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Merchant-Initiated No-Show Transactions

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.

Fields Specific to this Use Case

Include these fields with a standard authorization request:
  • processingInformation.authorizationOptions.initiator.type
    Set the field to
    merchant
    to indicate this transaction is a merchant-initiated follow on transaction.
  • processingInformation.authorizationOptions.initiator.merchantInitiatedTransaction.reason
    –Set the reason field to
    4
    .