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What has changed on SatFares?
SatFares, a flight booking site paid only in crypto, published the first version of its website on October 12, 2026. Later the same day, bookings moved to an on-request model, and low-cost airlines can now be booked. This changelog lists each change to our prices, policies, open data and pages, with its date. The newest entry comes first.
Status on October 12, 2026
| First version | October 12, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Product | Airline tickets only, paid in crypto |
| Coins accepted | BTC, USDT (TRC-20 or ERC-20), USDC (ERC-20), ETH, SOL, LTC |
| Payment model | Held at checkout, booked on request by our team, charged when the e-ticket number is issued |
| Airlines | Full-service and low-cost airlines can be searched and booked on request; sanctioned airlines are never sold |
| Latest change | October 12, 2026: bookings on request, more airlines, wider fare survey |
| Open data files | Airline Crypto Acceptance Index and Crypto Travel Seller Registry, as JSON and CSV |
| Not published yet | Ticketing times and network fees |
October 12, 2026: bookings on request
From October 12, 2026, every booking is made on request. More airlines can be booked, and the market fare survey covers more airlines. Earlier entries below are kept as they were published.
Booking
- At checkout, the total is held on your balance. Nothing is charged yet.
- Our team then books the ticket with the airline and confirms the final total.
- If the final total is higher, you accept it or the held amount is released.
- If the ticket can't be issued in time, the held amount is released.
- The e-ticket arrives in My trips. Your balance is charged when the airline issues the e-ticket number.
- No issuing time is promised. Baggage and fare rules are confirmed with your booking.
Prices
- The price shown in the search is the fare found by our live search for your dates.
- Price rule: the fare found live for all passengers, in US dollars, taxes included, with no fee added; the final total is confirmed before you are charged.
- Route pages still show market fares observed, not our selling price. See pricing.
Airlines
- Low-cost airlines such as Ryanair, Wizz Air, AirAsia, IndiGo and Spirit can now be searched and booked on request.
- Airlines that were not offered at launch, such as Air India, Aeroméxico, VietJet Air and Cebu Pacific, can be booked on request too.
- Sanctioned airlines are still never sold. Flights to or from the United Kingdom are still paused, so Jet2 flights stay paused.
- Ryanair still asks passengers booked through an agent to complete its own verification. See what data airlines require.
Open data
- The crypto airfare index now counts every airline except sanctioned airlines. Before, it counted only the airlines offered at launch.
- Itineraries with a stop in the United Kingdom or in a sanctioned country are still left out.
- The fares are still market fares observed, not our selling price.
October 12, 2026: first version
First version of the SatFares website. It publishes the booking rules, the policies, the open data and the guides below.
Booking
- Flight search: each result shows the total for all passengers, taxes included.
- Prepaid balance topped up in BTC, USDT on TRC-20 or ERC-20, USDC on ERC-20, ETH, SOL or LTC, from $25.
- Held, not charged: the balance is charged only when the airline issues the e-ticket number. Booking statuses: Awaiting ticket, then Ticketed or Released.
- No ID upload and no selfie at checkout. Airline ID rules still apply.
Policies
- Pricing: the total price rule and our fee rule.
- Refunds: when the airline cancels, a refund in USDT or USDC within 7 days, or a balance credit, as you choose.
- Terms of sale and privacy policy, version of October 12, 2026.
- Is this a package?: why each booking is a single travel service.
Open data
- Airline Crypto Acceptance Index: which airlines accept crypto directly, with dates and sources.
- Sanctions and restrictions: where flights can't be sold, and why.
- Refund policy matrix: how crypto travel sellers refund a crypto payment.
- Card friction index and real cost of paying in crypto.
- Open data downloads: JSON and CSV files under CC BY 4.0.
Flight pages and guides
- Routes, destinations and departure countries, with the airports and the sale status of each route.
- One page per airline in the airline index.
- Payment guides by coin and network on pay.
- Guides on what data airlines require, USDT or USDC and booking without a credit card.
Not available in this version
- Flights to or from the United Kingdom are paused. Flights sold by SatFares are not ATOL protected.
- 13 airlines were not offered at launch, including Ryanair, Wizz Air, AirAsia and IndiGo. This changed on October 12, 2026.
- Flights to, from or within sanctioned countries and areas, and tickets on sanctioned airlines, are never sold.
- Monero (XMR) and Bitcoin Lightning are not accepted.
What is not published yet?
We publish a figure only once we have measured it. As of October 12, 2026, these figures are not published yet:
- the typical time between booking and e-ticket;
- network fees by coin and network, measured on our own test payments;
- registration numbers of the company, which we will publish only once we hold them.
Each one will get a dated entry here when it is published.
October 12, 2026: route fares. The 22 detailed route pages were published: 10 at launch and 12 more the same day. They and the new crypto airfare index show the lowest one-way market fare observed in our first survey, with its date. That first survey counted only the airlines offered at launch. These are market fares, not our selling price.
How are changes recorded?
Each entry has a date and says what changed. A page keeps its date until one of its facts really changes. Data tables show the date of the last check on every row, so you can see what is fresh.
To report an error, write to [email protected] with the page and a source. When we correct a fact, the correction is dated.