Instant Meal Vouchers
Discover the Sparados Meal Voucher, a fully digital, vouchering solution based on Mastercard cards. Issue virtual prepaid cards in seconds and easily manage the entire lifecycle - issuance, activation, spend controls, and settlement.
Whether provided for instant delay compensation, customer care, promotional voucher campaigns, event catering, or conference dining, Sparados empowers businesses to deliver instant meal vouchers with zero friction.
No app required
Your users get a link by SMS, email, or push notification - no download, no account creation. The solution does not require the user to install any additional application.
No KYC
Virtual cards are issued as prepaid gift cards, so there's no identity verification step slowing things down.
Fully white-labeled
Let your users engage with your brand when they pay. The virtual card itself, the activation web app, and every notification carry your brand - your users never see the Sparados brand.
Tap to wallet
Your users add the card to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet with a single tap (Web-Push Provisioning) and immediately start making online and contactless payments worldwide.
Automated
Meal Voucher Issuance
Covers instant distribution, smart triggers, and manual fallbacks for edge cases.
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Real-time Operational & Campaign Triggers: Sparados connects directly to your operations, CRM, or event systems to monitor status live. Whether triggered by an operational threshold, a customer service request, an automated promotion, or an event schedule, the system automatically pulls recipient lists, calculates exact voucher values against your configured parameters, and issues virtual cards within seconds - zero manual approval required.
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Frictionless Manual & On-site Fallback: For walk-in attendees, uncaptured guests, or individual customer care resolutions, staff can generate and print a QR code on the spot. The recipient scans it, inputs basic details, and receives an active digital card in about a minute without requiring pre-loaded data.
Card Activation & Real-time Spend Control
Covers recipient onboarding, security rules, and full administrative oversight.
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Tap-to-Wallet Activation & Smart Geofencing: Recipients activate their card with one tap and add it straight to their mobile wallet. Every transaction is verified in real time against merchant location and category data, ensuring funds are spent exclusively at authorized food and beverage outlets, event venues, or selected partner networks. Cards automatically deactivate based on your custom timeframe, event duration, or flight departure.
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Full Administrative Control: An intuitive admin panel with role-based access and approval workflows lets authorized staff manually issue, modify, or revoke cards outside standard automated flows (e.g., promotional adjustments or operational edge cases). Every action is logged with operator identity, timestamp, and context for complete auditability.
Settlement & Usage Reporting
Covers financial reconciliation, reporting, and cost control.
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Automated Reconciliation & Actual-Spend Billing: Every transaction links directly back to its originating campaign, event, customer care case, or cost center. You are billed only for what recipients actually spend, receiving itemized invoices ready to reconcile against your operational or marketing budgets with zero manual matching required.
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Real-time Analytics & Cost Control Dashboards: Gain full visibility into program performance with live tracking of redemption rates, active card balances, and category-level spending patterns. Detailed analytics allow team leads and administrators to monitor usage trends as they happen, evaluate campaign ROI, and make data-driven budget adjustments instantly.
Security & Compliance
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PCI DSS Level 1 - the highest tier of payment card industry certification, audited annually
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EMV 3D Secure - card authentication on an EMVCo-certified access control server
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GDPR - personal data processed and stored on EU infrastructure in compliance with GDPR
How Can It Work for Airlines?
Issuing cards to affected passengers
Description
The digital platform integrates directly with the airline’s Operations Control System (OCS) via API to continuously monitor flight statuses. When a delay occurs, the system automatically pulls the list of affected passengers, calculates the voucher value based on delay duration and regulatory rules, and generates a virtual payment card within seconds. Notifications containing a link to the card are sent to passengers automatically via the airline's app, SMS, or email, restricted to merchants at the passenger's current airport location.
Use Case
An airline flight is delayed by three hours due to a technical issue. As soon as the delay hits the regulatory threshold, the platform retrieves the affected passenger list from the airline's OCS, applies the appropriate delay rule to assign the voucher value, and texts each passenger a link to their card within seconds - without requiring ground staff or flight operations intervention.
Beyond Airlines
Hotels and event venues
Elevate your event or conference with tailored digital vouchers. Offer seamless lunch allowances, coffee credits, or exclusive perks that attendees can redeem instantly across the venue.
Travel agencies and tour operators
Deliver seamless digital vouchers straight to affected groups on the spot, turning unforeseen travel delays into immediate, stress-free care.
Marketing
Elevate your marketing campaigns with automated, flexible promotional rewards. Issue digital meal vouchers directly to target audiences to boost engagement, drive brand loyalty, and deliver instant value that converts.
Travel insurers
Issue digital meal vouchers straight to policyholders during trip interruptions or delays, eliminating cumbersome reimbursement processing and providing immediate care when it matters most.