Then don't submit a travel expense for a flight from Asia? In fact, if you're working remote, you should probably pay your own way for travel if it's not a core

Then don't submit a travel expense for a flight from Asia? In fact, if you're working remote, you should probably pay your own way for travel if it's not a core part of your job, and if it is, you should probably live somewhere convenient for traveling to the places you typically go. Also, what happens to a full-time remote worker who decides to move? If they tell their employer that they moved from SF to somewhere far cheaper, should that employer dock their pay? What if they're just temporarily moving (e.g. living abroad for a year, but returning afterward)? If you're going to work remote, it may make sense to rent for a month or so in SF to be present for interviews and then move back to wherever you want to live, which would essentially mean you "live" in SF for that period, so it wouldn't be lying.