diff --git a/src/ShoppinPal/Vend/Api/BaseApiAbstract.php b/src/ShoppinPal/Vend/Api/BaseApiAbstract.php
index ef0a0ff..d7427c9 100644
--- a/src/ShoppinPal/Vend/Api/BaseApiAbstract.php
+++ b/src/ShoppinPal/Vend/Api/BaseApiAbstract.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use ShoppinPal\Vend\Auth\AuthHelper;
 use ShoppinPal\Vend\Exception\CommunicationException;
 use ShoppinPal\Vend\Exception\EntityNotFoundException;
+use ShoppinPal\Vend\Exception\RateLimitingException;
 use YapepBase\Application;
 use YapepBase\Communication\CurlHttpRequest;
 
@@ -85,19 +86,32 @@ protected function getAuthenticatedRequestForUri($path, array $params = [], $ski
      *
      * @return array|null
      * @throws EntityNotFoundException
+     * @throws RateLimitingException
      * @throws CommunicationException
      */
     protected function sendRequest(CurlHttpRequest $request, $requestType)
     {
         $result = $request->send();
 
-        if (!$result->getError() && 404 == $result->getResponseCode()) {
-            throw new EntityNotFoundException('The specified entity can not be found', 404, null, $result);
-        }
-
         if (!$result->isRequestSuccessful()) {
+            if (!$result->getError()) {
+                switch ($result->getResponseCode()) {
+                    case 404:
+                        throw new EntityNotFoundException('The specified entity can not be found', 404, null, $result);
+
+                    case 429:
+                        throw new RateLimitingException(
+                            $requestType,
+                            $result,
+                            'Your access to the API has been rate limited',
+                            429,
+                            null
+                        );
+                }
+            }
+
             $exceptionClass = $this->getCommunicationExceptionClass();
-            throw new $exceptionClass($requestType, $result, 0, null, $result);
+            throw new $exceptionClass($requestType, $result, 0, null);
         }
 
         if (204 == $result->getResponseCode()) {
@@ -108,7 +122,7 @@ protected function sendRequest(CurlHttpRequest $request, $requestType)
 
         if (empty($resultData)) {
             $exceptionClass = $this->getCommunicationExceptionClass();
-            throw new $exceptionClass($requestType, $result, 0, null, $result);
+            throw new $exceptionClass($requestType, $result, 0, null);
         }
 
         return $resultData;
diff --git a/src/ShoppinPal/Vend/Exception/CommunicationException.php b/src/ShoppinPal/Vend/Exception/CommunicationException.php
index 96668f6..816dafc 100644
--- a/src/ShoppinPal/Vend/Exception/CommunicationException.php
+++ b/src/ShoppinPal/Vend/Exception/CommunicationException.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public function __construct(
         $this->curlResult = $curlResult;
         $this->requestType = $requestType;
 
-        parent::__construct($message, $code, $previous, $data);
+        parent::__construct($message, $code, $previous, $data ?: $curlResult);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/ShoppinPal/Vend/Exception/RateLimitingException.php b/src/ShoppinPal/Vend/Exception/RateLimitingException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a991cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ShoppinPal/Vend/Exception/RateLimitingException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace ShoppinPal\Vend\Exception;
+
+use DateTime;
+use YapepBase\Exception\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * Thrown if the request is denied because of rate limiting
+ */
+class RateLimitingException extends CommunicationException
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @return DateTime
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public function getRetryAfter()
+    {
+        $responseBody = $this->curlResult->getResponseBody();
+        $decodedBody  = json_decode($responseBody, true);
+
+        if (empty($decodedBody)) {
+            throw new Exception('Unable to decode response body: ' . $responseBody);
+        }
+
+        if (!isset($decodedBody['retry-after'])) {
+            throw new Exception('No retry-after in response body: ' . $responseBody);
+        }
+
+        $retryAfter = DateTime::createFromFormat(DateTime::RFC822, $decodedBody['retry-after']);
+
+        if (empty($retryAfter)) {
+            throw new Exception('Unable to parse date from retry-after string: ' . $decodedBody['retry-after']);
+        }
+
+        return $retryAfter;
+    }
+}