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The CSU has contracted with Christopherson Business Travel as our dedicated Travel Management Company. It is highly encouraged that travel segments (air, car rental, hotel) are booked in Concur to gain leverage in terms of contracted rates, consolidate spend systemwide, maintain compliant travel, and obtain travel related data that can assist with the campus decision making process.
Travel must be approved before travel segments are booked in Concur.
The traveler will receive a system generated email alerting them when a request is approved. This is the traveler’s cue to login to Concur and book approved transportation and lodging reservations as needed for the trip.
Once logged in, travel can be booked using the “Trip Search” section of the dashboard or by selecting the Travel menu and using the Trip Search functionality there.
Reservations can be made separately as trip details are finalized. For example, a flight can be booked once the trip is approved and a hotel can be booked later if a conference block is full, or a rental car can be booked if needed before a trip occurs.
Please note, if you choose to utilize the services of Christopherson Business Travel, take note of your request ID before calling to ask for assistance with booking reservations. The request ID can be located by opening the request associated with the trip. Open the request, select Request Details then Request Header.
Note the Request ID for the related trip.
The Flight tab is on the left side of the page.
Note: Use the Find an airport and Select multiple airports links as needed.
Notes:
In the following example, Price was selected on the previous page.
Note: Depending on your airfare provider, you can click the View seats map link to select your seat on the flight. Select the appropriate Available seat from the Seat Map.
The Finished! screen shows your confirmation number and information to contact the travel agent.
Note: the CSU has a contract with Enterprise/National and travelers are required to use these two carriers for all rental car needs. Exceptions are only made if either carrier are not available at a destination or car inventory cannot accommodate a request.
Most of the items below will feed over from the data entered at the time the travel request was populated.
There are two sets of filters: The matrix at the top of the page, and the Change Car Search area on the left side of the page.
To filter your results using the Change Car Search area:
This is the credit card that you set up as your default in your profile.
The new search results display.
To filter your results using the Matrix at the top of the page
If you want to sort your results, click the Sorted by dropdown arrow, and then select the appropriate option.
The Review and Reserve Car page appears.
Click Reserve Car and Continue.
Most of the items below will feed over from the data entered at the time the travel request was populated.
Additional fields will appear. The Check-in Date field for the second hotel is automatically populated with the check-out date of the first hotel. Change the date as necessary.
Travel displays the new results.
The red icon indicates your reference point, and the blue
icon shows your company’s preferred hotels.
A picture as well as the name, address, rating stars, and price range appears.
Only select state rates if noted, not governmental that will require Federal credentials.
The Review and Reserve Hotel page appears. Navigate through the page and:
Trip details can be reviewed at a later date as needed or in the case where reservations need to be canceled.
Navigate to the Travel menu, select Trip Library and open the trip itinerary that you want to review.
Reservation details will be displayed in a separate window.
This step can be done by traveler or delegate. The entire trip can be canceled or certain segments can be canceled as needed.
Select the Travel tab, then select Trip Library. Select “Cancel Trip” hyperlink for the appropriate trip. Follow prompts to fully cancel reservations and close the travel element of the previously booked trip.
There may be a need to alter reservations previously booked in Concur. Open the particular trip to see itinerary.
Select the "Change" hyperlink (on the right hand side near the segment) and alter as needed.
Example of changing a previously booked flight:
Changing departure date should flow through to other reservations (i.e. car or hotel booked for the trip, which can be overwritten if needed)
Flight information will be summarized to show the difference between previous reservation and new reservation.
If changing carriers you will need to cancel the previously booked flight and reserve a new flight with an alternate carrier.