diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 95ecc350ed9f..441507af4228 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module.exports = {
         `<rootDir>/?(*.)+(spec|test).${testFileExtension}`,
     ],
     transform: {
-        '^.+\\.jsx?$': 'babel-jest',
+        '^.+\\.[jt]sx?$': 'babel-jest',
         '^.+\\.svg?$': 'jest-transformer-svg',
     },
     transformIgnorePatterns: ['<rootDir>/node_modules/(?!react-native)/'],
diff --git a/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestPreview/MoneyRequestPreviewContent.tsx b/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestPreview/MoneyRequestPreviewContent.tsx
index e2f7314afd73..4137b259f362 100644
--- a/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestPreview/MoneyRequestPreviewContent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestPreview/MoneyRequestPreviewContent.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import lodashSortBy from 'lodash/sortBy';
 import React from 'react';
 import {View} from 'react-native';
 import type {GestureResponderEvent} from 'react-native';
+import ConfirmedRoute from '@components/ConfirmedRoute';
 import Icon from '@components/Icon';
 import * as Expensicons from '@components/Icon/Expensicons';
 import MoneyRequestSkeletonView from '@components/MoneyRequestSkeletonView';
@@ -114,6 +115,9 @@ function MoneyRequestPreviewContent({
 
     const receiptImages = hasReceipt ? [ReceiptUtils.getThumbnailAndImageURIs(transaction)] : [];
 
