UK Travel Company Starts Accepting BTC For Booking Flights

Alternative Airlines is the name of the latest travel company which makes headlines in the cryptonews section. As the updates show, this UK travel company has partnered with the cryptocurrency service Utrust to facilitate payments with crypto.

On November 13, the Switzerland-based firm and digital payments processor Utrust announced a new partnership with the first merchant in the travel industry – Alternative Airlines. Both of the companies plan to provide their customers with the ability to book flights while paying with cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Dash (DASH), DigiByte (DGB) and the native token that Utrust has, UTK.

The collaboration between the digital payment processor and the UK travel company also introduces the start of instant cross border transactions. What’s most exciting is the fact that travellers will be able to use their crypto holdings to book flights.

Besides this, however, there will be extended buyer protection and crypto-to-cash settlements to the clients of Alternative Airlines. The UK travel company website for now allows customers to search from over 650 airlines including Delta, United, British Airways, Virgin and Emirates, among others.

This gives travellers a lot of options, of course. The CEO of the UK travel company Utrust, Nuno Correia, expressed his enthusiasm for the new partnership, stating:

“For business or leisure, flight travel can be expensive with consumers saving for months to afford a trip. Considered a high ticket item, it is imperative that consumers are protected when booking flights. Utrust is providing Alternative Airlines’ customers with the increased security and convenience of cryptocurrency payments, and reducing processing fees, to bring greater transparency and trust to the world of online payments.”

Obviously, the Bitcoin news now show that BTC will be the main option for people interested in booking flights with the UK travel company.

Before this, reports in August showed that the Portuguese sports club SL Benfica also partnered with Utrust to facilitte payments via cryptocurrency for tickets and merchandise. In a similar way, the new payment option will allow travellers of Alternative Airlines to buy plane tickets with Bitcoin (BTC) as well as the native Utrust token (UTK).

The news also showed a spike in the price of Utrust (UTK) which is now at $0.0191 with a 3.42% daily increase following the partnership.