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PROCESS AN AVS ONLY REQUEST
AVS RESPONSE CODES
ALPHA ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS
The Address
Verification System
(AVS) is a feature that
helps reduce fraud
on card-not-present
transactions. The
numeric portion of
the customer’s street
address and the ZIP
code are compared
against the infor-
mation on file with
the card-issuing bank.
Use this chart to
interpret domestic
AVS Response Codes
by card type.
When entering some
information for certain
transactions, you’ll
need to enter letters.
Review these instruc-
tions to learn how.
Follow these steps
to request additional
verification using the
Touch Tone Capture
authorization system.
CODE DESCRIPTION
VISA MC AMEX DISC.
X
Match - Address and 9-digit
ZIP code
Y
Match - Address and ZIP
code (for Discover, address
only matches)
A
Partial - Address matches,
ZIP code does not (for
Discover, both address and
ZIP match)
W
Partial - 9-digit ZIP code
matches, address does not (for
Discover, no data from issuer)
Z
Partial - ZIP code matches,
address does not
N
No match - Neither address
nor ZIP code match
U
Unavailable - AVS system
unavailable or issuer does
not support AVS
R
Retry - Issuer’s system
unavailable or timed out
S
Not supported - AVS not sup-
ported by issuer at this time
PROMPT DESCRIPTION/ACTION
Welcome and thank you...
Please enter your
merchant number...
Key in your merchant number
and press the Pound [#] key.
You entered XX merchant
number...
Press [1] if the merchant
number is correct, or press [2]
if it is incorrect.
Enter the transaction
code and...
Press [1] and then [4] for
AVS ONLY, and then press
the Pound [#] key.
Enter the credit card
number...
Key in the credit card number,
and then press the Pound [#]
key.
Enter the expiration date... Key in the card’s expiration
date in MMYY format, and then
press the Pound [#] key.
Enter the billing address... Key in the cardholder’s billing
address street number or
P.O. Box, and then press [#].
Enter the ZIP or postal... Key in the cardholder’s billing
address ZIP code, and then
press [#].
The AVS response is... Press [9] to repeat the code,
or press the Star [*] key to
return to the transaction menu.
TO ENTER A LETTER
Press the star [*] key, then press the letter’s button one or
more times to indicate its position on the key.
Press the star [*] key again when finished.
EXAMPLE PRESS
To enter the letter “L” [*], [5], [5], [5], [*]
To enter the letter “T” [*], [8], [*]
To enter the letter “Q” [*], [7], [7], [*]