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Capture a Payment

This section describes how to capture an airline payment.
You can include an airline ticket purchase and any ancillary purchases in the same capture request. Ancillary purchases are any additional services, such as baggage, meals, and paid seats, your customers can purchase.
Prerequisite
Before you can capture payment, you must authorize the funds by sending an authorization request. The authorization response includes a request ID in the
id
 field. The request ID is required in the capture request. For more information about how to send an authorization request, see the Standard Payment Processing section in the
Payments Developer Guide
.

Leg Limitations

Elavon
 limits the maximum number of legs for each trip based on card type.
This table describes the maximum number of legs for each trip based on card type.
Elavon
 Leg Limitations
Supported Card Types
Maximum Number of Trip Legs
Diners Club
4
Discover
4
Mastercard
4
Visa
4

Document Type

When capturing an airline payment, you must use the
travelInformation.transit.airline.documentType
 field to specify the purpose of the transaction. For all possible values, see Airline Document Type Codes.

Endpoint

Production:
POST
https://api.cybersource.com
/pts/v2/payments/
{id}
/captures
Test:
POST
https://apitest.cybersource.com
/pts/v2/payments/
{id}
/captures
The
{id}
 is the transaction ID returned in the authorization response.

Card-Specific Field for Capturing an Airline Payment

Certain card types require additional fields.

Diners Club

Use this field in addition to the required fields to capture an airline authorization when using a Diners Club card.

Example: Capturing an Airline Payment

Request
{
  "clientReferenceInformation": {
    "code": "TC50171_3"
  },
  "processingInformation": {
    "industryDataType": "airline"
  },
  "orderInformation": {
    "amountDetails": {
      "totalAmount": "350.00",
      "currency": "USD"
    }
  },
  "travelInformation": {
    "agency": {
      "name": "Test Airline"
    },
    "transit": {
      "airline": {
        "ticketIssuer": {
          "code": "123456789"
        },
        "ticketNumber": "123456798",
        "restrictedTicketIndicator": null,
        "passengerName": "John Smith",
        "legs": [
          {
            "carrierCode": "AA",
            "originatingAirportCode": "DFW",
            "class": "First",
            "stopoverIndicator": "X",
            "departureDate": "20251231",
            "destinationAirportCode": "DFW"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
Response to a Successful Request
{
  "_links": {
    "void": {
      "method": "POST",
      "href": "/pts/v2/captures/7659260363866784003812/voids"
    },
    "self": {
      "method": "GET",
      "href": "/pts/v2/captures/7659260363866784003812"
    }
  },
  "clientReferenceInformation": {
    "code": "TC50171_3"
  },
  "id": "7659260363866784003812",
  "orderInformation": {
    "amountDetails": {
      "totalAmount": "350.00",
      "currency": "USD"
    }
  },
  "reconciliationId": "69854049CJ7QD97N",
  "status": "PENDING",
  "submitTimeUtc": "2025-12-16T23:00:36Z"
}

Example: Capturing an Airline Payment with Ancillary Purchase

Request
{
  "clientReferenceInformation": {
    "code": "TC50171_3"
  },
  "processingInformation": {
    "industryDataType": "airline"
  },
  "orderInformation": {
    "amountDetails": {
      "totalAmount": "350.00",
      "currency": "USD"
    }
  },
  "travelInformation": {
    "agency": {
      "name": "Test Airline"
    },
    "transit": {
      "airline": {
        "ticketIssuer": {
          "code": "123456789"
        },
        "ticketNumber": "123456798",
        "restrictedTicketIndicator": null,
        "passengerName": "John Smith",
        "legs": [
          {
            "carrierCode": "AA",
            "originatingAirportCode": "DFW",
            "class": "First",
            "stopoverIndicator": "X",
            "departureDate": "20251231",
            "destinationAirportCode": "DFW"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
     "travelInformation": {
    "transit": {
      "airline": {
        "ancillaryInformation": {
          "ticketNumber": "123456789",
          "passengerName": "John Smith",
          "connectedTicketNumber": "987654321",
          "service": [
            {
              "categoryCode": "BF"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
Response to a Successful Request
{
  "_links": {
    "void": {
      "method": "POST",
      "href": "/pts/v2/captures/7659260363866784003812/voids"
    },
    "self": {
      "method": "GET",
      "href": "/pts/v2/captures/7659260363866784003812"
    }
  },
  "clientReferenceInformation": {
    "code": "TC50171_3"
  },
  "id": "7659260363866784003812",
  "orderInformation": {
    "amountDetails": {
      "totalAmount": "350.00",
      "currency": "USD"
    }
  },
  "reconciliationId": "69854049CJ7QD97N",
  "status": "PENDING",
  "submitTimeUtc": "2025-12-16T23:00:36Z"
}
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