Amex Bonvoy – fee on foreign transaction when reimbursed?

[jgxx]

i travel corporate & get reimbursed. if i used personal amex bonvoy, the 3% foreign transaction fee- that still is for me to pay, as my reimbursement is on invoices (e.g. in Euros) and not from amex statement. Or am i missing something / others have suggestions? thanks

[Rob]

American Express does not separate out FX fees on your statement – there is only one charge shown – so if this is the number you put on your expenses then you get the lot back.

[davefl]

They do if you expand the transaction on the web 🙂

If your employer wants to see the purchase receipt in euro which I’m sure they do, then yes you have to swallow the forex charge.

[blue_wolf]

Every company I’ve worked at has asked me to upload the EUR hotel invoice on the expense system, but set the currency as GBP and the amount as the actual GBP amount I was charged on my Amex statement. I attach a copy to the report of the Amex statement (downloaded as PDF from the Amex ‘search transactions’ page) to justify the conversion rate. The currency conversion by the company’s expense system is meaningless to an employee; since the rate any bank gives you (even Monzo, Starling et al) will never be as favourable as the one used by the expense system.