CheapAir will soon accept ethereum payments for air tickets
CheapAir’s CEO Jeff Klee revealed in an interview that CheapAir will soon be accepting ethereum payments for air tickets.
With this in mind CheapAir, is currently focused on building an infrastructure that will give customers the best travel advice not to mention reliable"apples to apples" comparisons.When asked about the obstacles CheapAir has faced so far in its years of processing crypto payments, Klee said that the most significant challenge came about at the tail end of 2017 when bitcoin transaction fees shot through the roof.in a matter of months.
Although the problem took care of itself when the fees came down, Coinbase soon ended their merchant program, prompting CheapAir to seek alternatives. CheapAir finally found a reliable solution after calling on its engaged and invested crypto community on its social channels. After vetting several customer suggestions, that followed was a CheapAirexplaining the company’s move to BTCPay Server, an open-source bitcoin payment processor.
Klee attributes their current success with crypto payments to a devoted crypto community. During the interview, Klee mentioned that he likes"customers who pay in crypto because they are loyal."
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