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The first airline in the Middle East to accept a stablecoin — AE Coin, the UAE's central-bank-licensed dirham token.
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Alternative Airlines
Flight search and booking agency offering an unusually wide range of alternative payment methods.
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At a glance
- Accepts stablecoins?
- Yes (verified)
- Networks
- Solana
- How you pay
- Hosted crypto checkout at the payment step
- Payment provider
- xMoney, Binance Pay, CoinGate, Crypto.com Pay
- Verified
- · 2 source s · see evidence
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Payment readiness
Every line from the record; gaps are stated, not filled.- Confirmed coin and network pairings
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- USDC on Solana
- USDT — network pairing not documented
- DAI — network pairing not documented
- TUSD — network pairing not documented
- USDP — network pairing not documented
- Evidence
- Documentation checked · 2026-09-22
- Payment route
- Via an intermediary You pay this business; the goods or service come from another brand that has not itself been documented as accepting stablecoins.
- Countries
- Available internationally — no exclusions documented
- Product restrictions
- None documented
- Refunds
- Airline fare rules apply. Confirm the refund route for crypto-paid bookings with the agency before booking a refundable fare you may actually need to refund.
- Identity checks
- No identity verification documented for payment
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Stablecoins accepted
- USDC accepted
- USDT accepted
- PYUSD no evidence of acceptance
- USDS no evidence of acceptance
- DAI accepted
- RLUSD no evidence of acceptance
- EURC no evidence of acceptance
- TUSD accepted
- USDP 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 Alternative Airlines documents it. A coin and a network appearing in the same record does not by itself mean the two go together.
- USDT
- Pairing not documented — Alternative Airlines lists Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- DAI
- Pairing not documented — Alternative Airlines lists Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- TUSD
- Pairing not documented — Alternative Airlines lists Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
- USDP
- Pairing not documented — Alternative Airlines lists Solana without saying which coin each applies to.
Pay on the cheapest network offered — Alternative Airlines 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
- xMoney, Binance Pay, CoinGate, Crypto.com Pay
- Direct wallet transfer
- No
- Identity verification
- Not required
Availability
- Online
- Yes
- Physical locations
- No
- Regions served
- International
Payment notes
Verified August 2026. Coverage spans more than 600 airlines, and the coin presented at checkout depends on which of the four payment partners handles your booking. Select the exact network variant shown — the site distinguishes USDC ERC20, USDC BEP2 and USDC on Solana as separate options. Alternative Airlines also publishes a crypto car rental page covering 70-plus US rental brands, but it is marked "Coming soon!" and is not live. We record flights only until it ships.
Refunds
Airline fare rules apply. Confirm the refund route for crypto-paid bookings with the agency before booking a refundable fare you may actually need to refund.
Stablecoin refunds are outbound payments a merchant chooses to send, not automatic reversals. There is no chargeback.
Alternative Airlines built its business on accepting payment methods other agencies do not, which makes crypto acceptance a natural extension rather than an experiment.
Carrier breadth is the real draw
The agency sells tickets across a very large number of airlines, including regional and low-cost carriers that are difficult to book through mainstream channels. For an itinerary involving one of those, this may be the only place you can both book it and pay in stablecoins.
Payment method breadth cuts both ways
A business built on offering many payment methods will add and remove them as commercial terms change. That is a reason to check what is actually available at checkout for your specific itinerary rather than relying on a general acceptance claim.
Verification
Verified Verified September 2026
An editor confirmed these payment options against the sources listed below.
Alternative Airlines publishes a dedicated stablecoins page naming USDC (including ERC20, BEP2 and Solana variants), USDT, DAI, TUSD, USDP and BUSD. It names xMoney, Binance Pay, CoinGate and Crypto.com as its crypto payment partners.
Methods used
- merchant documentation
Sources
- Alternative Airlines — buy flights with stablecoins The enumerated stablecoin list and the named network variants.
- Alternative Airlines — pay for flights using cryptocurrency The named payment partners and the checkout flow.
Payment availability can change without notice. Always confirm at Alternative Airlines’s own checkout before paying. Spotted something wrong?
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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 .
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Record updated
Networks reduced to Solana, the only chain either merchant page names ("USDC-SOL"). Ethereum and BNB Chain were listed on the strength of the processors' general capabilities, which is not merchant evidence. A record correction, not a merchant change.
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Record updated
Crypto selected at checkout and handled by one of four named payment partners, per the merchant's stablecoins page. A record field filled from evidence already cited, not a merchant change.
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