MasterCard Rules (PDF)

B.1 Transaction Date
Transaction Identification Requirements
B.1 Transaction Date
The Transaction date appearing in DE 12 (Date and Time, Local Transaction)
is specified as follows.
For the following transaction…
The transaction date is the date on
which…
Face-to-Face The products or services are exchanged.
Non–Face-to-Face The products are shipped or services
performed.
Vehicle Rental The vehicle is returned, or, if applicable,
the prepayment date.
Lodging Checkout occurred, or if applicable, the
prepayment date.
No-show The Cardholder was expected to arrive
at the lodging Merchant and failed to
appear.
Airline/Railway The airline or railway ticket was issued.
Cruise Line The transportation documents were
issued.
On-board Cruise Line The passenger disembarks.
Refund The Merchant grants a credit or price
adjustment.
All in-flight commerce transactions except
in-flight commerce mailed purchases
Post-authorized Aggregated MasterCard
PayPass Transit
B.2 MasterCard PayPass Transactions
The flight departs from the originating
city. The transaction date for in-flight
commerce mailed purchases is the
shipment date unless otherwise disclosed
to the cardholder.
One or more MasterCard PayPass taps
performed with one MasterCard PayPass
account number and occurring with one
transit Merchant are aggregated in a First
Presentment/1240 message.
A properly identified MasterCard PayPass Transaction occurs when the
following values are present in the Authorization Request/0100 or Financial
Transaction Request/0200 message. A Transaction must not be identified as a
MasterCard PayPass Transaction if the Card information is contact chip-read,
magnetic stripe-read, or key-entered.
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MasterCard Rules • 12 December 2012 B-1