The Business Travel Account with Virtual Payments1
A central bill solution that enhances managing business travel.
1Upon approval of your application for a BTA, additional enrollment or technical implementation may be required in order to access select functionality, including on-the-go spending. Engagement of a third-party token facilitator may be required, and in some instances, your Travel Services Provider may be required to have a separate agreement with such token facilitator. Please contact your American Express representative to learn more or to initiate the application process.
How do you help keep control of travel spending as corporate travel continues to change?
With constant change in the corporate travel industry, and the evolving needs of business travelers, containing and managing travel spending is difficult. The Business Travel Account with Virtual Payments offers a solution - allowing you to centralize more types of spending for more types of business travelers.
More options, more control. A quick look at how it works.
Book Travel as Usual for Air and Rail:
Use a Virtual Account Number (VAN) that sits with your Travel Management Company (TMC) to pay for air and rail.
Now you can also pay for Hotel:
Use a Dynamic VAN including start and end dates for each transaction for hotel reservations.‡
Centralized Bill:
Get one monthly statement for all Business Travel Account Transactions, so you can track and conveniently pay for air, rail, and hotel.‡
Reconcile Transactions:
Use this single statement, data from client-defined fields for each transaction as well as improved data files and reconciliation tools to quickly allocate charges.
In the end, you capture more of your spending in a centralized account, so you have the ability to control more of your travel expenses.
Features & Benefits
Enhance controls
Set parameters around time, cost, and suppliers for employee travel to help control costs and reduce non-compliant spend.
Simplify reconciliation
Consolidate booking and reconciliation into a single platform with one monthly payment.
Improve the traveler experience
Seamlessly book air, rail and hotel travel without using personal funds, while reducing the need for receipt collection and expense reporting.
Get better data and insights
Optimize your travel program with consolidated and enriched travel expense data, helping you gain greater insights and efficiencies.‡