they can use a military ID or VPD when flying on airliners.

In this article we will look at how to purchase an air ticket using a military ID and a military ID, registration rules, and what to do if a ticket is lost or returned.

What is VPD for military personnel

VPD is a military transportation document that gives military personnel of the Russian army the right to travel on all types public transport across the territory of the Russian Federation.

Purposes of travel using VPD for free travel:

1. Business trip.
2. Travel to another city to a new duty station.
3. Leave for military personnel (annually).
4. To undergo treatment or rehabilitation. If long-term treatment in a hospital is planned, a military man can fly or travel there and back for free, accompanied by 1-2 people at the expense of the state.

Close relatives of a serviceman: wife, children, dependents can also take advantage of the right to free travel on the air traffic route.

Are contract soldiers and conscripts given a flight license for an airplane?

Air permits for conscript soldiers are issued only if it is not possible to travel to another city by ground transport. Using this document, a route with transfers can be planned, which involves flying to the nearest city where there is a railway station, and then taking a train to your destination.

Military personnel serving under contract in regions with unfavorable climatic conditions, as well as in remote territories of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, have the right to free travel by air once a year in two directions – back and forth across the territory of Russia.

How long does the air force operate on an airplane?

The validity period of the VPD is 3 months from the date of issue of the document. This period is provided for issuing an air ticket.

How to buy a plane ticket using VPD

Military personnel, conscripts and contract soldiers can buy a ticket using the VPD and receive compensation for the money spent on travel, as well as the right to purchase a ticket at reduced rates.

Conditions for purchasing air tickets via VPD:

• You can buy a ticket no earlier than 90 days before departure;
• When issuing a ticket, the VPD is provided in the original; the document must be filled out in Russian and have all the necessary stamps and signatures.

Which airlines sell tickets using VPD?

Not all airlines sell air tickets. In Russia, several carriers accept such a document for issuing an air ticket. Among them Ural Airlines, S7, Nordstar, Red Wings, UTair.

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Book and buy air tickets via VPD online

Military personnel can purchase airline tickets using air travel only at the airport's stationary ticket offices, as well as at air carrier offices. Unfortunately, it is not possible to purchase or book tickets for VPD online.

What to do if there are no tickets for the VPD

Before issuing a ticket, a serviceman needs to check with company representatives to see if there are seats on the plane in the chosen direction for air travel.

Airlines provide a limited number of seats for military personnel on each flight. If there are no available tickets for the scheduled date or flight, the service member can change the departure date or buy a plane ticket for cash.

How to exchange or return a ticket purchased using VPD

Special conditions are provided for the return and exchange of air tickets purchased using the VFD.

Conditions for exchanging and returning tickets:

1. You can return your ticket no later than 24 hours before the flight departs.
2. Refunds are subject to certain fees.
3. If the ticket is returned within the last 24 hours before departure, carrier fees + penalties of up to 25% of the total price will apply.
4. Tickets can be exchanged and returned according to the VPD without deduction of fees and fines only for forced reasons, proven by documents.

After returning the ticket at the airport ticket office, the serviceman receives a certificate, which must be submitted to the headquarters where the air travel document was received.

What to do if your VPD ticket is not used or lost

Military personnel are required to provide the used military travel document for reporting within three days. If the VPD ticket was lost, proceedings will follow to establish the circumstances. A soldier who does not return a travel document will be held accountable.

A serviceman who has lost his air ticket can also contact the airline to restore the document by writing a personal statement indicating the direction of the flight, flight number and departure date. You will have to pay for the airline ticket restoration service according to the carrier’s tariffs.

Is it possible to buy an air ticket using a military ID?

By order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, military personnel undergoing military service can purchase air tickets by providing a military ticket for all types of transport, including airplanes. This document fully identifies the passenger and gives the right to fly to the chosen destination.

Using VPD you can buy plane tickets at an economy class fare. If a passenger was unable to purchase a ticket for the required date according to the VPD, he can purchase a ticket for cash, without compensation for the funds spent. The serviceman is required to hand over the unused VPD for reporting to the headquarters where this document was received.

