Charging a card

Charging a card

GuestPoint Pay relies on the Credit Card Vault built into GuestPoint.

If you have a compatiable card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex.) you will now be able to charge the card directly from the Make Payment screen.

When you go to make payment, you will see two new options.
Charge  and Pre-authorize 
Select the Charge button after entering the desires amount in


The payment will then process and you will receive a successful transaction message, or an error:

You have now taken payment using GuestPoint Pay!
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