You posted this thread twice (presumably by accident, due to them being posted at nearly the same time); you should lets the mods know so that they can remove one of them.
My response from your other thread:
No, any coins sent as a transaction fee are destroyed and added to the mining reward of the block containing their transaction. At least it was only 0.03BTC, it's not trivial but it's far less than some of the mistakes that have been made previously. It's best to let your client handle fees automatically in order to prevent mistakes such as this, though you should always double-check transactions before you send them.
