Amadeus Integrated Card Acceptance

Amadeus Integrated Card Acceptance Secure your credit card payment options

Amadeus Integrated Card Acceptance overview

As credit cards increasingly become the primary mode of payment in more and more markets, airlines must be able to accept as many credit cards as possible in all their offline and online channels, while protecting themselves from ever more sophisticated fraudulent practices.

Amadeus Integrated Card Acceptance offers the most sophisticated process available on the market to accept or reject in real time the credit card and the credit authorisation, while providing all necessary information.

It is a critical solution to secure credit card payments in all your direct sales channels while enabling you to accept all major credit cards.

Main Amadeus Integrated Card Acceptance features

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  • Switch to card issuing banks
Selection of credit cards to be accepted
  • You can stipulate which cards can be accepted
  • All major credit cards supported: Visa, Master Card, American Express, etc
Real-time credit card authorisation
  • Immediate acceptance or rejection of a credit card payment based on:
    - Security check on AVS (address verification service)
    - Security check on CVN (card verification number on the reverse of the card)
    - Credit verification service from credit card company or bank handling the customer's account
Authorisation record and propagation
  • Details of the credit card authorisation are automatically recorded in the PNR
  • Credit card authorisation data can be reported to any downstream system, e.g revenue accounting
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Business impact

With Amadeus Integrated Card Acceptance, you can not only protect your revenue but also automate security checks for all credit cards.

  • Protected revenue

    Fraud reduction through real-time application of the latest credit card payment security processes

  • Reduced costs

    Qualify transactions for the best bank interchange fees through use of security features such as card verification number (CVN)

  • Customer satisfaction

    Increased security features (e.g. card verification number) will increase customer confidence

  • Enhanced productivity

    Servicing time reduced due to real-time credit card payment authorisation, acceptance of more credit cards and integration of authorisation details into the PNR

    Consolidates sales and payment information, eliminating the need to aggregate data from multiple sources

  • Efficient IT model

    All credit card acceptance services you require are provided by a single supplier

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Who can use it?

Amadeus Integrated Card Acceptance can be used by all airlines under the Amadeus Participating Carrier Agreement.

Airlines using Altéa Reservation and Amadeus e-Retail will benefit from seamless integration, as credit card authorisation is included in the PNR.

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Implementation

Amadeus Integrated Card Acceptance can be implemented within a week for all airlines. The implementation is even faster when the airline is already using Altéa Reservation and Amadeus e-Retail.

Amadeus Integrated Card Acceptance is already used by hundreds airlines and thousands of travel agencies all over the world.

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Why take Amadeus Integrated Card Acceptance?

  • Reduce credit card fraud across all your direct channels
  • Enable reduced bank interchange fees
  • Use the most sophisticated credit card payment security practices
  • Real-time and reliable security checks
  • One single provider for your credit card acceptance solutions across all your channels
  • Seamless and faster integration with Altéa Reservation and Amadeus e-Retail
  • Eliminate the need to consolidate payment and sales information from multiple sources
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