I have built a small booking engine for a adventure company. In this situation, I am taking a deposit on a trip of 25% of the total cost. I am unsure of how to autothorize the transaction and process the credit card for the deposit and hold the balance open without having to re-enter the card information upon final payment. It doesn't appear to fit the "partial payment" (x_allow_partial_auth) model nor the "reoccuring payment" either. I am not using CIM and don't require this functionality as it is already built into the booking engine.
ie...
Inital booking of the trip
Book Date: June 10, 2012
Trip Date: October 12, 2012
Trip Cost Total: $100
Payment: 25%
Amount Paid: $25.00
Balance Due 7 Days before the trip
Balance Payment: October 5, 2012
Trip Cost Total: $100
Balance Due: $75.00
Amount Paid: $75.00 (we need to post the card without re-entering the credit card information if the customer doesn't pay in full)
