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.

To create an incremental transaction using the

Business Center

, choose one of these options:

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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 a merchant-initiated incremental transaction using these

TMS

token types:

Customer

Customer tokens store one or more customer payment instrument tokens and shipping address tokens.

Including a customer token eliminates the need to include billing information, card information, and the previous transaction's ID.

        
"paymentInformation": {
  "customer": {
    "id": "07C9CA98022DA498E063A2598D0AA400"
  }
}
        

For more information about this

TMS

token type, see Customer Tokens in the

Token Management Service

Developer Guide

.

Payment Instrument

Payment instrument tokens store an instrument identifier token, card information, and billing information. Payment instruments are not linked to a customer token.

Including a payment instrument eliminates the need to include billing information, card information, and the previous transaction's ID.

        
"paymentInformation": {
  "paymentInstrument": {
    "id": "07CA24EF20F9E2C9E063A2598D0A8565"
  }
}
        

For more information about this

TMS

token type, see Payment Instrument Token in the

Token Management Service

Developer Guide

.

Instrument Identifier

Instrument identifier tokens store only a PAN. Including an instrument identifier eliminates the need to include a PAN and the previous transaction's ID.

        
"paymentInformation": {
  "instrumentIdentifier": {
    "id": "7010000000016241111"
  }
}
        

For more information about this

TMS

token type, see Instrument Identifier Token in the

Token Management Service

Developer Guide

.

To create an incremental transaction using the

Business Center

, choose one of these options:

Account Top Up
No Show