In accordance with the orders of the Minister of Defense Russian Federation dated December 27, 2017 No. 815 and dated April 24, 2017 No. 248 to citizens studying at presidential cadet schools, Suvorov military, Nakhimovsky Naval, Military music schools and cadet (naval cadet) corps, students of military units and military bands, military transportation documents are issued for travel to the venue summer holidays(summer vacation) and back, and for orphans - for travel during the winter holidays.

Military transportation documents (VDP) are documents of strict accountability. VPDs are valid for three months from the date of issue! The series and numbers issued by the VPD are indicated on the vacation tickets of Nakhimov residents.

Military transportation documents are issued in accordance with the following categories of travel:

• by rail - in reserved seat carriages any category of train;
• by sea transport - in cabins of category IV ships of transport lines;
• river transport - in places of category III vessels of transport lines;
• by air transport - airplanes in economy (lower) class cabins;
• by road - in buses, and in their absence - in soft buses;

VPDs are issued by order of the head of the NVMU branch (Murmansk) on the basis of an application from one of the parents (legal representative) for the issuance of VPD indicating the travel route and type of transport in direct non-stop communication across the territory of the Russian Federation, and in the absence of such - with the least number of transfers along the shortest route across the territory of the Russian Federation.

An application for issuance of a VPD is written in person according to the established template and sent in any of the following ways:

1. Handed over personally to the teacher (class teacher).
2. By fax (8-8152)-56-80-71 (followed by sending the original by mail to the address: 183052, Murmansk, Shevchenko St., 30).
3. Scanned and sent by email: [email protected](followed by sending the original application by mail).

After receiving the VPD, tickets to the vacation location are purchased by parents (legal representatives) and educators.

ATTENTION!

The legality of using VPD is confirmed by marks on registration/deregistration at the place of vacation indicated on the vacation ticket. If there are no marks on registration/deregistration on the vacation ticket, payment for travel to the place of vacation is reimbursed at the expense of the parents (legal representatives).

Marks on registration/deregistration in the vacation ticket are affixed at the military commissariat, military commandant's office, and in their absence - at the city (village council) administration; marks from other government bodies are considered invalid.

Upon returning to the branch of NVMU (Murmansk), Nakhimov students are required to submit to the teacher (class teacher) within three days:

1. Vacation ticket with the appropriate notes on being at the point of vacation (registration and deregistration).
2. Travel documents received via air travel at the ticket offices of transport organizations (if traveling by air - air ticket and boarding pass).

If VPDs were issued but not used, the following documents must be provided:

1. Application from a parent (legal representative) according to the established template.
2. Certificates from transport organizations about the cost of travel on the day of travel.
3. Issued VTD or a document confirming the return of travel tickets indicating the series and number of the VTD for which the tickets were previously issued.

Travel expenses are not reimbursed in the following cases:

1. If travel tickets and documents confirming travel are damaged, crumpled, hard to read, or photocopied.
2. If the point of departure and destination do not coincide with the vacation destinations indicated on the vacation ticket.
3. If the vacation ticket does not contain marks on registration/deregistration at the place of vacation.
4. If previously tickets under the VPD were issued, but were not handed over to the box office in the prescribed manner, and the tickets were purchased again for personal funds.

All military personnel flying on vacation or business trips know very well that purchasing plane tickets via air traffic control is not an easy task. Airlines set monthly air ticket limits for air tickets, which expire almost a day or two after the opening of sales.

But now the situation with air tickets has changed. In accordance with Order No. 815 of the Minister of Defense, airlines have canceled monthly ticketing limits on military travel documents until further notice.

For which airlines' flights can I purchase air tickets using VPD?

Currently, military personnel can issue airline tickets at FlyNow ticket offices Aeroflot, UTair, Nordavia no monthly restrictions. With some restrictions related to air ticketing technology, you can issue tickets for airline flights using VPD S7(Siberia) at FlyNow ticket offices in Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk.

We remind you that military personnel of the RF Ministry of Defense can purchase tickets using the VPD 150 days before the trip. The shelf life of the issued VPD is 3 months.

