# Transaction Advice Addendum (TAA) - Travel & cruise

## Before you start

> **Note**
>
> The Transaction Advice Addendum solution is only available for the American Express card scheme in the United States.

Ensure that you are classified under one of the following Merchant Category Codes (MCC):

- `4722`
- `4411`
- `7011`

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The Transaction Advice Addendum solution enables you to meet American Express scheme requirements.

As a travel and cruise merchant, you can send additional travel information in the API request using the `airline_data` and `accommodation_data` objects.

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## Endpoints

For the full API specification, see our [API reference](https://api-reference.checkout.com/#tag/Payments).

> **Information**
>
> Your base URL's `{prefix}` value is unique to your account and environment. To learn how to retrieve your base URLs for the sandbox and production environments, see [API endpoints](https://www.checkout.com/docs/developer-resources/api/api-endpoints.md).

**Production**

`POST` `https://{prefix}.api.checkout.com/payments`

**Sandbox**

`POST` `https://{prefix}.api.sandbox.checkout.com/payments`

### Request example

```json
[
   {
      "amount": 1000,
      "currency": "GBP",
      "payment_type": "Regular",
      "payment_ip": "203.0.113.0",
      "billing_descriptor": {
         "name": "John Smith",
         "city": "Anytown",
         "reference": "ref_123"
      },
      "reference": "ORD-123A",
      "description": "Canada travel",
      "processing_channel_id": "pc_q4dbxom5jbgudnjzjpz7j2z6uq",
      "amount_allocations": [
         {
            "id": "ent_w4jelhppmfiufdnatam37wrfc4",
            "amount": 1000,
            "reference": "ORD-5023-4E89",
            "commission": {
               "amount": 1000,
               "percentage": 1.125
            }
         }
      ],
      "expires_in": 604800,
      "customer": {
         "email": "johnsmith@example.com",
         "name": "John Smith"
      },
      "shipping": {
         "address": {
            "address_line1": "123 Anywhere St.",
            "address_line2": "Apt. 456",
            "city": "Anytown",
            "state": "AL",
            "zip": "12345",
            "country": "US"
         },
         "phone": {
            "country_code": "+1",
            "number": "555 123 4567"
         }
      },
      "recipient": {
         "dob": "1985-05-15",
         "account_number": "5555554444",
         "address": {
            "address_line1": "654 Main St.",
            "address_line2": "Apt. 987",
            "city": "Anytown",
            "state": "WY",
            "zip": "33221",
            "country": "US"
         },
         "zip": "332",
         "first_name": "Jane",
         "last_name": "Jones"
      }
   },
   {
      "processing": [
         {
            "airline_data": [
               {
                  "ticket": [
                     {
                        "number": "045-21351455613",
                        "issue_date": "2023-05-20",
                        "issuing_carrier_code": "AI",
                        "travel_package_indicator": "B",
                        "travel_agency_name": "World Tours",
                        "travel_agency_code": "01"
                     }
                  ],
                  "passenger": [
                     {
                        "first_name": "John",
                        "last_name": "Smith",
                        "date_of_birth": "1990-05-26",
                        "address": {
                           "country": "US"
                        }
                     }
                  ],
                  "flight_leg_details": [
                     {
                        "flight_number": "101",
                        "carrier_code": "BA",
                        "class_of_travelling": "J",
                        "departure_airport": "LAX",
                        "departure_date": "2023-06-19",
                        "departure_time": "15:30",
                        "arrival_airport": "ONT",
                        "stop_over_code": "X",
                        "fare_basis_code": "SPRSVR"
                     },
                     {
                        "flight_number": "103",
                        "carrier_code": "BA",
                        "class_of_travelling": "J",
                        "departure_airport": "ONT",
                        "departure_date": "2023-06-23",
                        "departure_time": "15:30",
                        "arrival_airport": "LAX",
                        "stop_over_code": "X",
                        "fare_basis_code": "SPRSVR"
                     }
                  ]
               }
            ]
         },
         {
            "accommodation_data": [
               {
                  "name": "The Lake View Hotel",
                  "check_in_date": "2023-06-20",
                  "check_out_date": "2023-06-23",
                  "state": "ON",
                  "country": "CA",
                  "city": "Ontario",
                  "room": [
                     {
                        "rate": 70,
                        "number_of_nights_at_room_rate": 1
                     },
                     {
                        "rate": 100,
                        "number_of_nights_at_room_rate": 2
                     }
                  ]
               }
            ]
         }
      ]
   }
]
```