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MyTravel Help: Review and Submit Tab  
 
Summary: Use these guidelines to complete the Review and Submit tab in MyTravel, UCSD's online travel expense reporting tool.


Use MyTravel to report expenses for official business travel. In the right place? Information about completing other MyTravel tabs is also available. Find links to other help pages on the left sidebar of this page under Related Links.

The MyTravel Review and Submit tab has several topics that must be completed in succession:


Summary and Distribution

Totals are automatically calculated for the amounts entered on MyTravel tabs. If you go back and make changes, be aware of the following:

Amount to be paid directly to the traveler's UCSD Travel Card account (UCSD employees only): The first time you see Summary and Distribution, the total of amounts for which you have checked Travel Card Used is automatically calculated and displayed as:
  • The amount(s) checked as applied to Travel Card (UCSD employees only)
  • The amount to pay traveler's UCSD Travel Card account
Note: You may change the amount to be paid directly to the traveler's Travel Card account.

If you leave the Review and Submit tab and then return after changing:
  • An amount(s) for which you had checked Travel Card Used
  • A checkbox indicating Travel Card Used
Here is what will happen:
  • Amount checked as applied to Travel Card will automatically update.
  • Amount to pay traveler's UCSD Trave Card will NOT automatically update.
Summary: The total amount is calculated for each tab.

Totals
Total to be Distributed: The total of all expenses associated with the event.

Less Prepayments: The total of prepaid amounts, such as for hotel deposit or conference registration.

Less Advances: The total of advances, including:
  • Airfare payment by UCSD, such as charges to a UCSD Travel Card
  • Airfare and service fee paid directly by UCSD (if airfare was arranged through UCSD's partner agency or an associate agency authorized to bill UCSD)
Less Cash Advances: The total of any cash advance amount(s) issued due to a preauthorized exception to policy.

Amount(s) checked as Applied to Travel Card: The total of any amount(s) that you indicated as Travel Card Used for this event.
  • Note: This amount will automatically update if you make changes and return to this tab.
Less Amount to be Paid Directly to the traveler’s UCSD Travel Card: The amount that will be paid to the employee's UCSD Travel Card account, by Travel, as a courtesy.
  • You may change this amount.
  • This amount will not automatically update if you make changes and return to this tab, so you may need to adjust it.
  • Be aware of timing issues:
    • Travel makes payments to Travel Cards on a weekly basis.
    • Your request can be completed only after your MyTravel claim has been approved for final processing by the appropriate departmental approval authority.
    • You can help facilitate timely payment to the traveler's Travel Card and timely reimbursement to the traveler by accurately completing MyTravel and attending to MyTravel e-mail notification(s).
Amount to be Paid to the Traveler: The amount to be reimbursed to the traveler by direct deposit. The notification to the traveler will indicate:
  • The event number
  • The description entered during preauthorization (typically the destination)
  • The start date
Amount Due from the Traveler: The amount that is owed to UCSD by the traveler.
  • When an amount is due from the traveler, follow the guidelines on the Submit page as noted below.
Reimbursement by Non-UCSD Source: Any amount collected must be deposited to the appropriate index in a timely manner. If not, the charge to the index number(s) will be overstated.
  • Enter any amount that will be paid by a non-UCSD source and deposit the amount to the appropriate index. This is a memo field only.
Preauthorization Accounting Information: The data that was entered during the preauthorization process for:
  • Index(es)
  • Account code(s)
  • Amount(s)
Actual Accounting Distribution: Preauthorization data automatically displays. If needed, you may adjust it following these guidelines:
Index: You may change the index from the one(s) used during preauthorization:
  • If the same index is used, the encumbrance automatically lifts when the event becomes reconciled. (Even if you add a line with a new index, the encumbrance will lift if the original index is used for any amount.)
  • If a different index is entered, and the index used during preauthorization is not retained for any amount, the encumbrance does not automatically lift. In this case, you may use the Encumbrance Lifter tool.
Account: You may change the account code(s) being used. Use the account that is appropriate to the expense(s). For example, if supplies were purchased during travel, indicate the amount and account for supplies.
  • Note: Certain account codes, such as for entertainment, are recognized as inappropriate for the current phase of MyTravel.
Amount: The total must accurately reflect the total that MyTravel automatically calculates for the event.
  • You may need to adjust the amount if the event was preauthorized using more than one index.
Summary Notes: You may be prompted to enter an explanation in the Summary Notes field in certain situations.
  • If notes are required, MyTravel provides a message near the top of the page after you have entered data and completed the tab by clicking Next. Otherwise, you may use the Summary Notes field to enter information that you determine would be important for review by the approver.

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Receipts
  1. Note the required receipts listed by expense description and amount
  2. Click on the checkbox indicating Have or Do not have for each receipt
  3. Enter an explanation in the Receipts Notes field for any required original receipt that you do not have
  4. Provide the required receipts to your departmental approval authority for review
    • Note: For any required original receipt(s) that you indicated Do not have the MyTravel claim requires additional review by the Travel Manager for exception to policy. (Your departmental approval authority requests this exception to policy during the final approval process.)
Receipt Notes: You may be prompted to enter an explanation in the Receipts Notes field in certain situations.
  • If notes are required, MyTravel provides a message near the top of the page after you have entered data and completed the tab by clicking Next. Otherwise, you may use the Receipts Notes field to enter information that you determine would be important for review by the approver.

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Submit

Follow the guidelines in bold at the top of the Submit page.

If any reimbursement is due to the traveler, MyTravel searches for existing direct deposit information.
Direct deposit is used for all MyTravel reimbursements to UCSD employees, as it is paperless, streamlined, and efficient. In general, employee travelers are set up to receive reimbursements if they:
  • Are enrolled in direct deposit for payroll
  • Have received a payment from Disbursements or a reimbursement from Travel through direct deposit
  • Have not changed any banking information used for direct deposit
Note: If MyTravel recognizes that an employee traveler is not enrolled in direct deposit, an error message will provide guidance about how to proceed. If this occurs, please ensure that the traveler enrolls in direct deposit prior to using MyTravel in future.

Reimbursement for non-employees is by direct deposit (if enrolled) or a paper check sent to the traveler's residence or business address (not a UCSD Mail Code). Use TravelLink to add or change an address for a non-employee.
Review the data and read the statement preceeding the I Agree button.
  • If you are ready to submit, click on I Agree.
  • If you are not ready to sumbit, your options are:
    • Return to any of the tabs, by clicking on it using the tabs along the top.
    • Return to the Receipts page, by clicking Previous.
    • Click I Do Not Agree (for the traveler who is reviewing a MyTravel submission prepared by another person). The person who prepared your MyTravel claim will be notified and advised to contact you to address any issue(s).
After you click I Agree, read the message that displays.

Note:
  • If the traveler owes an amount to UCSD, you will need to follow these guidelines so that UCSD Travel may complete your MyTravel claim:
    • Print the form
    • Attach the check made payable to UC Regents to the deposit form
    • Mail the check and form to:

      • UCSD Travel
        Mail Code 0955
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