IATA EasyPay

IATA EasyPay (IEP) is an optional pay-as-you-go payment solution provided by IATA for the secure issuance and payment of electronic tickets through the BSP 4. In most BSP markets it works as an e-Wallet model, so local procedures should be checked for market specific details 1. In some markets, such as BSP China, the same kind of system carries a local name 5.

How a sale is paid:

• The agency opens an EasyPay account online and funds it 1. Opening the account is limited to someone with Portal Administrator and Authorized Signatory privileges for the head office 3.
• The agency requests an EasyPay number from the system, either one-time use or multi-use and valid for three months 1.
• The number is entered in the GDS at ticketing. If funds are sufficient, the system authorises and blocks the amount in real time, and the ticket can then be issued 1.
• The GDS reports the sale on the daily ticketing files as usual. Amounts owed to airlines move daily to IATA's Clearing Bank, and IATA settles with the airlines 1.

In practice, check before issuing that the validating carrier accepts EasyPay as a form of payment 4. Reconcile using the BSP Billing Report, where these sales carry the form of payment code "EP", and the reconciliation reports the EasyPay system offers 1.

Other staff request access through the IATA Customer Portal, and an administrator or wallet manager assigns their role and wallets 28. Agencies can also set up additional wallets, and some require IATA approval 6.