{"id":20719,"date":"2026-02-18T16:22:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/?p=20719"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:22:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:22:30","slug":"reminder-airfare-purchases-must-go-through-concur-or-christopherson-business-travel-cbt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2026\/02\/18\/reminder-airfare-purchases-must-go-through-concur-or-christopherson-business-travel-cbt\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Airfare Purchases Must Go Through Concur or Christopherson Business Travel (CBT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>All airfare must be purchased through the University Travel Program using Concur or Christopherson Business Travel (CBT), except under the following circumstances:<\/div>\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Fare Not Available via University Travel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Typically for international travel<\/li>\n<li>The exception must\u00a0<b>be pre-approved prior to<\/b>\u00a0purchase by emailing an exception request to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:psctravel@cu.edu\">psctravel@cu.edu<\/a>\u00a0and copying\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sehdfinance@ucdenver.edu\">sehdfinance@ucdenver.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If approved, the purchase should be made on the university travel card<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Significant Cost Savings Demonstrated<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Requirements for exception:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"a\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"a\">\n<li>Obtain a comparison quote from Concur (or contact a CBT agent if fare isn\u2019t visible in Concur) dated on or before your planned purchase<\/li>\n<li>Comparison quote must be for the exact itinerary- same travel dates, times, routes, and airline\/s<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Savings Thresholds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"a\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"a\">\n<li>Domestic flights: $50 less than Concur\/CBT<\/li>\n<li>International flights: $200 less than Concur\/CBT<\/li>\n<li>Only the airfare cost is compared. Fees like baggage, seat assignments, or TSA pre-check are not considered part of the purchase price.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Important Notes:<\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Internet purchases under exceptions must be made with a personal credit card. Reimbursement is allowed after the trip, and cancelled trips are not reimbursable.<\/li>\n<li>Attach a copy of the Concur\/CBT comparison quote to your expense report.<\/li>\n<li>Personal travel credits (miles, rewards, vouchers, etc.) cannot be reimbursed and should not be used to pay for reimbursable travel expenses.<\/li>\n<li>Although Puerto Rico is a U.S. Territory, it is considered international travel under the PSC policies.<\/li>\n<li>If an airfare reimbursement request does not meet the requirements, the airfare will be treated as a personal expense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>For full guidance, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cu.edu\/psc\/travel\/booking-travel\/internet-airfare\" rel=\"noopener\">Internet Airfare | University of Colorado<\/a>\u00a0.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All airfare must be purchased through the University Travel Program using Concur or Christopherson Business Travel (CBT), except under the following circumstances: Fare Not Available via University Travel Typically for international travel The exception must\u00a0be pre-approved prior to\u00a0purchase by emailing an exception request to\u00a0psctravel@cu.edu\u00a0and copying\u00a0sehdfinance@ucdenver.edu If approved, the purchase should be made on the university [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20720,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20719\/revisions\/20720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}