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"Lodge" is only available from a limited number of the world's leading Card-Issuing Banks.
It is their response to a special need within the Corporate travelling community to provide
the capability to report and generate Ledger information on Corporate Travel at a
significantly greater level of detail than is available on a standard Corporate Card.
"Lodge" is the name given to a "virtual card" (it may not actually exist) that is "lodged"
with a Travel Agent such that all corporate flights can be charged against it. The reason
for doing this is that, through Deecal, all monetary transaction data from your Bank can be
matched to the detailed "enhanced" data from the Travel Agent, to provide a set of detailed
travel reports and accompanying export file for import into your General Ledger.
"Enhanced Data" is the term given to the non-monetary detailed information from any source
other than your Issuing Bank. In the case of air travel charged to a Lodge Card that has been
lodged with your Travel Agent, this enhanced data may include such information as date
traveled, airline, who traveled, from where, to where, flight number, time etc.... This
information is typically used by the Corporate customer to negotiate improved terms with
specific Airlines, perhaps within specific times etc...
Lodge is operated by your Issuer as a bureau service which means that the service is
available to you even if you do not have internet capability.
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