Authorizing Credit Card Transactions

You can authorize credit card transactions from the reservation or from Billing. If your property uses chip and pin terminals, you must select the terminal during the authorization process.
  1. From the OPERA Cloud menu, select Bookings, select Reservations, and then select Manage Reservation. Search for and open a reservation.
  2. If authorizing from Billing, click I Want To . . . and click Billing. Next, click I Want To . . . and click Interim Folio, enter an Amount, and click Settle and Send Folio.
  3. If authorizing from the reservation, click Payment Instructions, click the vertical ellipsis button, and select Credit Card Authorization.
  4. Click the vertical ellipsis button and do one of the following:
    If charging a partial amount, select Additional, enter the Authorization Amount, and click Run Additional Authorization.
    If authorizing the credit card manually, select Manual, gain authorization approval, enter the Approval Code, and click Run Manual Authorization.