Travel & Expense Management
Take control of your corporate travel expenses.
Manage your global T&E spend, wherever you do business.
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Key Products at a Glance
Business Travel Account (BTA)
The American Express Business Travel Account enables you to bill all your Air, Car-hire, Hotel, Conferencing, Passport and Visa expenses into one centrally billed account to help enhance visibility, improve control and help save time and money.
BTAPowerlink
BTAPowerlink seamlessly integrates into Banking Platform and the Travel agency’s invoicing platform to provide the corporate client with a robust, flexible solution that makes reconciliation easier than ever before.
vPayment
American Express developed a digital payment solution that assigns a specific, virtual account number (VAN) to each transaction. VANs offer the convenience of card payments, with transaction level controls, enhanced data capture and security.
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What is the Business Travel Account?
The BTA Card is a flexible, easy-to-implement lodged Card held with your local travel management company. It conveniently allows all of the company’s air, car hire, hotel, passport and visa expenses to be charged to one central account. Invoices are consolidated into one simple, clear statement, assisting with easy administrative and financial reconciliation of all corporate travel spend and removing the need for multiple invoices and expense claims to be processed.
Benefits
Cost saving
- Up to 55 days interest-free credit
- Payment terms of 25 days
- Improved cash flow
- Ability to negotiate rates due to visibility of spend
Flexibility
- 10 billing dates
- Detailed monthly statements (single electronic statement)
- Detailed weekly transactional listings
- Daily view of spend if making use of the BTAPowerlink tool
- Different account structures available
Control
- Central Billing
- Save time on admin and reconciliation
- Downloadable statements (PDF or Excel)
- ERP system integration
- Key Account Manager
Peace of Mind
- Travel insurance benefits
- Optional additional insurance cover
- Assistance with duty of care
- Fraud mitigation through vPayment Virtual Card
- Card is lodged at preferred travel agency
The American Express BTA comes with basic automatic travel insurance for both local and international travel when the full cost of travel ticket(s) are paid for on the BTA. Our automatic insurance cover offers emergency and medical assistance around the world, while optional top-up cover provides more comprehensive insurance.
Click here to find out more about travel insurance.
Upgrade your view with an innovative Business Travel Account (BTA) feature for streamlining reconciliation.
BTAPowerlink is a unique online network that allows you access to data securely, thus making every stage of the reconciliation process easier and more visible.
BTAPowerlink quickly and seamlessly integrates into your organisation’s existing processes. It provides you with a robust, flexible solution that makes reconciling and paying travel costs easier than ever before, saving you time and money. What’s more, unlike paper-based systems, BTAPowerlink offers access to one centralised billing, query and payment process.
Save time
- This single online working environment has been designed to help clients, Travel Management Companies and American Express Customer Services communicate more effectively and effectively.
- e-Invoices automatically links your statement to individual bookings from Travel Management Companies.
- BTAPowerlink provides your organisation with the flexibility to receive and download data from your statement, as you want it, when you want it.
A simpler perspective
Not only is BTAPowerlink easy to use, it’s also capable of integrating simply and seamlessly into your existing processes.
*e-Invoices are available if your TMC has e-invoice facilities available. Please ask your Account Manager or Customer Services for more details.
For more information about the American Express Business Travel Account or BTAPowerlink please contact your Account Manager or call Corporate Card Direct on 0860 102 191 or 011 710 4736.
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Travel solution enhanced with vPayment. Improve control of your business payment processes with vPayment from American Express®.
Best for:
American Express has introduced vPayment to simplify booking process for travel management companies and control spend for corporates. In a growing travel industry with increasing competitive pressures, it’s essential to find new ways to improve efficiency, tighten controls and save money.
vPayment is an online payment solution that streamlines your core payment processes, reducing costs and freeing resources, making settlement with hotel suppliers more efficient and leaving you to concentrate on what’s important to your corporate clients.
Key features:
Increased control
vPayment allows you to specify controls on each transaction.
- Limits exposure to incorrect hotel rates or items by controlling the absolute value of the charge (eg. mini bar charges).
- Limits exposure to abuse in/outside the hotel by controlling the spend category, and limiting validity of accounts.
- Ensures only the room rates are included on hotel stays.
Efficient and effective reconciliation
- Automates matching of charge to booking via the unique reference allocated on booking.
- Enhances the analysis of charges with additional references for each transaction.
- Eases query handling with hotels and minimises the risk of charge errors.
Convenient implementation
- vPayment helps improve processes and relationships with hotels.
- Allows retention of existing procedures for entering charges, existing contracts or pricing structures. Leverages existing merchant relationships with American Express.
- Enhances settlement arrangements compared to invoice processing.
Improved cash flow
Quicker payment can be offered to hotels without compromising your cash flow.
- If you are acting on behalf of corporate clients, vPayment accounts can be issued in your client’s name, releasing you from the risk and resource of billing and collections.
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