Bitcoin Payments for Private Flights Soar, 20% of Privatefly’s Revenue Stems ...
Cryptocurrency users are leveraging their new-found wealth to fly more often with private jets. This week the directional aviation company Privatefly revealed that close to 20% of the firm’s sales were paid in cryptocurrencies last month, and 13% out of that aggregate used bitcoin. On-Demand Private Flights and Crypto According to data from the company Privatefly, purchasing flights with digital assets has soared in recent times. For instance, the directional aviation company said a few years ago, the company pulled in 1-2% from crypto payments for flights. The numbers jumped....
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Private Jet service PrivateFly.com is now accepting bitcoin payments for jet charters, in partnership with digital payment processor BitPay. The company allows customers to book private flights (which usually come in at five-figures per flight) via their website and mobile app - and with 7,000 aircraft available for hiring out, there's a good chance you'll get your flight when you need it. PrivateFly says they've been watching bitcoin since the beginning of 2012, and finally decided to go ahead with accepting it following a number of customer requests. "We were surprised to find that....
More and more online merchants and companies across various industries are starting to accept bitcoin payments. LOT Polish Airlines recently announced that they will be taking in cryptocurrency transactions to pay for flights through their desktop and mobile websites. Aside from bitcoin, LOT Polish Airlines also accepts payments through credit cards and PayPal. For now, the airline company doesn't directly accept bitcoin payments but it exchanges the cryptocurrency for fiat using a service provider. Bitcoin Payments and Travel. Frequent travellers seem to be accustomed to using bitcoin....
This month I bought my first flight with Bitcoin, using ABitSky. Purchasing the flight was quick and easy, and the price was good. Founded in 2002 and based in Vilnius, Lithuania, ABitSky sells all its flights in Bitcoin since August 2014. "Looking for cheap flights? Well, we want to help you! Cheap flights search engine has hundreds of thousands of options. We will find cheap tickets to anywhere in the world and help you purchase them conveniently. We wish you a pleasant flight!" - aBitSky.com team. ABitSky is not the only cheap flight search engine and booking service that operates in....
Another airline is joining the bitcoin boat (or should we say plane?). This time around it is Air Lituanica, a small airline based in Lithuania that operated scheduled flights throughout Europe. The announcement was made this week via the airline's official Twitter account, noted that the digital currency (referred to as "bit-coin" in the tweet) can be used for ticket purchases on all flights. The airline, which operates a fleet of 86-seat Embraer 175 aircraft, carries out regional flights from a number of cities, of which include Paris, Amsterdam, Vilnius, and Prague. We are now accepting....
California-based airfare and hotel booking provider CheapAir.com has announced it is now accepting bitcoin for Amtrak railway reservations completed on its platform. The move is the latest in a broad rollout of bitcoin payments across the company's services, starting with flights in November before continuing to CheapAir's network of 200,000 hotels in February. CheapAir added Amtrak listings to its site in April, but has only just completed the necessary back-end work to accept bitcoin payments for the travel option. Speaking to CoinDesk, CEO Jeff Klee suggested that this measured rollout....