Commonwealth Business Travel Group May 9, 2013
Background Problem and Solution Design Implementation and Refinement Benefits Questions and Answers Single Use Account Case Study
Small P-Card program Limited small number of individual cards Employees paid for hotels and expensed for reimbursement Using personal cards Difficult for international employees Direct Bills at preferred hotels required reconciliation Standard reconciliation process Background
Demand for hotel direct billing at preferred hotels with no direct billing set-up Demand for hotel direct billing in locations with no preferred hotels Problem
Purchase Log (P-Log) MasterCard acceptability – 31 million merchants globally Control through limiting Merchant Category Codes (MCC) Additional controls Set needed limit Account expiration Ability to edit, cancel, review, refax Fax front/back image of card on fax to hotel, customization available Customized Reconciliation Report Solution
Up to 10 user defined fields to meet individual company’s needs All user defined fields are available for reporting needs in addition to standard fields Drop down lists available for easy data capture Ability to limit number of characters in a field 254 characters available per field Processing can be done by agency or by company Manual or automated based products are available Design
Requested needed credit line Defined reporting fields needed for reconciliation Traveler’s Name Cost Center Type of Traveler Trip Purpose Hotel Confirmation Number Approving Manager Designed custom procedure Implementation
No locator or confirmation number as Travel Office unable to book in GDS Needed credit card to guarantee in GDS Refinement
Eliminated existing direct bill accounts Eliminated new direct bill applications Customized reporting with User Defined fields for reconciliation Consolidated multiple payments to a single payment per billing cycle Vendors paid faster Moved direct bills to the P-Card Benefits
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