A valuable card with not a fen of funds
An entitlement card holds identity and quotas only: members enjoy parking exemptions, experience bookings and dedicated lanes at contracted suppliers — no top-up, debit or funds reconciliation.
Three layers; entitlements do not travel as points
Membership entitlements and points redemption are two things. Mixing them makes members think “entitlements are bought with points”, and membership value weakens.
Digital membership card and cardToken — the premise of entitlements and the only write-off credential.
Catalogue, quota cycles, supplier management and write-off records, carried by the entitlement gateway.
Carbon points and green medals — can be a basis for extra entitlement quotas.
Three kinds of “benefit” must stay apart
| Type | Typical scenes | Carrier | Deducted from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funds spend | Canteen debit, convenience-store spend | Funds account + spend gateway | Debit balance |
| Membership entitlements | Parking exemption, VIP lane, campus visit | Entitlement account + entitlement gateway | Debit quota, not points |
| Points redemption | Mall goods and coupons | Carbon-benefit points mall | Debit points |
Parking exemptions and VIP lanes must not be mall SKUs; physical redemption must not be membership quotas.
Five rules; all must pass before write-off
Every write-off runs the full check. Any fail refuses with a clear reason, so supplier and member do not argue on site.
Membership valid
Member status is valid; dues are in date
Entitlement in date
Pack and line-item entitlements have not expired
Quota not exceeded
Remaining uses by day, month, year or lifetime
Supplier in operation
Supplier status valid; store in contracted hours
Risk checks pass
Dynamic-code time, abnormal high-frequency write-off, off-site anomalies and device fingerprint
Rule 5 is a new platform capability (in planning). Cross-region write-off cannot rely on staff recognising faces; risk control becomes required.
Rotates every 60 seconds; blocks screenshot forwarding
The most common entitlement leak is a member screenshotting a QR code for a non-member. Dynamic codes plus a one-time write-off flag close that path.
Expired codes fail; forwarded screenshots cannot be used
No plaintext name or mobile
The same code cannot be written off twice
If the supplier is offline, record then write off later, with a second confirm
Parking is the highest-frequency entitlement — and the hardest to connect
Do not delay the whole parking entitlement because one mall will not retrofit. Deliver by the supplier’s technical condition.
Member shows the dynamic code; duty staff exempt in the system
Member binds a plate; exit auto-recognises and exempts
The platform calls the car-park API to issue the exemption
Delivery advice: roll Tier 1 everywhere so the entitlement works, then upgrade willing suppliers to Tier 2 or 3.
If suppliers cannot see footfall value, they leave the supply side
Whether an entitlement card keeps running depends on whether suppliers feel it pays. The system must make footfall value visible and comparable.
How many members arrived because of the entitlement
Whether write-off led to actual spend (supplier backfill or acquiring connect)
Industry and scale mix — anonymised stats, no personal identity
This supplier’s write-off volume versus the alliance
One card, usable at an organisation elsewhere
The core value of an out-of-town chamber is “having an organisation elsewhere”. Cross-region entitlement recognition turns that into a felt, concrete entitlement.
Constrained by mutual-recognition agreements — not a global entitlement pool
- Parties
- Organisation A and organisation B sign as equals; no centralised entitlement pool
- Scope
- Which entitlement classes recognise each other; exemption types often do not, because they cost the supplier
- Quota constraints
- Out-of-town member quotas are usually lower than local members
- Write-off attribution
- Write-off records belong to the supplier’s organisation; footfall data is visible to both
Extra constraints for cross-border recognition
- Cross-border personal information must meet PIPL and outbound-assessment requirements
- Cross-border write-off only passes cardToken and the write-off result, not identity detail
- The two locales’ carbon-benefit methodologies do not recognise each other; carbon points are not merged across borders — display only
Entitlement wording
- Entitlement promotion must note “subject to what the supplier actually provides”
- Do not describe membership entitlements as tradable assets or investment returns
- “Low-carbon member” is a product-layer label; it must rest on real low-carbon acts and is not a certification
Run membership ops — first make the entitlement books add up
A demo shows the full loop of entitlement catalogue, issuance, write-off and the footfall board.