IATA BSP Cash Payment

IATA BSP Cash Payment is used for airline transactions that are settled through the IATA Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) without the use of a credit card. The amount is reported as a cash sale and included in the agent’s BSP billing for settlement according to IATA timelines.

XML Samples

How to Implement IATA BSP Cash Payment

OrderCreateRQ and OrderChangeRQ

You need to update PaymentFunctions adding 1. PaymentMethodCriteria, 2. PaymentTypeCode, 3. SettlementPlan, and 4. PaymentTypeCode in OrderCreateRQ.

<PaymentFunctions    xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
    <PaymentMethodCriteria>
        <PaymentTypeCode>CA</PaymentTypeCode>
    </PaymentMethodCriteria>
    <PaymentProcessingDetails>
        <Amount CurCode="GBP">1160.78</Amount>
        <PaymentMethod>
            <SettlementPlan>
                <PaymentTypeCode>CA</PaymentTypeCode>
            </SettlementPlan>
        </PaymentMethod>
    </PaymentProcessingDetails>
</PaymentFunctions>

Click here to access AirShoppingRQ Technical Specification. See the update for PaymentFunctions/PaymentMethodCriteria AND SettlementPlan/PaymentTypeCode.

OrderCreate/OrderChange/OrderRetrieve - OrderViewRS

You need to update IATA BSP Cash payment method supported in Payment function

<PaymentFunctions>
    <OrderAssociation xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
        <OrderItemRefID>VS932TPDGMT25-1</OrderItemRefID>
        <OrderItemRefID>VS932TPDGMT25-2</OrderItemRefID>
        <OrderRefID>VS932TPDGMT25</OrderRefID>
    </OrderAssociation>
    <PaymentProcessingSummary xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/2015/EASD/00/IATA_OffersAndOrdersCommonTypes">
        <Amount CurCode="GBP">1160.78</Amount>
        <PaymentCommitmentDateTime>2025-11-25T13:02:20Z</PaymentCommitmentDateTime>
        <PaymentID>176407574019726582</PaymentID>
        <PaymentProcessingSummaryPaymentMethod>
            <SettlementPlan>
                <IATA_Number>91281035</IATA_Number>
                <PaymentTypeCode>CASH</PaymentTypeCode>
            </SettlementPlan>
        </PaymentProcessingSummaryPaymentMethod>
        <PaymentStatusCode>SUCCESSFUL</PaymentStatusCode>
    </PaymentProcessingSummary>
</PaymentFunctions>