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D.C., to Miami, to Tucson, Arizona, then San Diego, California,
to Denver, Colorado, and back to Washington, D.C. This is
discussed further infra, at Check No. 2148--Betsy’s Western Trip.
It had been intended that Betsy would fly from Denver to
Washington, D.C., where she would join petitioner and the
children on the February 14 trip to Miami. However, petitioner’s
mother died in Miami at that time. What had been planned as a
Presidents Day weekend visit to Miami was turned into a funeral
trip to Miami. Instead of returning to Washington, D.C., Betsy
bought a United Airlines one-way ticket from Denver to Miami for
herself. Betsy charged the $399 cost of this ticket on her
Markette American Express credit card. On or about February 15,
1986, petitioner charged the $322.58 Miami Omni International
Hilton hotel bill on Betsy’s Markette American Express credit
card.
The $399 Denver-Miami ticket and the $322.58 Miami Hotel
item appeared on the American Express March invoice. The $721.58
total of these expenses was paid for by Markette check No. 2203.
The remaining above-described expenses for these Miami trips were
paid for as indicated in the text supra at notes 14 and 15.
However, Betsy did not use her $399 ticket that had been bought
on December 19, 1985--the one that had been replaced by the
Denver-Miami ticket. Markette received a credit for that ticket
on the American Express April invoice. Accordingly, that $399 is
not properly an expense of the Miami trips paid for by check Nos.
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