Changes are coming!
The SAP Concur Travel System goes live on November 2, 2025. There will be a period of transition that could potentially create some confusion and delays.
The form to Add/Remove Concur Approvers (Authorized approvers and Cost Object approvers) will be similar to the old form. The plan is to make it available on or around November 2nd, 2025.
Travel System 2.0 phase-out Transition. The Travel System portion of the form will go away, to be replaced by a Concur portion. In the interim, if changes need to be made to accommodate any of the legacy travel pre-aprovals or travel reimbursements as the system use wanes, please feel free to put in an RT ticket for any updates to the legacy system between 11/2/2025 and 12/31/2025.
For everything about SAP Concur, please visit https://travel.umbc.edu/
The content below applies to the Travel System 2.0 (Legacy) travel roles and security access, to be replaced soon
Department Approvers
For access to approve travel forms for a department please submit the Department security access form:
Departmental Approval Access form
The four columns on the right of the form pertain to travel system access
TS Pre-Approval Approver (Travel System): In the new travel system, the Pre-Approval Approver is usually someone identified by the department to review requests for completeness and accuracy. They are just included in the Pre-Approval Approval Routing step.
TS Pre-Approval Next Higher Authority Approver (Travel System): In the new travel system, the Pre-Approval Secondary Approver is an optional approver in the Approval Routing step. Some departments require a Reviewer to verify and submit approvals with both the Approver (Required) and the Secondary Approver.
TS Reimbursement Approver (Travel System): In the new travel system, the Reimbursement Approver is someone identified by the department to review requests for completeness and accuracy. They are just included in the Pre-Approval Approval Routing step.
TS Reimbursement Next Higher Authority Approver (Travel System): The Reimbursement Next Higher Authority is required for any travel which was outside of the US, Out of state or overnight stay travel without Pre-Approval, and expenses that are more than 110% of the estimate or $200, whichever is greater.
Department Admin Access in Travel system
Please submit an RT ticket requesting Department Admin access through the RT form