Much like credit card Pre-Authorizations, it is possible to allocate Loyalty points on a Pre-Authorization transaction and award Loyalty points on a Pre-Authorization Completion transaction. It is also possible to delete a Loyalty Pre-Authorization from the terminal memory (in the event that the credit card Pre-Authorization is deleted).
Perform a Loyalty Pre-Authorization when:
The cardholder wishes to accumulate Loyalty points, but the final amount of the credit card purchase is not known, thus the final amount of points to be earned is also unknown (for example, when the cardholder is picking up a vehicle at a car rental agency).
Perform a Loyalty Pre-authorization Completion when:
A Loyalty Pre-authorization has been previously processed.
The final amount of the original credit card purchase is now known and the cardholder is settling up.