STARS · A service within UP³

Travel and reimbursement within UP³.

STARS is the travel and reimbursement service within UP³, the Air Force pay, personnel and travel platform. It supports travel authorization, voucher submission and finance review workflows.

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Travel, with the next step in view
Workflow illustration · Synthetic data. Authorization, filing, review and payment have distinct meanings.
Within the UP³ platformMember requestsSource-backed allowancesFinance review

The travel workflow

A clear handoff
at every stage.

Service members prepare the request and claim. Authorizing officials and finance technicians work from the information and source basis attached to the trip.

  1. 01 / BEFORE TRAVEL

    Authorization

    Supply trip information and a reference to an issued order. An Authorizing Official reviews requests with an accepted order basis.

    REQUEST BASIS
    Trip informationSupplied
    Issued order referenceTo verify
    Authority reviewSeparate decision

    A request alone is not an issued order. Requests for a new order and claims without an accepted order basis do not establish travel authority.

  2. 02 / AFTER TRAVEL

    Voucher submission

    File the reimbursement claim with travel details, claimed expenses and required receipt acknowledgements.

    MEMBER CLAIM
    Travel detailsRecorded
    Expense linesSupplied
    Voucher statusFiled

    Filing a voucher records the member’s claim. It does not mean the claim has been reviewed or paid.

  3. 03 / OFFICE REVIEW

    Finance review

    Compare the filed voucher with engine determinations. Inspect sources, differences and information requiring review.

    REVIEW INFORMATION
    Allowance basisInspect sources
    Candidate differencesReview
    Review historyRecorded

    A comparison result does not certify the voucher, establish funds availability or execute payment.

Synthetic workflow illustration · Each stage remains a distinct action.

The member’s view

Know what
needs you next.

See authorizations, vouchers, required actions and history together. Open a trip to understand its documents, allowance information and current stage.

  • Follow authorization and voucher status
  • Find requests needing more information
  • Return to the trip’s recorded history
Workflow illustration · Synthetic data. Identify the action needed without confusing a filed claim with a payment.

The basis behind a figure

Allowances with
an explanation.

STARS presents the engine’s determinations and review information. The source basis, recorded inputs and unresolved items accompany the result.

Workflow illustration · Synthetic data. Missing information stays explicit.
01 / SOURCES

Follow the regulatory basis

Travel determinations carry citations to preserved sources, including the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR). Review the excerpt behind the rule.

02 / INPUTS

See what supports the figure

Inspect recorded calculation inputs, rate information and source metadata where the engine supplies them. Rates and whole-trip totals are distinguished.

03 / REVIEW

Keep uncertainty visible

Missing facts, unpriced items and review requirements remain visible. Placeholder and uncorroborated amounts are marked.

See STARS within UP³

Walk through a travel case.

Explore authorization, voucher submission and finance review using synthetic records in the development demo.

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