Travel Services

Columbia University Faculty, Staff and Students may be required to travel on official University business from time to time. The Purchasing Office has established University-wide Purchasing Agreements (UwPA) with travel-related suppliers. Purchasing also provides a travel web portal where a myriad of information is available on travel and related UwPA's. We encourage you to click on any of the links and visit the Columbia Travel Portal.

Airlines

• Continental Airlines (UwPA)
• Delta Airlines (UwPA)
• JetBlue
• Southwest

Airport Parking

• Parking Company America Airports (UwPA)

Rail

• Amtrak (UwPA)

Hotels

• Local NYC Hotels (UwPA)
• Nationwide Hotels

Car Rental

• Hertz Rental Car (UwPA)
• ZipCar (UwPA)

Business Travel

In order to take advantage of some air and rail agreements (Delta, Amtrak), reservations must be made through the University preferred travel agencies. Please check the UwPA page dedicated to that supplier for further information or the travel web portal.

All business travel must be made in compliance with the Travel and Business Expense Policies and Procedures.

Personal/Leisure Travel

Unless specifically noted, all travel-related suppliers extend the institutional discounts for personal/leisure travel.

For more information on this contract and/or help with procurement, please contact: