CheapAir.com Announces Winner of 'Free Trip to London' Contest
CheapAir.com, the online travel agency that began accepting bitcoin before it was the cool thing to do (that's a joke, put your pitch fork away), has made an announcement this morning regarding a recently-held contest. The company recently announced they have exceeded $1.5 million USD worth of sales paid for using bitcoin - sales which include hotel, Amtrak and airline bookings. The company began accepting the digital currency in November of last year following a request from a so-called "intrepid customer" who had asked whether or not he could use bitcoin to pay for an airline ticket. "If....
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