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These days bitcoiners can do a whole lot more with their ‘digital gold’ as there’s a broad range of merchants opting to accept bitcoin every day. Now this week one of the leading “All-You-Can Fly” air travel providers, Surf Air, has announced it is accepting bitcoin and ethereum for monthly memberships and charters.


The Silicon Valley-based air travel provider, Surf Air, is now accepting the cryptocurrencies bitcoin and ethereum for services. This means Surf Air members can use their digital assets for a wide range of flights. Within the U.S., Surf Air customers can fly to 70 destinations in California and 30 daily routes that fly to Texas. Further, the charters fly to Europe as well, to places like London, Zurich, and Ibiza. The firm explains that moving towards cryptocurrencies is a “natural progression” for the firm.   

“Surf Air was built on the idea of disrupting and changing the way the world sources, purchases and accesses air travel so it only makes sense that we would also be on the cutting-edge of accepting disruptive and progressive forms of payment such as bitcoin and ethereum,” explains Sudhin Shahani, the chief executive officer of Surf Air.

"Similarly, bitcoin users are a tremendously motivated community of early adopters. By creating connective tissue between these forward-thinking business models, I believe we’re molding the future for consumer-first, experience-driven commerce."


Surf Air is one of the first firms to establish the monthly subscription flight sharing model, and cryptocurrencies can be used for any one of the four tiers of membership. The airline company will be utilizing the San Francisco based Coinbase for its merchant services.

“We are focused on staying on the bleeding edge of technology as a way to provide the most progressive, secure and efficient air travel in the world. Digital currency has been on our radar from the very beginning, and we are excited to provide our members with another quick and seamless way to do business with Surf Air,” Shahani details during the announcement.


Surf Air joins the growing list of other airlines offering services for bitcoin like the personal private jet provider Tapjets. The Fargo-based Tapjets started accepting bitcoins through its iPhone app this past summer. Further, the airline provider Privatefly has been accepting bitcoin for flights since 2014. Additionally, news.Bitcoin.com reported this past October that the firm Star Jets now accepts the cryptocurrency as well. With the ability to purchase real-estate, Lamborghinis, and private flights — Bitcoin is being taken very seriously these days.

https://news.bitcoin.com/surf-air-joins-the-growing-list-of-private-airlines-accepting-bitcoin/

I think this is just the beginning. The price of bitcoin only continues to grow, it will be very profitable, Many start to do so. I personally would not pay now in bitcoins. I hope many will overcome this experience, while others will see that it works.

There is no limit in sight for Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. This is a good thing. Other airlines will join this move and this will just keep pushing the price of bitcoin up, up and up. Those predicting that bitcoin will crash are just so funny. They think that because they do not understand it therefore it will fail, what a joke. Bitcoin has come to stay and very soon more and more people will accept it. To the moooooon with cryptocurrencies!