Air Arabia
Flights
The first airline in the Middle East to accept a stablecoin — AE Coin, the UAE's central-bank-licensed dirham token.
AEC
Verified
Payment availability may vary
airBaltic
Latvian airline that has accepted cryptocurrency for ticket purchases since 2014.
Flights airbaltic.com Last reviewed
At a glance
- Accepts stablecoins?
- Yes — availability varies (payment availability may vary)
- How you pay
- Hosted crypto checkout at the payment step
- Payment provider
- BitPay
- Verified
- · 2 source s · see evidence
Book with stablecoins (opens airbaltic.com in a new tab)
Opens airbaltic.com in a new tab. Not an affiliate link.
Payment readiness
Every line from the record; gaps are stated, not filled.- Confirmed coin and network pairings
-
- USDC — network pairing not documented
- USDT — network pairing not documented
- DAI — network pairing not documented
- PYUSD — network pairing not documented
- USDP — network pairing not documented
- GUSD — network pairing not documented
- EURC — network pairing not documented
- Networks listed without a coin attribution: Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana
- Evidence
- Documentation checked · 2026-08-30 Corroborated by gateway documentation
- Payment route
- Via BitPay Checkout is handled by a payment gateway; the asset list is the gateway’s as enabled by the merchant.
- Countries
- Available internationally — no exclusions documented
- Product restrictions
- None documented
- Refunds
- Airline fare rules apply directly, with no agency in between. Refund handling for crypto-paid tickets is airBaltic's own process.
- Identity checks
- No identity verification documented for payment
Book with stablecoins (opens airbaltic.com in a new tab)
See the sources Opens airbaltic.com in a new tab. Not an affiliate link.
Stablecoins accepted
- USDC accepted
- USDT accepted
- PYUSD accepted
- USDS no evidence of acceptance
- DAI accepted
- RLUSD no evidence of acceptance
- EURC accepted
- USDP accepted
- GUSD accepted
- AEC no evidence of acceptance
A dash means we found no evidence of support, not that support is impossible. Coin availability at checkout can differ by country and product.
Payment networks
Which network each coin is accepted on, exactly as airBaltic documents it. A coin and a network appearing in the same record does not by itself mean the two go together.
- USDC
- Pairing not documented — airBaltic lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- USDT
- Pairing not documented — airBaltic lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- DAI
- Pairing not documented — airBaltic lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- PYUSD
- Pairing not documented — airBaltic lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- USDP
- Pairing not documented — airBaltic lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- GUSD
- Pairing not documented — airBaltic lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- EURC
- Pairing not documented — airBaltic lists Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
Pay on the cheapest network offered — airBaltic receives the same amount either way, so the fee comes out of your side. Our network comparison covers which to pick.
Payment method
- Payment provider
- BitPay
- Direct wallet transfer
- No
- Identity verification
- Not required
Availability
- Online
- Yes
- Physical locations
- No
- Regions served
- International
Payment notes
Verified August 2026: airBaltic is one of very few airlines accepting crypto directly rather than through an agency, which simplifies refunds because there is no intermediary. The payment runs through BitPay, so the coin list is BitPay's. airBaltic's documentation indicates crypto payment applies to Basic fares only — confirm at checkout if you are booking a higher fare class.
Refunds
Airline fare rules apply directly, with no agency in between. Refund handling for crypto-paid tickets is airBaltic's own process.
Stablecoin refunds are outbound payments a merchant chooses to send, not automatic reversals. There is no chargeback.
airBaltic is the rare case of an airline accepting crypto directly, which removes the agency layer that complicates refunds everywhere else in this category.
Direct airline acceptance is unusual and useful
When you buy a ticket from an agency, a refund travels back through the agency, and the agency decides how to return money that arrived on-chain. Buying directly from the carrier removes that layer. The fare rules are the carrier’s, the refund is the carrier’s, and there is one party to deal with rather than two.
For a ticket you might need to change, that is a genuine advantage over agency booking.
Network and coverage
A European short and medium-haul network. Useful if you are flying within its region; irrelevant otherwise. This is not a global booking platform.
Verification
Payment availability may vary Verified August 2026
Crypto payment is confirmed, but the exact coin list is not fixed — it can depend on your country, the product, which checkout you reach, or which assets the merchant's payment gateway currently enables.
airBaltic lists BitPay as a payment option on its own payment-options page. It does not name individual coins. Separate airBaltic documentation states that Bitcoin payments are available for Basic fares only, and that restriction may extend to other assets. The coin list is BitPay's rather than one the merchant publishes, so it tracks whatever BitPay currently supports: USDC, USDT, DAI, PYUSD, USDP, GUSD and EURC across Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon and Solana.
Methods used
- merchant documentation
- payment provider documentation
Sources
- airBaltic — payment options Lists BitPay among accepted payment methods on the airline's own site.
- BitPay — supported cryptocurrencies The asset and network list available at any BitPay checkout, which is what determines the coins this merchant can accept.
Payment availability can change without notice. Always confirm at airBaltic’s own checkout before paying. Spotted something wrong?
Work at airBaltic? Claim this listing to correct what we have recorded. Claims are checked against evidence before anything changes. Or feature your business — placement is labelled and never changes the facts above.
Recent changes
Dated history for this record. We log only changes we can evidence, so an entry here reflects something that actually moved — not routine re-checking. The full feed across every merchant is on What’s Changed .
-
Record updated
BitPay listed as a payment option at checkout, per the airline's payment-options page. A record field filled from evidence already cited, not a merchant change.
checkout_method: hosted-checkout
Follow airBaltic
Get notified when its stablecoin payment options change — a coin added or dropped, a gateway switch, or acceptance withdrawn. Dated and sourced, or not sent.
Double opt-in. Nothing is sent until you confirm, and every email links to manage or unfollow.
Is this information still correct?
Payment options change without notice. If airBaltic’s checkout no longer matches what is on this page, tell us — an editor re-verifies against the merchant’s own documentation before anything changes here.
Reports go to a review queue. They never change a listing directly.
Similar merchants
Alternative Airlines
Flights
Flight search and booking agency offering an unusually wide range of alternative payment methods.
USDCUSDTDAI +2
Solana
Verified
CryptoRefills
Travel
Amsterdam platform selling hotel stays, flights, gift cards and mobile top-ups for six stablecoins across seven networks.
USDTUSDCDAI +4
EthereumAvalanche +6 networks
Verified