Starting a tab with a credit card (using preauthorization, holding the card data on file)
WARNING! Check with your processor before enabling preauthorization in MicroSale. Not all processors support preauthorization
- Select Start Tab (the following prompt appears)
Choosing Yes:
Prompts to insert the card into the EMV device
- Remove the card when prompted (message on the device)
- Refer back to the POS screen to complete the start of the tab...
- If the card is pinged successfully, the tab is named from the credit card (Select Yes). Select No to use a different name while continuing to hold the card data
- If the card is not pinged successfully, select Start Tab and try again, or you can open the tab without attaching the credit card to the tab (select No, when prompted “Attached Credit Card to Tab”?
Choosing No;
Prompts to type in a tab name
- Credit card information is not stored. You will need to collect the credit card at the time of payment.
FYI
From the Server Menu, tabs with stored credit cards are displayed with a maroon background color
Closing a tab with the attached credit card
- Select the appropriate tab
- Select Close Check
- The following message prompts:
Select Yes to use the card attached to the tab. This immediately processes the entire check total.
Select No to pay by cash or to use a different card than originally provided. Or, you can select No if the patron has decided to split the check total with a friend (or a second card). You will need both cards present to split the payment. Select Credit Card to split the payment.