New travel card distribution to begin this month

Published Aug. 27, 2008

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Citibank officials will mail out new government travel charge cards Aug. 13 through Sept. 19, which can be verified upon receipt following the instructions on the card.

The new cards will be sent to addresses on file with Bank of America, so all cardholders must ensure their information is current. Any mail sent to an incorrect address will be returned to Citibank.

Those who do not receive a new card by Oct. 1, should contact their local agency program coordinator. The new cards will not be active until Nov. 30, so cardholders will continue to use the Bank of America cards until then. Upon receiving the new card, all cardholders will need to verify receipt by following the instructions affixed to the card.

"Basically the most important thing for servicemembers is to activate their card as soon as they get it," said Maj. Chris DeJesus, 48th Comptroller Squadron commander. "The top priority will be getting the cards to folks who have left on a deployment before the new cards were mailed out, but procedures were put in place to alleviate this issue."

For more information, contact the 48th CPTS at 226-1851.

Information for this story has been provided by Air Force Print News.