Audience: Users
Purpose
When authorized to receive a virtual Card, and funded via a requested budget, you can now use this to book travel within the online booking tool, plus offline with American Express GBT Travel Counsellors. This article will guide you through enabling your virtual Card for travel booking.
See below instructions on how to confirm your card is enabled to book travel.
Overview
Finding virtual Card
These steps run through displaying your own virtual Card in your personal profile.
Step 1: As a user, log in as normal and open your profile page by selecting your initials in the top left of the page. Select Payment Methods from the profile menu which appears
Step 2: Under this screen you will see the payment Cards assigned to your user profile. You can see the virtual Card here which will display as a Type: Virtual Card
Enabling for use with travel
Cards should be automatically enabled to book travel once they are funded via an approved budget (see this guide for reference). These steps cover enabling the virtual Card for use with travel, for online and offline booking, as necessary.
Step 1: Locate the toggle switch called Used for Travel
Step 2: Toggle this so it is on and appears blue
That's it! Your Card status is confirmed and your card will now be available when booking travel online and offline.
Tip: Ensure you have funded your virtual card by requesting a budget before booking travel. Click here for instructions on creating a budget to fund a virtual card