Trip requests with policy applied
Trip requests carry your travel policy and city-class limits.
Trip requests and booking for travel desks
Travellers raise the trip and book the flight themselves, inside your travel policy. The travel desk sees every trip in one list.
The parts of Xpense that matter here
Flights checked against policy
Flights are searched inside the trip request, and each fare is checked against your travel policy.
Cancellation with charges shown
A booking is cancelled from the same screen, with the charges shown before the traveller confirms.
International trips
International trips can be booked, including trips with several passengers.
Available
Domestic hotels
Domestic hotel booking is available.
A travel dashboard
Xpense has finance, manager and travel dashboards.
Trip request
The booking starts in the trip request
The traveller raises the trip and adds the flight to it. Search, policy check, approval, ticketing and cancellation happen in that one flow.
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A new trip request.
Flights
The ticket stays on the trip
After approval the ticket is issued and stays on the trip, so the travel desk finds the booking where the request is.
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The flight on the trip request.
Questions
How does a trip request work?
The employee enters the purpose, the travel type and the dates, and adds the flights and hotels the trip needs. Your travel policy and city-class limits apply to the request.
Can employees book their own flights?
Yes. They search flights inside the trip request, and each fare is checked against your travel policy. After approval the ticket is issued and stays on the trip.
What can a traveller choose when searching?
One-way or round-trip, the dates from a fare calendar, the cabin class and their traveller preferences.
Can a booking be cancelled?
Yes. The traveller cancels from the same screen. The cancellation charges are shown before they confirm.
Does air ticket booking cover international trips?
Yes. International trips can be booked, including trips with several passengers.