Reference pagesReason codes
Authorization
Mastercard 4808: Authorization-Related Chargeback
A Mastercard dispute reason code, what it asks you to prove, and what Do The Proof puts in the response.
What this code means
"Required authorization not obtained", expired protection period, stand-in after decline, CAT 3, transit
What the network says wins it
authorization was properly obtained
refund previously issued
- Authorization and processing records
How Do The Proof handles it
Arrives in Do The Proof as: General
How long you have to respond
- Second presentment
- 45 days from the chargeback
- Issuer pre-arbitration
- 45 days from the second presentment
- Acquirer reply
- 30 daysThe inventory records this as an unresolved conflict and says to confirm with your acquirer. The other reading is 10 days.
- Arbitration
- 30 to 75 days after the second presentment
There is no second chargeback. After a second presentment the issuer can only go to pre-arbitration and then to arbitration, where fees run from 15 to 500 US dollars.
Where this comes from
- Mastercard, Chargeback Guide Merchant Edition, 13 May 2025 Read 2026-09-08.
- Stripe, reason code categories Read 2026-09-08.
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