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    Georgia Perimeter College Business Procedures Manual

    American Express Online – Travel Services, 
    Section 7.3

    As a service to employees on travel status, the College has entered into an agreement with American Express to provide airline tickets and other related travel services. The agreement with American Express is an excellent benefit for employees on travel status, as well as a valuable travel management aid to the College. Service are provided through American Express Online at : http://corp.americanexpress.com/axommd

    With American Express Online, an employee can make reservations for airlines, hotel and car rentals . The airline tickets may be charged to the College's account, a corporate credit card or your personal credit card. Hotel and car rentals must be billed to a corporate or personal credit card. Benefits of American Express Online include:

     

    • 24 hour online booking convenience
    • Online booking $7.00; agent assisted booking $22.00
    • Accessible anywhere-from you home, the office or on the road
    • Comparison shop for best priced travel options quickly and easily
    • Store and retrieve frequently-traveled itineraries for fast re-booking
    • Access airline seat maps, city maps destination information and local weather
    • Real-time access to flight times, delays and gate information
    • 24-hour support for navigational questions and en route assistance
    • Greater control in making your travel reservations
    • Save an average of 30 minutes in total travel booking processing time
     

    All prepaid and advance airline tickets should be purchased using the online services provided by American Express. Employees should make reservations as early as possible to take advantage of advance purchase discounts. If an employee chooses not to use American Express Online for direct billing, reimbursement for travel will only be made after the trip via the Travel Expense Statement.

    AIRLINE TICKETS BILLED TO THE COLLEGE

    Complete a Prior Approval for travel. The returned copy of the approval form will contain a 10-digit authorization number. This authorization number is required when making online airline reservations, that will be charged to the college account. This number is unique and can only be used for one ticket.