Your local FSDO is probably the best place to ask this question, but
applying the same logic that the FAA has recently applied to CAP pilots (who
are in a marginally similar situation, their "client" being the federal
government), I think they'd say that as a private pilot, you can be
reimbursed for your flying expenses, OR log the flight time, but not both.
In the FAA's twisted mind, free flight time amounts to compensation, which
is verboten for a private pilot. CAP pilots are reimbursed after-the-fact
for mission flying expenses, just as you're seeking, and that's how the FAA
ruled, at least where private pilots are concerned.

If nothing else, you should be able to deduct it from your taxes as a
business expense.


"Michael 182" wrote in message
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I have a PPL, no commercial. I travel for my consulting busines, which I
own. Can I bill my client some reasonable rate for travel expenses when I
use my plane? I am not using the plane to generate income, it is
tangential
to my business, which happens to be technology litigation consulting.

The followup question is, if I can't bill the expense, would I be able to
if
I got the simplest level of a commercial license?