Individual departments may charge the expenses of University teams, visiting professors and participants to a Citibank Diner’s Club account. Upon request, the University-designated travel agency will charge travel expenses to this account.

Please note that the Citibank Diner’s Club account is to be used strictly for travel expenses, such as airline tickets and hotel bookings. This account may not be used to pay for meals or other types of expenses.

Obtain an application for a Citibank Diner’s Club account from the Accounts Payable Forms web-page. Departments are billed directly in lieu of reimbursing an individual traveler. One Citicorp Card is issued to each interested department or unit. When submitting Citibank Diner’s Club invoices, or any other direct travel billing, to Accounts Payable for payment, include the name of the traveler and the business purpose of the trip.

The Diner’s Club Card is primarily designed for non-employees and for groups of University personnel. However, departments may request to use the card for individual employees. To do so, the department must agree in advance, in writing, to comply with the following:

1) to submit to Accounts Payable an approved invoice which includes, for each trip, the individual’s name, itinerary, class of travel, total amount and business purpose

2) to submit, within 20 days after the trip, a completed and approved Travel  Expense Report citing, on the first line, and documenting, all pre-paid transportation expenses

Interested departments must forward this written confirmation to the attention of:

Joseph Pineras

Email: jp549@columbia.edu

Phone number: 212-854-5657

Fax:  212-854-6175