Requesting Captures and Credits with Airline Data

 

To send airline data, the industry data type field must be set to airline. If this field is not set to airline or is not included in the request, no airline data is sent to the processor. The only exception is UATP: you do not need to send the industry data type for UATP.

To include airline data in a capture or credit:

Step 1

Authorize a credit card payment.

Step 2

Capture the authorization.

Include the following information in the capture request:

■	Airline data: see the chapter in this document for the processor you are using. Do not include special characters in the airline data. For more information, see Special Characters.

■	Industry data type field: the field name is industry_datatype. Set this field to airline to indicate that the request includes airline data.

You do not need to include the industry data type field for UATP.

■	Basic fields required for every capture request.

For more information, see Credit Card Services Using the SCMP API.

■	On CyberSource through VisaNet you can optionally include fields for card-present transactions.

For more information, see Card-Present Processing Using the SCMP API.

Step 3

Check the capture reply message.

The reply message includes a field that indicates whether CyberSource sent the airline information to the processor. The field name is bill_enhanced_data_enabled. The possible values are:

■	Y: the account and card type are enabled for airline data. The airline data was included in the request to the processor.

■	N: the account or the card type is not enabled for airline data. The airline data was not included in the request to the processor.

If your account is not enabled for airline data, or if you did not include the industry data type field in your request, CyberSource does not include the airline data in the request sent to the processor.

Step 4

If necessary, credit the payment.

Include the following information in the credit request:

■	Airline data: see the chapter in this document for the processor you are using. Do not include special characters in the airline data. For more information, see Special Characters.

■	Industry data type field: the field name is industry_datatype. Set this field to airline to indicate that the request includes airline data.

You do not need to include the industry data type field for UATP.

■	Basic fields required for every credit request.

For more information, see Credit Card Services Using the SCMP API.

Step 5

If you credited the payment, check the credit reply message.

The reply message includes a field that indicates whether CyberSource sent the airline information to the processor. The field name is credit_enhanced_data_enabled. The possible values are:

■	Y: the account and card type are enabled for airline data. The airline data was included in the request to the processor.

■	N: the account or the card type is not enabled for airline data. The airline data was not included in the request to the processor.

If your account is not enabled for airline data, or if you did not include the industry data type field in your request, CyberSource does not include the airline data in the request sent to the processor.