After Bitcoin, CheapAir Adds Two More Digital Currency Payment Options
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The use of Bitcoin, and second-tier currencies Litecoin and Dogecoin, on CheapAir is tiny and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Still, it is nice to try out the new currencies to see how it all goes.
CheapAir CEO Jeff Klee concedes he's not getting rich off the site's introduction of Bitcoin payments in November, but he wants to give travelers more payment options and to reduce processing fees so the site has added two additional cryptocurrencies, Litecoin and DogeCoin.
Customers of the Calabasas, California, online travel agency can now pay for flights, hotels and trains with credit cards, cash at a Western Union office, Bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin.
CheapAir has done $1.5 million in gross sales -- but only gets a small percentage of this in transaction revenue -- from Bitcoin payments since introducing the option in November.
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