Announcements

As the Fall 2019 semester kicks off, we wanted to share information and resources available for the University travel program that was implemented on April 1, 2019.

When booking in Concur, you must continue through all the screens until you see the “Purchase Ticket” button as shown below:

Since the implementation of our new travel management provider, Finance has received frequent questions about paying for airline tickets.

Concur now offers University travelers access to book additional Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) and direct connect scheduled airlines.  The following airlines are now accessible and can be booked in Concur:

Transportation authorities are moving toward cashless tolls for many reasons.  They reduce congestion and lower costs in different areas.  While this is convenient in the areas that offer the service, unpredictable billing, and an inability to budget the cost of a rental car can be a disservice to the customer.&

The Travel Office has been receiving a few questions about booking train travel in Concur.  There is some limited availability to book train travel in Concur.  For domestic train travel, Amtrak provides very limited schedules through publicly available booking tools like Concur.  If the schedules are made a

In the past Concur users have experienced 3-4 weeks of down time in Concur, during the month of July, while back office staff processed end of the year transactions.

Wednesday, July 3, marked the launch of the new OHIO Travel web pages on the Finance website. The pages now have a new look! The goal of this re-design was to simplify navigation for our customers by breaking out the content into more specific pages.

When using your PCard online, you will generally be required to enter the billing address of the card. We have seen a slight increase in PCard declines because of the billing address provided. It is important to provide the proper address for transactions to process correctly.

Blanket POs

FY19 blanket PO’s are for goods and services received through June 30, 2019.  At the end of each fiscal year all blanket POs are closed automatically. For FY19, blanket PO’s will be closed on Friday, August 2, 2019.