Transfers in Moscow and St. Petersburg

Due to the fact that direct flights to the southern Black Sea cities are in high demand, we also offer flights with transfers in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

When issuing plane tickets for military personnel, FlyNow specialists have the opportunity to make the following connections with different airlines:

• At Sheremetyevo airport we connect Aeroflot and Northern Wind (NordWind)
• At Vnukovo airport we connect UTair and Rossiya (Aeroflot)
• At Domodedovo airport we connect Nordavia with RedWings, NordStar and S7 airlines (Siberia)
• At Pulkovo Airport we connect all of the above airlines.

These are not guaranteed connections., when airlines are responsible for flight delays, therefore, when issuing air tickets, we select the transfer time from flight to flight with a reserve so that passengers worry less if there is an unexpected delay in a flight from Arkhangelsk.

Cancellation of limits – tickets without restrictions?

Unfortunately no. In addition to the monthly limits on issuing tickets for air travel, airlines limit the number of seats for military personnel on each flight.

Each aircraft can accommodate a strictly limited number of passengers issued with military travel documents. With high demand for some destinations, there may not be enough seats for everyone, especially during the summer holiday season.

For questions about the availability of seats on flights, please contact the FlyNow ticket offices; you will see the addresses and telephone numbers of our ticket offices by clicking on the link.

Issuing airline tickets via the Internet via the Internet is not permitted by airline regulations.

What to do if there are no airspace seats on the flights you need?

Military personnel have the following options:

• Change departure date. FlyNow operators will help you choose a different date and time of departure, provided that there are still seats left on the runway in the direction you need.
• Change your vacation spot. For example, in June 2018 it is already difficult to fly to Simferopol, but there are still places on planes to Gelendzhik. You will have to rewrite the VPD in a new direction.
• Buy air tickets in cash. This is the most realistic option for your trip. It is worth keeping in mind that plane tickets to reverse direction It is still possible to apply for VPD.

Find out flight schedules and book air tickets on the website: here you can find out the exact flight schedule for both direct flights and flights with transfers, select the appropriate options by time or by preferred airline, book and buy air tickets.

FlyNow Travel Center provides full support to its passengers on all issues related to your trip, regardless of whether you purchased our services at the ticket office or online.

Advice from lawyers:

1. The air ticket has been issued for the plane, there are no tickets, is it possible to buy an important train? What should be done?

1.1. It is forbidden. Due to the fact that transportation documents are serviced only by those airlines that have entered into an agreement with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and their number is constantly changing, before issuing a flight document for the chosen route, it is necessary to clarify the possibility of using a flight document for such a flight and only then submit a report for the issuance of transportation documents .

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2. Is it possible to get a ticket for the Lastochka train St. Petersburg to Pskov using the military VPD?

2.1. If it exceeds the cost of a reserved seat for the same destination, you may have to pay extra.

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3. Can I travel on the high-speed train in a train compartment? Or is it only available for reserved seats?

3.1. You can choose for yourself. A compartment car is acceptable.

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4. Is it possible to buy a train ticket on the high-pressure route in the north-west carriage.

4.1. Depends on the rank.
36. Military transportation documents are issued in accordance with the following categories of travel:

A) senior officers:

By rail - in soft carriages with double compartments (SV) of any train category;

By sea - in cabins of category I ships of transport lines;

River transport - in luxury cabins of transport line ships;

By air - by plane in economy (lower) class cabins;

By road - in soft buses.

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5. Is it possible to buy one-way air tickets for a plane and take it back by train?

5.1. YES, of course you can use military transport documents according to your option
Good luck to you! Always happy to help.

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6. I was given a ticket for the train, can I pay the difference and fly by plane?

6.1. It depends what you mean. The airline generally has no obligation to obtain VPD for the train in payment for part of the cost of the plane ticket.

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7. Does the VPD apply to fast electric trains with seats?

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8. I missed the train on VPD tickets, what should I do?

8.1. Contact the military commandant.

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9. I bought a ticket on the air route and missed the train, can I change the ticket?

