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0 pointsnamdnay3y ago0 comments

book flights with crypto? which airline or travel agency accepts crypto? I don't see how it could work with so much volatility.

You could buy fully modifiable/refundable first class tickets and use them as free options to bet on the crypto in question

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px433y ago

Expedia has accepted Bitcoin for almost a decade: https://www.expedia.com/Checkout/BitcoinTermsAndConditions

namdnayOP3y ago

That's not "accepting payment with bitcoin" - it's just a link for coinbase to convert your bitcoin to USD before booking. Look at the T&Cs, it's a USD booking underneath

Accepting payment with bitcoin means using bitcoin as the currency in the PNR, just like you can use euros or yen or pounds or whatever

Karrot_Kream3y ago

... Why does this matter? GP asked about whether you can use Bitcoin to receive goods and services. Nobody asked what Expedia puts in their balance sheet, you're moving the goalposts.

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Regic3y ago

I just want to point out the irony in falling back to good old centralized fintech companies to actually use the supposedly decentralized currency.

Sorry, I know, off-topic.

throwaway2903y ago

My theory it's a payment processor that converts to %LOCAL_CURRENCY% (if necessary, with an additional conversion through USD/EUR) at the time of purchase and thus would never refund anything in croins at original rate (am open to be proven wrong).

namdnayOP3y ago

hmmm yes in which case calling it "paying in crypto" is a massive stretch. I can also "buy a flight ticket with a used car" if there's a dealership next to the travel agency

px433y ago

It's no different than buying things with a credit card and having the payment processor convert your currency to the local currency etc.

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px433y ago

Expedia has accepted Bitcoin for almost a decade: https://www.expedia.com/Checkout/BitcoinTermsAndConditions

namdnayOP3y ago

That's not "accepting payment with bitcoin" - it's just a link for coinbase to convert your bitcoin to USD before booking. Look at the T&Cs, it's a USD booking underneath

Accepting payment with bitcoin means using bitcoin as the currency in the PNR, just like you can use euros or yen or pounds or whatever

Karrot_Kream3y ago

... Why does this matter? GP asked about whether you can use Bitcoin to receive goods and services. Nobody asked what Expedia puts in their balance sheet, you're moving the goalposts.

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Regic3y ago

I just want to point out the irony in falling back to good old centralized fintech companies to actually use the supposedly decentralized currency.

Sorry, I know, off-topic.

throwaway2903y ago

namdnayOP3y ago

hmmm yes in which case calling it "paying in crypto" is a massive stretch. I can also "buy a flight ticket with a used car" if there's a dealership next to the travel agency

px433y ago

It's no different than buying things with a credit card and having the payment processor convert your currency to the local currency etc.

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