+    const hasPendingWaypoints = transaction?.pendingFields?.waypoints;
+    const showMapAsImage = isDistanceRequest && hasPendingWaypoints;
+
     const getSettledMessage = (): string => {
         if (isCardTransaction) {
             return translate('common.done');
@@ -206,7 +210,12 @@ function MoneyRequestPreviewContent({
                         !onPreviewPressed ? [styles.moneyRequestPreviewBox, containerStyles] : {},
                     ]}
                 >
-                    {hasReceipt && (
+                    {showMapAsImage && (
+                        <View style={styles.reportActionItemImages}>
+                            <ConfirmedRoute transaction={transaction} />
+                        </View>
+                    )}
+                    {!showMapAsImage && hasReceipt && (
                         <ReportActionItemImages
                             images={receiptImages}
                             isHovered={isHovered || isScanning}
diff --git a/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestView.tsx b/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestView.tsx
index d3c86698f910..f125235affca 100644
--- a/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestView.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, {useCallback, useMemo} from 'react';
 import {View} from 'react-native';
 import {withOnyx} from 'react-native-onyx';
 import type {OnyxEntry} from 'react-native-onyx';
+import ConfirmedRoute from '@components/ConfirmedRoute';
 import * as Expensicons from '@components/Icon/Expensicons';
 import MenuItemWithTopDescription from '@components/MenuItemWithTopDescription';
 import OfflineWithFeedback from '@components/OfflineWithFeedback';
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ function MoneyRequestView({
     const isEmptyMerchant = transactionMerchant === '' || transactionMerchant === CONST.TRANSACTION.PARTIAL_TRANSACTION_MERCHANT;
     const isDistanceRequest = TransactionUtils.isDistanceRequest(transaction);
     const formattedTransactionAmount = transactionAmount ? CurrencyUtils.convertToDisplayString(transactionAmount, transactionCurrency) : '';
+    const hasPendingWaypoints = transaction?.pendingFields?.waypoints;
+    const showMapAsImage = isDistanceRequest && hasPendingWaypoints;
     const formattedOriginalAmount = transactionOriginalAmount && transactionOriginalCurrency && CurrencyUtils.convertToDisplayString(transactionOriginalAmount, transactionOriginalCurrency);
     const isCardTransaction = TransactionUtils.isCardTransaction(transaction);
     const cardProgramName = isCardTransaction && transactionCardID !== undefined ? CardUtils.getCardDescription(transactionCardID) : '';
@@ -239,7 +242,8 @@ function MoneyRequestView({
         <View style={[StyleUtils.getReportWelcomeContainerStyle(isSmallScreenWidth)]}>
             <AnimatedEmptyStateBackground />
             <View style={[StyleUtils.getReportWelcomeTopMarginStyle(isSmallScreenWidth)]}>
-                {hasReceipt && (
+                {/* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/prefer-nullish-coalescing */}
+                {(showMapAsImage || hasReceipt) && (
                     <OfflineWithFeedback
                         pendingAction={pendingAction}
                         errors={transaction?.errors}
@@ -252,15 +256,19 @@ function MoneyRequestView({
                         }}
                     >
                         <View style={styles.moneyRequestViewImage}>
-                            <ReportActionItemImage
-                                thumbnail={receiptURIs?.thumbnail}
-                                image={receiptURIs?.image}
-                                isLocalFile={receiptURIs?.isLocalFile}
-                                filename={receiptURIs?.filename}
-                                transaction={transaction}
-                                enablePreviewModal
-                                canEditReceipt={canEditReceipt}
-                            />
+                            {showMapAsImage ? (
+                                <ConfirmedRoute transaction={transaction} />
+                            ) : (
+                                <ReportActionItemImage
+                                    thumbnail={receiptURIs?.thumbnail}
+                                    image={receiptURIs?.image}
+                                    isLocalFile={receiptURIs?.isLocalFile}
+                                    filename={receiptURIs?.filename}
+                                    transaction={transaction}
+                                    enablePreviewModal
+                                    canEditReceipt={canEditReceipt}
+                                />
+                            )}
                         </View>
                     </OfflineWithFeedback>
                 )}
diff --git a/src/components/__mocks__/ConfirmedRoute.tsx b/src/components/__mocks__/ConfirmedRoute.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c78e764ebea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/__mocks__/ConfirmedRoute.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import {View} from 'react-native';
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+function ConfirmedRoute(props: any) {
+    return <View />;
+}
+
+export default ConfirmedRoute;
diff --git a/src/libs/TransactionUtils.ts b/src/libs/TransactionUtils.ts
index d3eafc6554db..0a13d561891c 100644
--- a/src/libs/TransactionUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/TransactionUtils.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import CONST from '@src/CONST';
 import ONYXKEYS from '@src/ONYXKEYS';
 import type {RecentWaypoint, Report, ReportAction, Transaction, TransactionViolation} from '@src/types/onyx';
 import type {PolicyTaxRate, PolicyTaxRates} from '@src/types/onyx/PolicyTaxRates';
-import type {Comment, Receipt, TransactionChanges, Waypoint, WaypointCollection} from '@src/types/onyx/Transaction';
+import type {Comment, Receipt, TransactionChanges, TransactionPendingFieldsKey, Waypoint, WaypointCollection} from '@src/types/onyx/Transaction';
 import type {EmptyObject} from '@src/types/utils/EmptyObject';
+import {isEmptyObject} from '@src/types/utils/EmptyObject';
 import {isCorporateCard, isExpensifyCard} from './CardUtils';
 import DateUtils from './DateUtils';
 import * as NumberUtils from './NumberUtils';
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ function buildOptimisticTransaction(
     category = '',
     tag = '',
     billable = false,
+    pendingFields: Partial<{[K in TransactionPendingFieldsKey]: ValueOf<typeof CONST.RED_BRICK_ROAD_PENDING_ACTION>}> | undefined = undefined,
 ): Transaction {
     // transactionIDs are random, positive, 64-bit numeric strings.
     // Because JS can only handle 53-bit numbers, transactionIDs are strings in the front-end (just like reportActionID)
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ function buildOptimisticTransaction(
     }
 