9.1. Only if they change it.

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10. How to buy a train ticket via the Internet using VPD.

10.1. What is VPD?

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10.2. According to the VPD, you cannot buy a ticket via the Internet.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU

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11. Please how can I change the view from plane to train?

11.1. Your question is not asked correctly. In this regard, it is not possible to answer it.

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12. I have a train ticket, can I exchange it for an air ticket and where can I do it?

12.1. No, it won’t work. Air only if you’re going to Magadan.

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13. Is it possible for a military pensioner to purchase a train ticket for the Moscow Simferopol train to the place of treatment and back?

13.1. Yes, of course it is possible. There are no obstacles.

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14. Please, my son serves in the Moscow region, we are from the Crimea, Armyansk, the DMB soon issued an air permit for the train, the question is the following, there is no direct connection by rail, can he purchase a plane ticket on his own and receive compensation for the air travel by rail at the military registration and enlistment office? Thank you.

14.1. So contact the military registration and enlistment office regarding this issue. They will probably be able to compensate for part of the fare. A reserved seat will be cheaper.
You need to get a certificate from the railway station about the cost of your travel ticket.

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15. What if the ticket was taken using a military ticket? and missed the train due to a flight delay. I had to buy a ticket at my own expense.

15.1. Write a claim to the airline due to the fault of which the flight was delayed. In the event that the delay in departure occurred due to the fault of the carrier - the airline, they are obliged to reimburse you for the costs incurred to purchase a train ticket. At the same time, you can write a statement about the airline’s actions to the transport prosecutor’s office at the place of registration of the airline or to UGAN NOTB Rostransnadzor (state aviation supervision). If the carrier is at fault, she will be held administratively liable under Art. 14.1.2 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

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16. I am a conscript soldier, leaving on December 1, 9811 km from home. They don’t give air permits for the plane, because... can be reached by train. If I buy a plane ticket with my own money and don’t use the air ticket, will it be possible to get at least part of the money back for the plane?

16.1. Agree on issuing a plane ticket, because, unfortunately, you will not be able to return or compensate for part of the money.

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17. I am retiring from military service at the end of November, I am serving in Khabarovsk myself from Volgograd, the air permit is only provided for the train, is it possible to provide it to the ticket office and purchase a plane ticket with an additional payment? (at least save some money)

17.1. There is a certain established order that they follow. As they say - on the train, then on the train. Of course, you have the right to contact management with this question, but I think there will be a refusal.

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18. My husband bought a train ticket in advance (on the air route), on 08/29/2017. A week later I went to the same ticket office to get a ticket back (for the same train). He explained that he had a ticket for August 29 and asked for a ticket for September 15 (return). They sold it to him only on 11.09, he saw that the date on the ticket was 15.08. He went to the box office at his place of stay and bought a ticket for September 15 in cash. Is it possible to collect money from the ticket office (which incorrectly indicated the month on the ticket) for the purchased ticket?

18.1. You now need to submit a written claim about this. Describe the whole situation. They will check in their database when the ticket was punched. All the best.

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19.1. You must apply for reimbursement of flight costs. They will refuse to collect it in court. Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of April 20, 2000 N 354 (as amended on December 29, 2016) “On the procedure for reimbursement of expenses associated with the transportation of military personnel, citizens discharged from military service, and members of their families, as well as their personal property.”

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20. I purchased an air ticket for the train with a reserved seat because there was no compartment. Today I saw that there are seats in a compartment on the same train. Is it possible to exchange a ticket for a reserved seat carriage with a ticket for a compartment carriage of the same train? Thank you in advance.

20.1. You can, but then you will lose money, since you need to hand over old ticket, but the full price will not be refunded. In this case, it is better for you to contact the boss on the train and pay extra for a seat in the compartment.

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21. My conscript friend is serving in the army, demobilization is coming soon. He cannot get there by train, as there are no places for the next three days. Will he get his money back for the road trip if he gets there on his own?!

