Incremental Authorizations

Incremental authorizations are merchant-initiated transactions with no cardholder present at the time of the transaction. They allow you to append an original pre-authorization to add products and services.

The incremental authorization has these limitations:

Original transaction must be a pre-authorization.
Must be in the same currency as the original pre-authorization.
Maximum of 100 incremental authorizations per transaction, in addition to the initial authorization.
Interchange optimization is not supported.
Split shipments are not supported.

Supported Processors

American Express Direct
Barclays
China UnionPay

Chase Paymentech Solutions

Barclays

Supported Card Types

American Express
Discover
Mastercard
Visa

Supported Card Types

Mastercard
Visa

Endpoints

PATCH /pts/v2/payments/{id}

The {id} is the transaction ID returned in the original authorization response.

Example

{  "clientReferenceInformation": {    "code": "33557799"  },  "orderInformation": {    "amountDetails": {      "totalAmount": "105.00",      "currency": "USD"    }  },  "merchantInformation": {    "transactionLocalDateTime": "20261002080000"  }}

{  "_links": {    "authReversal": {      "method": "POST",      "href": "/pts/v2/payments/6479624584536070903093/reversals"    },    "self": {      "method": "GET",      "href": "/pts/v2/payments/6479624584536070903093"    },    "capture": {      "method": "POST",      "href": "/pts/v2/payments/6479624584536070903093/captures"    }  },  "clientReferenceInformation": {    "code": "33557799"  },  "id": "6479624584536070903093",  "orderInformation": {    "amountDetails": {      "authorizedAmount": "105.00",      "currency": "USD"    }  },  "paymentAccountInformation": {    "card": {      "type": "00X"    }  },  "paymentInformation": {    "tokenizedCard": {      "type": "00X"    },    "card": {      "type": "00X"    }  },  "processorInformation": {    "systemTraceAuditNumber": "819203",    "approvalCode": "831000",    "cardVerification": {      "resultCodeRaw": "M",      "resultCode": "M"    },    "merchantAdvice": {      "code": "01",      "codeRaw": "M001"    },    "responseDetails": "ABC",    "networkTransactionId": "016153570198200",    "retrievalReferenceNumber": "208115819203",    "consumerAuthenticationResponse": {      "code": "2",      "codeRaw": "2"    },    "transactionId": "016153570198200",    "responseCode": "00",    "avs": {      "code": "Y",      "codeRaw": "Y"    }  },  "reconciliationId": "6479624584536070903093",  "status": "AUTHORIZED",  "submitTimeUtc": "2026-03-22T15:20:58Z"}

Required Fields

These fields are required when creating an incremental authorization request.

Default Required Fields

Field	Description
`clientReferenceInformation.code`	order reference or tracking number. Provide a unique value for each transaction so that you can perform meaningful searches for the transaction.
`orderInformation.amountDetails.totalAmount`	—
`orderInformation.amountDetails.currency`	—

Country-Specific Required Field

Field	Description
`merchantInformation.transactionLocalDateTime`	required in Argentina when the time zone is not included in your account. Otherwise, this field is optional.

Optional Field

Field	Description
`clientReferenceInformation.transactionId`	—

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Last published: September 29, 2026