     return {
+        ...(!isEmptyObject(pendingFields) ? {pendingFields} : {}),
         transactionID,
         amount,
         currency,
diff --git a/src/libs/actions/IOU.ts b/src/libs/actions/IOU.ts
index a941be0dbb75..5518ef3f6356 100644
--- a/src/libs/actions/IOU.ts
+++ b/src/libs/actions/IOU.ts
@@ -794,6 +794,8 @@ function getMoneyRequestInformation(
         receiptObject.state = receipt.state ?? CONST.IOU.RECEIPT_STATE.SCANREADY;
         filename = receipt.name;
     }
+    const existingTransaction = allTransactionDrafts[`${ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.TRANSACTION_DRAFT}${CONST.IOU.OPTIMISTIC_TRANSACTION_ID}`];
+    const isDistanceRequest = existingTransaction && existingTransaction.iouRequestType === CONST.IOU.REQUEST_TYPE.DISTANCE;
     let optimisticTransaction = TransactionUtils.buildOptimisticTransaction(
         ReportUtils.isExpenseReport(iouReport) ? -amount : amount,
         currency,
@@ -809,6 +811,7 @@ function getMoneyRequestInformation(
         category,
         tag,
         billable,
+        isDistanceRequest ? {waypoints: CONST.RED_BRICK_ROAD_PENDING_ACTION.ADD} : undefined,
     );
 
     const optimisticPolicyRecentlyUsedCategories = Policy.buildOptimisticPolicyRecentlyUsedCategories(iouReport.policyID, category);
@@ -819,8 +822,7 @@ function getMoneyRequestInformation(
     // data. This is a big can of worms to change it to `Onyx.merge()` as explored in https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C05DWUDHVK7/p1692139468252109.
     // I want to clean this up at some point, but it's possible this will live in the code for a while so I've created https://github.com/Expensify/App/issues/25417
     // to remind me to do this.
-    const existingTransaction = allTransactionDrafts[`${ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.TRANSACTION_DRAFT}${CONST.IOU.OPTIMISTIC_TRANSACTION_ID}`];
-    if (existingTransaction && existingTransaction.iouRequestType === CONST.IOU.REQUEST_TYPE.DISTANCE) {
+    if (isDistanceRequest) {
         optimisticTransaction = fastMerge(existingTransaction, optimisticTransaction, false);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/perf-test/ReportActionsList.perf-test.js b/tests/perf-test/ReportActionsList.perf-test.js
index 34b127c217e4..c760b81b2373 100644
--- a/tests/perf-test/ReportActionsList.perf-test.js
+++ b/tests/perf-test/ReportActionsList.perf-test.js
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ jest.mock('@react-navigation/native', () => {
     };
 });
 
+jest.mock('../../src/components/ConfirmedRoute.tsx');
+
 beforeAll(() =>
     Onyx.init({
         keys: ONYXKEYS,
diff --git a/tests/perf-test/ReportScreen.perf-test.js b/tests/perf-test/ReportScreen.perf-test.js
index e86d0bf4fa09..bc127ff8a1f1 100644
--- a/tests/perf-test/ReportScreen.perf-test.js
+++ b/tests/perf-test/ReportScreen.perf-test.js
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ jest.mock('react-native-reanimated', () => ({
     useAnimatedRef: jest.fn,
 }));
 
+jest.mock('../../src/components/ConfirmedRoute.tsx');
+
 jest.mock('../../src/components/withNavigationFocus', () => (Component) => {
     function WithNavigationFocus(props) {
         return (
diff --git a/tests/ui/UnreadIndicatorsTest.js b/tests/ui/UnreadIndicatorsTest.js
index 6a57218fab23..07100d7a5f0f 100644
--- a/tests/ui/UnreadIndicatorsTest.js
+++ b/tests/ui/UnreadIndicatorsTest.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jest.setTimeout(30000);
 
 jest.mock('../../src/libs/Notification/LocalNotification');
 jest.mock('../../src/components/Icon/Expensicons');
+jest.mock('../../src/components/ConfirmedRoute.tsx');
 
 // Needed for: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76903168/mocking-libraries-in-jest
 jest.mock('react-native/Libraries/LogBox/LogBox', () => ({