Internal audit runs a cohort of about eight auditors. Most weeks they are in the office, but every month a few fly or drive to regional offices and supplier sites for walkthroughs. I need a card policy that covers that travel pattern without turning into a travel-agent wishlist.

Flights and trains for audit trips should be allowed — economy only, nothing premium. Hotels when they stay overnight: keep it modest, around $220 a night. Ground transport is fine — taxis, rideshare, parking, tolls — open enough that they can get to the site without raising a ticket every time.

Meals on overnight audit trips only, call it $70 a day. Day visits back to HQ or a local office do not get meal spend on the card. Coffee with a process owner during an on-site interview is fine; client entertainment dinners are not this cohort's job — deny restaurants used as entertainment and deny alcohol outright.

They sometimes need printing, courier, or small office supplies at the remote site — allow that but pin it hard, maybe $150 a transaction and $400 a month per person. No laptops, no phones, no software licences on this card — IT owns that path.

Cash withdrawals, gambling, adult entertainment: hard deny. Default deny for anything I have not named. If an auditor sits under two policies, deny wins.