Advance Checking In Reservations

You can flag a reservation for Advance Check In using the Check In process under these conditions:

• The reservation must be an Arrival (Due In) reservation for the current business date.

• The reservation must have a valid payment method.

• The reservation can be identified for Advance Check In with or without a room assigned.

  • If you want the Advance Checked In reservation to be Auto Checked In upon room status match, a room must be assigned to the reservation. A room can be assigned to the reservation prior to or modified after being identified for Advance Check In.

• Walk In reservations, Pre Registered reservations, and reservations that are in Queue can be identified for Advance Check In.

When the Check In Prepay Rules OPERA Control is set to:

• Advanced Folio Payment: you are prompted to collect a payment for all the anticipated charges, such as accommodation, packages, fixed charges, pre-stay charges, and so on, for all nights of stay. You can update Nights to Charge to a lesser value, but not lower than the Minimum Number of Nights stated in OPERA Control. Actual charges are not posted during check in. The check in can continue only when the minimum or full payment is posted to the reservation account. A room key is then issued for the number of nights paid. The room key Valid Until Date is defaulted and not editable. For more information, see About Advanced Folio Payment (Prepayment)

• Advanced Folio Posting: you are prompted to collect a payment for all the anticipated charges, such as accommodation, packages, fixed charges, pre-stay charges, and so on, for all nights of stay. You can update Nights to Charge to a lesser value but not lower than the Minimum Number of Nights OPERA Control. Actual charges are posted during check in as an Advance Bill. The check in can continue only when the minimum or full payment is posted to the reservation account. A room key is then issued for the number of nights paid. The room key Valid Until Date is defaulted and not editable.

• Advance Check In (with ETR) a Single Reservation
  
• Advance Check In (with ETR) Multiple Reservations (Mass Advance Check In)
  
• Advance Check In (with ETR) and Auto Assign Rooms to Multiple Reservations (Mass Advance Check In)
  
• Auto Check In of Advance Checked In Reservations
  
• Modifying an Advance Checked In Reservation
  
• Advance Check In
  
• Advance Check In Conditions and Assumptions
  
• Advance Check In Impact
  
• Troubleshooting Advance Check In