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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 tomerchantto indicate this transaction is a merchant-initiated follow on transaction.
- processingInformation.authorizationOptions.initiator.merchantInitiatedTransaction.reason–Set the reason field to4.