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

Python

result = gateway.transaction.sale({
    "amount": "100.00",
    "credit_card": {
        "number": "4111111111111111",
        "expiration_date": "05/2022"
    },
    "industry": {
        "industry_type": braintree.Transaction.IndustryType.TravelAndCruise,
        "data": {
            "travel_package": "flight",
            "departure_date": "2000-07-22",
            "lodging_check_in_date": "2000-07-22",
            "lodging_check_out_date": "2000-07-25",
            "lodging_name": "Royal Caribbean"
        }
    }
})

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

Python

result = gateway.transaction.sale({
    "amount": "100.00",
    "credit_card": {
        "number": "4111111111111111",
        "expiration_date": "05/2022"
    },
    "industry": {
        "industry_type": braintree.Transaction.IndustryType.Lodging,
        "data": {
            "travel_package": "flight",
            "check_in_date": "2000-07-22",
            "check_out_date": "2000-07-25",
            "room_rate": "10.00"
        }
    }
})