1. PARTNER CODE

Enter up to 10 alphanumeric characters to indicate the Payback code issued to your operation by American Express.

EXAMPLE: Type thermeon-mx (RET)

2. SOURCE CODE

Enter up to 50 characters representing the Payback source code issued to your organization by American Express.

EXAMPLE: Type THERMEON1234 (RET)

3. CURRENCY

Enter up to 3 characters representing the code that American Express uses for your local currency.

EXAMPLE: Type MX (RET)

4. POINTS CURR

To award Payback rewards as points, enter PTS.

EXAMPLE: Type PTS (RET)

5. PRINCIPAL

Enter the user name or "principal" required when contacting American Express to request the number of available points on the Payback card on the RA. This value will be specified by Amex.

EXAMPLE: Type ab_cde_fg (RET)

NOTE: There are two "authentications" which must be passed when making a points query. The first one is a "basic authentication" username and password required to access the URL provided by AMEX. These credentials are stored in a system configuration file named config/Payback.conf. The second authentication is for the SOAP request. It is the username and password for this second authentication that is stored here.

6. PASSWORD

Enter the password or "credential" required when contacting American Express to request the number of available points on the Payback card on the RA. This value will be specified by Amex.

EXAMPLE: Type abcdefghij (RET)

See "NOTE" for field 5 above.

7. TIME OUT

Enter the timeout value, in seconds, for contacting American Express for the GetAccountBalance points query. If no response is received in the specified amount of time, the request will be terminated.

EXAMPLE: Type 10 (RET)

Enter up to 3 alphanumeric characters representing the Frequent Traveler Code that is set up in CARS+ for this American Express Payback record.

EXAMPLE: Type PB (RET)

The next three fields apply only to Payback cards not issued by your organization. For Payback cards issued by your organization, the corresponding fields are located in the Edit Payback Partner Codes control file.

Enter the percentage that will be used to calculate the points to be earned. This percentage will be applied to the eligible revenue to calculate the number of points. Eligible revenue is defined in the Edit Frequent Traveler Codes program.

EXAMPLE: Type 10 (RET)

User tip: A minimum and maximum number of points can be defined in the two fields below. Those fields will override the percentage calculation.

For Payback cards issued by another organization, enter the minimum number of points that should be earned for each rental agreement. This number of points will be awarded if it is larger than the calculated points using the percentage in the "Points %" field above.

EXAMPLE: Type 150 (RET)

For Payback cards issued by your organization, enter the maximum number of points that should be earned for each rental agreement. This number of points will be awarded if the calculated points using the percentage in the "Points %" field above is greater than the amount entered here.

EXAMPLE: Type 500 (RET)

Enter the exchange rate between Payback points and the local currency. For example entering 100 will mean that it will take 100 payback points to equal one unit of the local currency. Enter up to three characters before a decimal and one character after (nnn.n). Leaving this field blank turns off the ability to redeem points on-line to American Express.

EXAMPLE: Type 100 (RET)