US Bank Travel Cards

 CSUSM has begun the transition from American Express travel cards to US Bank Visa travel cards. This memo outlines some of the initial important information you must know.  We will have the application process available by February 28, 2013. If you currently hold an American Express travel card, please be aware of how this transition will affect you.

It is the intent of CSUSM to continue to provide employees who travel for business, an effective tool for managing business travel expenses. This has proven to be a very successful program and the Travel Desk highly encourages the use of this Visa travel card for business related expenditures. It continues to allow the card holder to pay for travel without incurring “out of pocket" expenses. 

All of the University American Express travel cards will be canceled on the same date. Our scheduled cancelation date is March 30th.If you have a balance due on your American Express travel card, you will have until April 30^th (30 days) once the accounts are closed to bring the balance to zero.  The Travel Desk will work with you to clear any remaining travel claims that you may have outstanding.

Application information for the US Bank Visa travel card will be accessible through a link on the Travel website beginning February 28th. The request for credit will NOT hit your credit report or history. Once you complete the online process your application will come to an AP Administrator for final approval. Please use your home address as the mailing address, and your employee ID #. You will also be asked for your social security # but no one on campus will see it. By the time it reaches the Accounts Payable Administrators it will be truncated.

The US Bank Visa travel card will be very similar to the current travel card. The Visa card is also a "personal liability card" which means you will be responsible to make the payments just as you did with the University American Express travel card.  It will identify you as a State employee traveling on University business, which could provide you with State benefits such as lower hotel rates.

Website: Please print this page so you can more easily follow the application instructions and login prompts below. Once you click on the usbank link below, you will be redirected.

https://access.usbank.com

Cardholder Log-In Information

Organization Short Name: CSUCA

User ID: CardApplication

Password: applymar2013

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