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Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transactions with PAN

A no-show authorization occurs when a merchant charges a customer after the customer makes a reservation, and does not show up to claim the reservation. In this situation, the customer is charged an agreed upon fee for not showing up as expected.

Supported Card Types

These are the supported card types for processing credentialed transactions:
  • American Express
  • Mastercard
  • Visa

Endpoint

Production:
POST
https://api.visaacceptance.com
/pts/v2/payments
Test:
POST
https://apitest.visaacceptance.com
/pts/v2/payments

Required Fields for Processing Merchant-Initiated No-Show Charges

Use these required fields to process a merchant-initiated no-show charges transaction.
issuerInformation.transactionInformation
Required only for token transactions with Discover or Diners Club. Set this field to the
processorInformation.transactionID
 field that was in the response message when you obtained the customer's credentials.
orderInformation.amountDetails.currency
orderInformation.amountDetails.totalAmount
orderInformation.billTo.address1
orderInformation.billTo.administrativeArea
orderInformation.billTo.country
orderInformation.billTo.email
orderInformation.billTo.firstName
orderInformation.billTo.lastName
orderInformation.billTo.locality
orderInformation.billTo.phoneNumber
orderInformation.billTo.postalCode
paymentInformation.card.expirationMonth
paymentInformation.card.expirationYear
paymentInformation.card.number
processingInformation. authorizationOptions. initiator. merchantInitiatedTransaction. previousTransactionId
  • American Express: set to the transaction ID from the original transaction.
  • Discover: set to the transaction ID from the original transaction.
  • Visa: set to the last successful transaction ID.
processingInformation. authorizationOptions. initiator. merchantInitiatedTransaction. reason
Set the value to
4
.
Required only for Discover, Mastercard, and Visa.
processingInformation. authorizationOptions. initiator. type
Set the value to
merchant
.
processorInformation.cardReferenceData
Required only for token transactions with Discover or Diners Club. Set this field to the
processorInformation.cardReferenceData
 field that was in the response message when you obtained the customer's credentials.

Optional Field for Processing Merchant-Initiated No-Show Charges

You can use these optional fields to include additional information when authorizing a request for an MIT no-show charge:
processingInformation. authorizationOptions. initiator. storedCredentialUsed
If the payment information is COF information, set to
true
.

REST Example: Processing Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transactions

Request
{
    "processingInformation": {
        "authorizationOptions": {
            "initiator": {
        		"type": "merchant",
            	"merchantInitiatedTransaction": {
            		"originalAuthorizedAmount": "100", //Discover only
            		"previousTransactionId": "123456789619999",
            		"reason": "4"
            	}
            }
        }
    },
    "orderInformation": {
		"billTo" : {
    		"country" : "US",
    		"lastName" : "Kim",
    		"address1" : "201 S. Division St.",
    		"postalCode" : "48104-2201",
    		"locality" : "Ann Arbor",
    		"administrativeArea" : "MI",
    		"firstName" : "Kyong-Jin",
            "phoneNumber": "5554327113",
    		"email" : ""
    	},
        "amountDetails": {
            "totalAmount": "150.00",
            "currency": "USD"
        }
    },
    "paymentInformation": {
        "card": {
            "expirationYear": "2031",
            "number": "4111xxxxxxxxxxxx",
            "expirationMonth": "12"
        }
    }
}
Response to a Successful Request
{
    "_links": {
        "authReversal": {
            "method": "POST",
            "href": "/pts/v2/payments/6534214295466223903006/reversals"
        },
        "self": {
            "method": "GET",
            "href": "/pts/v2/payments/6534214295466223903006"
        },
        "capture": {
            "method": "POST",
            "href": "/pts/v2/payments/6534214295466223903006/captures"
        }
    },
    "clientReferenceInformation": {
        "code": "1653421429522"
    },
    "id": "6534214295466223903006",
    "orderInformation": {
        "amountDetails": {
            "authorizedAmount": "150.00",
            "currency": "USD"
        }
    },
    "paymentAccountInformation": {
        "card": {
            "type": "001"
        }
    },
    "paymentInformation": {
        "tokenizedCard": {
            "type": "001"
        },
        "card": {
            "type": "001"
        }
    },
    "pointOfSaleInformation": {
        "terminalId": "111111"
    },
    "processorInformation": {
        "approvalCode": "888888",
        "networkTransactionId": "123456789619999",
        "transactionId": "123456789619999",
        "responseCode": "100",
        "avs": {
            "code": "X",
            "codeRaw": "I1"
        }
    },
    "reconciliationId": "64365823G3K7HFAM",
    "status": "AUTHORIZED",
    "submitTimeUtc": "2022-05-24T19:43:49Z"
}