Comptroller's Office
	Travel Policies  (effective July 1, 2008)

Comptroller's Office
University of Pennsylvania
Suite 312 Franklin Building
3451 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215.898.7593 (Phone)
215.898.0817 (Fax)

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American Express Preferred Vendor
Preferred Vendors

American Express is the University's preferred travel agency. See below on how to contact American Express Travel.

Phone
215.898.9439, 1.800.796.7573

Fax
215.573.5635 (Travel Office)

Hours
Mon-Fri    9AM-5:15PM

Benefits of Using American Express Travel

• Negotiated savings opportunity with preferred carriers when reservations are booked through American Express Travel. See "Airline Reservations" for details.

• Experienced agents dedicated specifically to University travelers.

• Dedicated campus phone line 215.898.9439 or 1.800.796.7573 directly into the Penn desk.

• Reduced hotel rates at over 3,200 hotels worldwide.

• Central bill account for all authorized airline tickets.

• Faxed flight confirmations.

• And much, much more . . . . .

If you need a Travel Profile please contact the Travel Office at 215.898.3307 and we will send you a form to complete and return. Travel Profile forms can also be found in the Comptroller's website under Forms.

Service Fees

Listed below are the service fees charged to Penn travelers by American Express. These fees are the result of the elimination of commissions which were once paid by the airlines to travel agencies.

These service fees are considered a reimbursable expense and should be listed on expense reports.

Service Issues

If you have any service problems with American Express Travel, instead of going elsewhere, you need to contact the Travel Administrator at the address and telephone number listed below. Only by knowing about a problem can we work towards correcting it.

Foreign Currency

For Foreign Currency, there is an agency downtown that has foreign currencies. You can reach them at: