AVS Response Codes

Code	Visa	MasterCard	Discover	American Express
Y	Address & 5-digit or 9-digit ZIP match	Address & 5-digit ZIP match	Address only matches	Address & ZIP match
A	Address matches, ZIP does not	Address matches, ZIP does not	Address & 5-digit ZIP match	Address only matches
S	AVS not supported	AVS not supported	AVS not supported	AVS not supported
R	System unavailable, retry	System unavailable, retry	Not applicable	System unavailable, retry
U	Information not available	Information not available	System unavailable, retry	Information not available
Z	Either 5-digit or 9-digit ZIP match, address does not	5-digit ZIP matches, address does not	5-digit ZIP matches, address does not	Zip code only matches
N	Neither ZIP nor address match	Neither ZIP nor address match	Neither ZIP nor address match	Neither ZIP nor address match
W	Not applicable	For U.S., 9-digit ZIP matches, address does not. For non-U.S., ZIP matches, address does not	Information not available	Not applicable
X	Not applicable	For U.S., all digits match. For non-U.S., ZIP and address match.	Address & 9-digit ZIP match	Not applicable
B	Address matches, ZIP not verified	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
T	Not applicable	Not applicable	9-digit ZIP matches, address does not	Not applicable
P	ZIP matches, address not verified	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
C	Address and ZIP not verified	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
D	Address & ZIP match (International only)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
G	Address not verified for Intl transaction (International only)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
I	Address not verified (International only)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
M	Address & ZIP match (International only)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
F	Address & ZIP match (UK only)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

Updated August 11, 2009

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