21.1. Unfortunately, the money will not be returned, since this kind of compensation is not provided for by law, so you will have to leave a little later, when there are places available.

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21.2. In this case, no, it is not provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation in this circumstance. Your friend will have to wait

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22. I serve in the Republic of Crimea, conscript. All my comrades who flew with me to serve in Crimea are given air travel on the plane (in other units), but in mine they don’t let me, they say no more than 3000 km. They say you can get to Krasnodar by bus at your own expense and then take a train along the highway.

23. The serviceman received a military permit from the Ministry of Defense for the train, he was credited with a day in addition to his vacation for the trip, he flew by plane in order to extend his vacation for the time given to him for the trip, what will be the punishment for this act?

23.1. In this case, the serviceman must arrive at the unit earlier by the number of reduced travel days. In the event that a serviceman arrives at the unit at the time specified in the vacation pay, then further liability will depend on the number of days by which the vacation was increased: more than 10 days - criminal liability for Art. 337 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, less than 10 - disciplinary for gross disciplinary offense up to and including dismissal. Currently, investigative authorities qualify such actions as evasion of military service duties by deception and initiate criminal cases for Art. 339 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation regardless of the length of absence.

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24. I have access to the train. Will they pay for my plane flight if I buy an air ticket with my own money, but don’t use the ticket for the train?

24.1. If you have a train ticket, then the plane flight will not be paid for. Have a nice pleasant evening.

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25. I am a conscript soldier. They bought me an air ticket for the train. I'm going to fly by plane at my own expense. How can I get a refund for an unused ticket?

25.1. There will be no compensation.
87. Unused military transportation documents, travel documents purchased using military transportation documents, as well as transport documents (waybills, luggage and cargo receipts, etc.), for which final payment should not be made upon arrival at the place of military service (work, residence) within three days they are handed over to the military unit and stored with copies of the relevant military transportation documents, on the basis of which travel and transport documents are issued. Travel and transport documents for which the final payment has been made are kept in the files of the financial authority of the military unit.

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26. I served in Severomorsk, I quit my service because I didn’t complete my probationary period, I was sent on leave for 10 days, but they didn’t issue me with an air permit, they said after my vacation, I spent my vacation, I came to the ship, they said that I can only go on vacation by train, and the distance to home is more than 4,000 tons. km. Is this legal and within what time frame should they provide the VPD?

26.1. Km. Is this legal and within what time frame should they provide the VPD?
VPD is provided on the day of dismissal from service. If you have not been issued one, then upon arrival home, present your travel document (reserved seat card) to the military registration and enlistment office and you will be paid.
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27. The son is sent for rehabilitation to a military sanatorium in Crimea. From Volgograd to Krasnodar by train. From Krasnodar to Simferopol by bus. Will they accept VPD at the bus station in Krasnodar? And back in Simferopol to Krasnodar.

27.1. In accordance with this order, VPDs are now issued for travel:
military personnel on conscription to their place of duty and back, as well as on business trips, leave for personal reasons, sick leave, for treatment - in second-class carriages of any category of train or, in the absence of railway connections to the plane, in the economy class cabin, by sea transport in in 4th class cabins on the transport line or by bus.
Military personnel under contract (including officers), for treatment, business trips as part of the guard, escort of personnel or escort of secret documents, to a new place of service, upon dismissal - to the chosen place of residence. When moving in the service and upon dismissal, VDPs are also issued for family members + for the transportation of household items (20-ton container, or two five-ton and one three-ton).
Contract servicemen serving in remote areas have the right to receive air travel at the place of their main leave.
Military personnel under a contract receive VPD for railway transport - a compartment car. Airplanes, buses and sea/river transport, the category is almost the same as for conscript soldiers.
Well, regarding the issue of providing military personnel with senior officers (generals), this is all the same as for contract military personnel, only the category of carriages, aircraft, and cabins will be higher.

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27.2. Will they accept VPD at the bus station in Krasnodar? And back in Simferopol to Krasnodar.
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? So far they have accepted without any problems. Why the fear? Not very clear. But if problems arise, they are resolved by the military commandant.

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