Payment statuses

Every status the money screens show: booking payment states, payments and refunds, payment links, reported transfers, gateway calls, reconciliation and credit.

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The chips you see on bookings, payments and links, what each one means and what moves a record to it.

Booking payment state (staff screens)

Status Meaning
Unpaid Nothing paid yet, and the balance is not overdue.
Deposit paid Something paid, but less than 35% of the total.
Partly paid 35% or more paid, but not all.
Fully paid The paid amount reached the total.
Overdue A balance is left and its due date is before today (in the agency's time zone).
Cancelled The booking is cancelled.

The customer sees softer words for the same states: on their trip page and payment page Not paid yet, Deposit paid, Part paid, Paid in full, Payment overdue and Cancelled; in their account list Not paid and Paid.

Lines in the booking's Payment panel

Line Meaning
Deposit The first payment, when it did not pay everything.
Payment A payment between the first and the last.
Balance paid The payment that cleared the balance.
Paid in full A single payment that paid everything.
Refund Money returned (shown as a minus).
Balance What is still owed, with Due …, Due today or Overdue since ….
Status Meaning
Open The customer can pay until it expires.
Paid Paid through the gateway; the payment is recorded.
Expired Not paid before its end time.
Cancelled Cancelled by your team.

The customer's payment page says Waiting for payment, Paid, Link expired or Cancelled.

Transfers customers report (To confirm)

Staff sees Customer sees Meaning
To confirm Being checked Waiting for someone who may approve transfers.
Approved Accepted Recorded as a payment.
Rejected Not accepted Rejected with a reason sent to the customer.

Gateway log

Result Meaning
Worked The gateway answered and the call succeeded.
Failed The call failed or the gateway refused it; see the error.
Refused The gateway refused the keys (HTTP 401).

Signature chips: Signature valid, Signature invalid, No signature, No secret set, Not signed. See Check a call in the gateway log.

Reconciliation differences

Paid at the gateway, not recorded, Recorded, no gateway success, Amount differs, Currency differs, Refunded at the gateway, not recorded, Refund recorded, no gateway refund, Refund pending, Refund failed. What to do for each: Reconcile online payments with the gateway.

Payment reminders sent in bulk

Result Meaning
Sent The message went out.
Logged only The channel is not connected; the message is in the log only.
Ready in WhatsApp Click-to-chat: open the chat and press send.
Failed Sending failed, or the customer has no contact for that channel.
Skipped The booking is cancelled or owes nothing.

Customer credit movements

Movement Meaning
Added Credit added by staff.
Used Credit used to pay a booking.
Refund kept as credit A refund kept as credit instead of paid back.
Adjusted Credit taken away by staff.
Expired Credit that passed its expiry date.

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