Industry-Specific Fields for Amex Direct

American Express supports optional, industry-specific fields on transactions. If you use an American Express Direct processor connection in your gateway, you can send this optional data for both the Lodging and Travel/Cruise industries, as defined by American Express. Information for only one industry type may be sent per transaction.

Travel/cruise industry parameters

The following parameters may be sent with the travel/cruise industry type: Travel package
(required) Specifies whether the travel package includes a flight reservation, car rental, both flight and car, or neither. Must be one of the following four values: flight , car , flight_and_car , otherDeparture date
(optional) Date of departure, in the format 2000-12-15Lodging check-in date
(optional) Date of lodging check in in the format 2000-12-15Lodging check-out date
(optional) Date of lodging check out, in the format 2000-12-15Lodging name
(optional) Name of the lodging, with a maximum of 20 characters

Example

Callbacks

Promise

gateway.transaction.sale({
    amount: '100.00',
    creditCard: {
        number: '4111111111111111',
        expirationDate: '05/2014'
    },
    industry: {
        industryType: Transaction.IndustryData.TravelAndCruise,
        data: {
            travelPackage: 'flight',
            departureDate: '2000-07-22',
            lodgingCheckInDate: '2000-12-22',
            lodgingCheckOutDate: '2000-12-25',
            lodgingName: 'Royal Caribbean'
        }
    }
}, (err, result) => {
});

Lodging industry parameters

The following parameters may be sent with the lodging industry type: Folio number
(required) Folio number assigned to the itemized statement assigned to this stay. Alphanumeric with a maximum of 12 charactersCheck in date
(required) Date of lodging check in, in the format 2000-12-15Check out date
(required) Date of lodging check out, in the format 2000-12-15Room rate
(optional) The daily room rate, in the same format as the transaction amount. This field is optional

Example

Callback

Promise

gateway.transaction.sale({
    amount: '100.00',
    creditCard: {
        number: '4111111111111111',
        expirationDate: '05/2014'
    },
    industry: {
        industryType: Transaction.IndustryData.Lodging,
        data: {
            folioNumber: 'ABC123',
            checkInDate: '2000-12-22',
            checkOutDate: '2000-12-25',
            roomRate: '10.00'
        }
    }
}, (err, result) => {
});