Request-Level Fields for Authorization Requests

The tables of request fields describe the airline fields to use with an authorization request.

When you send an authorization request with airline data, you must include the basic fields required for every authorization request. For information about the non-airline-data fields required for authorization requests, see Credit Card Services Using the SCMP API.

 

Table 43

General Request Fields for Authorization Requests

CyberSource Field Name	TSYS Acquiring Solutions Field Name	Description	Required / Optional	Data Type & Length
airline_number_of_passengers	Number of Passengers	Number of passengers for whom the ticket was issued.	Required	Integer (3)
airline_passenger_name	Passenger Name	Name of the passenger to whom the ticket was issued. Do not include special characters such as commas, hyphens, or apostrophes. Only ASCII characters are supported. Format: LASTNAME~FIRST~INIT~TITLE where “~” is a space Example FROST~JANE~M~ MRS	Required	String (23)
airline_ticket_number	Reservation Code	Reservation code. This value is a precursor to the ticket number and corresponds to the airline ticket purchase reservation.	Required	String (15)
industry_datatype	No corresponding processor field	Flag that indicates that the transaction includes airline data. This field must be set to airline in order for airline data to be sent to the processor. Important If this field is not set to airline or is not included in the request, CyberSource does not send airline data to the processor.	Required	String (7)

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.

Table 44

Travel Leg Request Fields for Authorization Requests

CyberSource Field Name	TSYS Acquiring Solutions Field Name	Description	Required / Optional	Data Type & Length
airline_leg#_carrier_code	Airline Carriers	IATA1 code for the carrier for this leg of the trip.	Required for each leg	String (2)
airline_leg#_leg_departure_date	Departure Date	Departure date for the first leg of the trip. Format: YYYYMMDD.	Required	Integer (8)
airline_leg#_destination	Destination and Routing Cities	IATA1 code for the destination airport for this leg of the trip.	Required for each leg	String (5)
airline_leg#_fare_basis	Fare Basis	Code for the fare basis for the first leg of the trip. The fare basis is assigned by the carriers and indicates a particular ticket type, such as business class or discounted/nonrefundable.	Required	String (24)
airline_leg#_originating_airport_code	Origin	IATA1 code for the originating airport for the first leg of the trip.	Required	String (5)
1 IATA=International Air Transport Association