Defining card ranges for third-party member cards is particularly useful if your cinemas use Kiosk and allow patrons to swipe all their membership cards on the one screen within the seat-first ordering flow. Kiosk will automatically find tickets on the third-party member card, so patrons don’t have to request certain tickets themselves. If seat-first ordering is enabled, Kiosk then adds available third-party tickets to the order, as appropriate, for the selected seats.

Defining the card range

First, define the card range to be recognised within Vista.

1. In Head Office, go to Maintenance > Member Card Ranges.
2. Click Create.
3. Enter a Range Name for the card.

   Indicate the name of the third-party membership provider.

4. For the Length, enter the number of characters/digits in the card number.
5. Enter the card numbers at the start and end of the card number range.
6. Set the status of the record to Active.
7. Save.

This information is stored in tblMemberCardRange in your database.

Associating ticket types with a third-party membership card range

Next, when creating a ticket type, associate it with the relevant third-party member card.

1. In Head Office, go to Maintenance > Ticket types and define a new ticket type.
2. On the Vouchers tab, select a Third Party Membership Scheme.
3. Clear Use Loyalty.

   This configuration doesn't support Loyalty membership tickets.

4. Locate the Member Cards Available list.
5. Select the range names of any third-party membership cards this ticket type belongs to.

   Note: The selection available only includes active records.

6. Save.

Now, when a user swipes a third-party member card on Kiosk, Kiosk will find the associated third-party tickets and apply them to the order.

See also:

• Member Card Range form