Diners Club and Quicken
May 20, 2006, 7:58 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 14
Diners Club and Quicken
Diners Club is the ONLY major credit card that cannot be integrated with the latest version of Quicken. All of Citibanks other credit cards can be integrated. Why not Diners Club?
I called web support - they couldn't care less. I can't think of a reason to continue my DC membership.
I called web support - they couldn't care less. I can't think of a reason to continue my DC membership.
Last edited by mia; Dec 30, 2010 at 7:21 am Reason: Remove angry icon
May 21, 2006, 6:54 am
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 14
Citi BusinessAAdvantage MC and Diners
Originally Posted by Schutzee
I have been unable to get my Citi AAdvantage business card to dowbload to Quicken. Tech support said the business card doesn't support downloading to any software. Pretty lame IMHO.
To download Citi Business AAdvantage card data to the latest version of Quicken, just follow the prompts on the Citi site (make sure your Quicken program is setup for communication with the web).
Why can't they do this with Diners?
May 21, 2006, 10:20 pm
#5
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 14
Quicken Citi Download
Originally Posted by Schutzee
Tazzo1
Where do you find download on the Citi website. I log in but can't find download anywhere.
Where do you find download on the Citi website. I log in but can't find download anywhere.
May 22, 2006, 8:42 am
#6
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Northport, NY
Posts: 1,732
I called Citicard again today. They said only "new" cards can download. I have an "old" account which is on a different system. They can't convert my old account to a new account. I have to reapply and cancel. I guess Diners is on the old system also.
Citi sucks, but I gotta get my fix of Aadvantage miles! I have lifetime gold thanks to my credit card.
Citi sucks, but I gotta get my fix of Aadvantage miles! I have lifetime gold thanks to my credit card.
May 22, 2006, 9:00 am
#7
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Erie, CO USA
Programs: UA, Marriott, Starwood, et al
Posts: 1,559
Thread with previous discussion on this subject: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=354948
I'm still using MS Money and find it inconvenient to have to go the DC site and "push" the report down, but it seems that this is a better situation than if I'd changed to Quicken, which I considered.
If Quicken is no longer able to import a QIF (Quicken Interchange Format) file, then it seems as if part of the rage should be directed at Intuit. If certain other software companies were involved, I might suspect that removing this function was intended to coerce financial institutions who were not "partnering" with Intuit for "pull" downloads to join (probably for a fee).
I'm still using MS Money and find it inconvenient to have to go the DC site and "push" the report down, but it seems that this is a better situation than if I'd changed to Quicken, which I considered.
If Quicken is no longer able to import a QIF (Quicken Interchange Format) file, then it seems as if part of the rage should be directed at Intuit. If certain other software companies were involved, I might suspect that removing this function was intended to coerce financial institutions who were not "partnering" with Intuit for "pull" downloads to join (probably for a fee).
Oct 21, 2010, 8:41 am
#8
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Maryland, USA
Programs: AA Platinum/2m miler, Marriott A and LTT, Delta Diamond, Hertz Presidents, Avis Presidents. +more
Posts: 127
Good News - Problem Solved!
The latest version of Quicken (2011) finally allows you to download Diners Club into Quicken.
Dec 16, 2010, 7:00 pm
#9
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Upcountry Maui, HI
Posts: 13,311
There are workarounds, maybe you are (inadvertantly?) using a workaround?
-David
Dec 19, 2010, 10:23 pm
#10
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Maryland, USA
Programs: AA Platinum/2m miler, Marriott A and LTT, Delta Diamond, Hertz Presidents, Avis Presidents. +more
Posts: 127
No I am not using a workaround, Diners Club is now one of the online Financial Institutions listed within Quicken 2011. It's possible that versions earlier than Quicken 2011 don't support it. You are right in that going to the Diners Club web site, you'd never know, they have not publicized it at all. But then the web site is a mess anyway, doesn't make mention of the fact that it's now owned by BMO not Citi, the news release page doesn't work, neither does the "Contact us" page. It wouldn't surprise me if they discontinued this card completely before too long.
Last edited by BMGRAHAM; Dec 26, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Dec 20, 2010, 8:02 am
#12
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
I don't think BMO would have purchased the Diners Club franchise from Citi to close it. I do think they are much more interested in the corporate accounts, and that the personal/professional cards will continue to drift.
Dec 20, 2010, 9:25 pm
#13
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Upcountry Maui, HI
Posts: 13,311
I think I will give it a shot.
-David
Dec 20, 2010, 11:39 pm
#14
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Upcountry Maui, HI
Posts: 13,311
Well, after the update, diners club is in the list of financial institutions and it found an account for me (though with the wrong number, I suspect it's the old pre-MC DC#) and it failed when trying to download the transactions.
I wonder if BMGRAHAM has a US Diners Club card or an international version of a real DC card? Mine is the DC branded Citibank MC version they issue here in the US.
I need to get 2 more points to make it to 30k points, then I'm throwing the towel in. I will probably redeem for gift cards or airline miles and cancel the card. It's not worth the effort any more, and I never use it anymore.
-David
I wonder if BMGRAHAM has a US Diners Club card or an international version of a real DC card? Mine is the DC branded Citibank MC version they issue here in the US.
I need to get 2 more points to make it to 30k points, then I'm throwing the towel in. I will probably redeem for gift cards or airline miles and cancel the card. It's not worth the effort any more, and I never use it anymore.
-David
Dec 21, 2010, 7:29 am
#15
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
More likely it is your account number, which is not the same as your card number. If you login to dinersclubus.com and navigate to Account Management > Transaction Activity you can see the last four digits: Summary Number XXXX XXXX XXXX 1234, and you can see the full number on your paper statement.