Travel & Complex Payments

The Travel & Complex Payments department is a unit of the Controller’s Office that facilitates travel and business expense payments for UNC Charlotte’s travelers and employees.  The Travel & Complex Payments team provides customer support, campus training through Human Resources, and customized departmental training sessions upon request.   Travel & Complex Payments staff review food service payments for quality assurance, establish vendors in the university financial system, and process travel advances.

Email:    travel@uncc.edu
Fax:        704-687-6514

Travel and Complex Payments News

• The Travel & Complex Payments staff process all travel and direct pay requests by the individual's last name or by the vendor's name.  This is subject to change depending on volume.

Cathy Galleno (A-F)
Chris Maynard (G-H)
Jane Hawes (I-R)
Chris Maynard (S-Z)

• New Mileage Rates Effective January 1, 2013. Per the Office of State Budget and Management Memorandum the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has increased the business standard mileage rate from 55.5 cents per mile to 56.5 cents per mile for business travel.  The North Carolina motor fleet rate remains at 30 cents per mile.  The rates section of the forms used for mileage reimbursement have been updated on the Financial Services website to reflect this change.


• Airline boarding passes are no longer required as part of the documentation for travel reimbursement.  The airline receipt will provide adequate support of air transportation expense for travelers.


• Purchasing cards may be used to pay for eligible travel-related expenses upon approval of the travel authorization request.  Purchasing cards will be available campus-wide at the conclusion of the purchasing card pilot on or around July 1, 2010.