Payment Schedule

Clicking the Payment Schedule button will open a pop-up where details of the payment structure are stored.

• The payment plan can be made of any number of payment items, the total percent that can be allocated to a payment plan is equal to 100.
• The system calculates the percentage outstanding when a payment item is saved.
• Payments items are added using the toolbars at the top of the screen.

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To Add a Payment Item:

Click the New button on the toolbar, the New button on the toolbar becomes impressed (to indicate you are in new-mode) and the cursor focus is placed on the first field in the edit area. Enter the respective information in the fields available in the edit area and click Save on the toolbar to add the new record to the list.

Note: Use the TAB key and SHIFT+TAB to move the cursor between fields in the edit area.

To Edit a Payment Item:

Select the record from the list (the record is populated in the edit area — the edit area is the area at the top of the form where new can be added or amended). When the record is populated in the edit area, click the Edit button on the toolbar. Edit the information as required and click Save on the toolbar to update the changes (the record is saved and returned to the list).

Note: Use the TAB key and SHIFT+TAB to move the cursor between fields in the edit area.

To Save a Payment Item:

After editing or creating a new record, click the Save button on the toolbar to save the changes. The record will be added to the list and the edit area will return to New mode for the next record to be created or you can select an existing record from the list for editing.

To Delete a Payment Item:

Select the record from the list (the record becomes populated in the edit area), click the Edit button on the toolbar to access edit-mode. Click the Delete button on the toolbar to delete the record.

Terms and Definitions

Base date	Payment items are defined in relation to a ‘base date’, the base date determines what the offset number of days is in relation to. The base dates are system-generated and include: Reservation date: the date the reservation was first created. Arrival date: the arrival date of the first itinerary item. Departure date: the departure date of the last itinerary item.
Offset no. of days	This is the number of days to be offset against the selected base date to calculate the payment due date. This can be negative, zero or positive.
Percent	The percentage of the reservation amount to be paid on the payment due date.