CheckbookVendor

What has the City paid American Express Travel Related Services Co Inc?

$2.5M in City payments across 693 checks, from July 24, 2017 to August 26, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES CO INC

$2.5MTotal paid
693Payments
$3,666Average payment
FY2020-21Peak full year · $403K

By fiscal year

FY2017-18
$385K
FY2018-19
$388K
FY2019-20
$261K
FY2020-21
$403K
FY2021-22
$373K
FY2022-23
$292K
FY2023-24
$163K
FY2024-25
$97K
FY2025-26
$147K
FY2026-27 *
$31K

Who pays them

What for

466 payments

Contractual Services$796K

185 payments

Office and Administrative$6K

5 payments

34 payments

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $31K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $2K.

Most recent payments

The 25 latest to post. Purpose strings are the Controller's own reference codes — the budget line in the second column is usually the more informative field.

DateBudget linePurposeAmount
August 26, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260813134007600000; JUL 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (FIRE), CONTRACT# C-125354$2,619
August 26, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260813133933600000; JUL 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (REC & PARKS), CONTRACT# C-125354$412
August 26, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260813133829700000; JUL 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (GSD), CONTRACT# C-125354$201
August 21, 2026Office and AdministrativeZooAMEX CREDIT CARD SERVICE FEE - APRIL 2026$1,850
August 21, 2026Office and AdministrativeZooAMEX CREDIT CARD SERVICE FEE - JUNE 2026$1,282
August 21, 2026Office and AdministrativeZooAMEX CREDIT CARD SERVICE FEE - MAY 2026$1,214
August 21, 2026Office and AdministrativeZooAMEX CREDIT CARD SERVICE FEE - JULY 2026$1,007
August 21, 2026Office and AdministrativeZooAMEX CREDIT CARD SERVICE FEE - MARCH 2026$711
August 18, 2026Contractual ServicesTransportationJUN 2026 AMEX CREDIT CARD FEES - F363$9,575
August 18, 2026Contractual ServicesTransportationMAY 2026 AMEX CREDIT CARD FEES - F363$9,393
July 13, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260707083133800000; JUN 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (FIRE), CONTRACT# C-125354$1,564
July 13, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260707083105200000; JUN 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (REC & PARKS), CONTRACT# C-125354$1,137
July 13, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260707083017800000; JUN 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (GSD), CONTRACT# C-125354$180
June 17, 2026Contractual ServicesTransportationAPR 2026 AMEX CREDIT CARD FEES - F363$8,999
June 12, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260604144236900000; MAY 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (FIRE), CONTRACT# C-125354$1,836
June 12, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260604144220900000; MAY 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (REC & PARKS), CONTRACT# C-125354$461
June 12, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260604144159800000; MAY 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (GSD), CONTRACT# C-125354$153
May 20, 2026Contractual ServicesTransportationMAR 2026 AMEX CREDIT CARD FEES - F363$9,038
May 15, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260507082600000000; APR 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (FIRE), CONTRACT# C-125354$1,750
May 15, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260507082511700000; APR 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (REC & PARKS), CONTRACT# C-125354$502
May 15, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260507082419400000; APR 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (GSD), CONTRACT# C-125354$148
April 15, 2026Contractual ServicesTransportationJAN 2026 AMEX CREDIT CARD FEES - F363$8,438
April 15, 2026Contractual ServicesTransportationFEB 2026 AMEX CREDIT CARD FEES - F363$8,126
April 13, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260407103317200000; MAR 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (FIRE), CONTRACT# C-125354$1,195
April 13, 2026Bank Service FeesFinanceINV 20260407103217100000; MAR 2026 MERCHANT SERVICES FEES FOR (GSD), CONTRACT# C-125354$196

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (dataset pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Figures are every payment on record within the outside-vendor scope, not a single fiscal year. Back to the checkbook.