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How does it work?

  • On your request a lodged card account will be opened in your company’s name

  • Your travel agent will be provided a card linked to your account to which he can charge all your tickets

  • You will request tickets from your travel agent in the usual way

  • Your travel agent will prepare a charge form with the card and forward the transaction details to the respective airline

  • The airline will invoice Diners Club, whereby Diners Club will pay the airline.

  • At month end your company will be send a itemised statement billed in the local currency of all the tickets you have bought with the lodged card.

  • You then have upto 60 days interest free credit period for settling the bill.

Key advantages to your company.

1. Total Management Control.

Provides you increased control over travel expenses of each employee

2. Better Cash Flow.

With our simple monthly settlement procedure, you can improve your cash flow by releasing funds that would otherwise be tied up in advances and floats.You also receive interest free credit upto 60 days

3. Best Corporate Rates.

Consolidated reports will give you a clear picture as to how much you spend on airline tickets a year with your agent, helping you negotiate the best Corporate rates with your travel agent

4. Simplified Administration:

Simple monthly statements will eliminate  time consuming procedures as checking invoices, and travel account reconciliation’s

5. Flexible to suit your business :

You can tailor your lodged account to suit your company needs. You can choose to have single account for the whole company or opt for more accounts for different departments or for different travel agents.

6. Detailed statements

Statements are presented in formats that speed up reconciliation’s and can be tailored to list by cost centre, booking dates, ticket number and travel agent invoice number. Depending on the nature of travel spend you can receive statements in electronic format too.

7. Strategic Management Reporting with Global Vision

Global Vision is an unique Diners Club software package , with guaranteed reporting flexibility. Available to multinationals with significant travel and expenditure (over$ 250,000 p.a), the software allows information to be tailored and manipulated to specific requirements.

8. Complimentary Corporate Cards

The Corporate card is your second key to Complete Expense management services. More details are available under corporate cards. When you open a lodged card account, your company will receive a number of complimentary corporate cards* giving you immediate savings on subscription charges These cards are issued on corporate liability and card accounts are billed centrally.

* Cards will remain complimentary dependent on spend. Corporate cards will be issued subject on status.