TSYS Acquiring Solutions Airline Data

Airline Data Processing

The following table describes various features for airline data processing with TSYS Acquiring Solutions.

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Airline Data Processing Features for TSYS Acquiring Solutions

Feature	Description
Supported Card Types	American Express in authorization requests Visa in capture and credit requests
Travel Legs with American Express1	Maximum number of travel legs: 9 Numbering for the travel legs: 0 to 8
Travel Legs with Visa1	Maximum number of travel legs: 4 Numbering for the travel legs: 0 to 3
Specification used by CyberSource to implement airline data processing	American Express: External Interface Specifications Authorization Record Formats, EIS 1080, version 7.4, January 2007 Visa: TSYS EIS 1081 Specification, version 6.9
1 You must include information for at least the first leg of the trip (leg 0). You must use consecutive numbers for the legs; do not skip a number. If you skip a number, CyberSource ignores the legs that follow the skipped number.

 

CyberSource forwards airline data for Mastercard and Discover to TSYS Acquiring Solutions, but TSYS Acquiring Solutions drops the airline data for these card types when forwarding the settlement information. Therefore, only American Express and Visa transactions qualify for the airline interchange rate.