Requesting Authorizations with Airline Data

 

To send airline data, you must set the industry data type field 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.

To include airline data in an authorization:

Step 1

Request a credit card authorization.

Include the following information in the authorization 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 ccAuthService_industryDatatype. Set this field to airline to indicate that the request includes airline data.

■	Basic fields required for every authorization request.

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

Step 2

Check the authorization reply message.

The reply message includes a field that indicates whether CyberSource sent the airline information to the processor. The field name is ccAuthReply_enhancedDataEnabled. 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 3

Request a credit card capture.

Capture the authorization using the basic fields required for every capture request. For more information, see Credit Card Services Using the Simple Order API.