- Introduction to Payments
- Standard Payment Processing
- Card Present Connect | Retail Processing
- Authorization with Contact EMV and Online PIN
- Authorization with Contact EMV and Offline PIN
- Card Present Connect | Mass Transit Processing
- American Express Delayed Online Authorization with EMV Data
- Tap-Initiated Authorization for Debt Recovery with EMV Data
- Debit and Prepaid Card Processing
- Processing Debit and Prepaid Authorizations
- Airline Data Processing
- Japanese Payment Options Processing
- Processing Payments Using Credentials
- Customer-Initiated Transactions with Credentials on File
- Delayed Transaction
- Incremental Transaction
- Merchant-Initiated Incremental Transaction with PAN
- No-Show Transactions
- Reauthorization Transaction
- Merchant-Initiated Reauthorization Transactions with PAN
- Resubmission Transaction
- Merchant-Initiated Resubmission Transaction with PAN
- Installment Payments
- Merchant-Initiated Installment Payments with PAN
- Recurring Payments
- Merchant-Initiated Recurring Payments with PAN
- Unscheduled COF Payments
- Token Management Service Processing
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Incremental Transaction
An incremental authorization is used to increase the total amount
authorized for a payment if the initial authorization does not cover the total cost of
goods and services. An incremental transaction is an additional amount to the original
authorization. The final authorized total includes amounts for both the initial and the
incremental authorizations. Incremental transactions are limited to certain merchant
categories, such as rental, lodging, transit, amusement parks, restaurants, and
bars.
This section describes how to process an incremental transaction using these payment
types: