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Turning Airline Miles Into Bitcoin? It's Possible as Alternative Currencies Edge Ahead

Marisa Garcia

Photo Credit: Bitcoin For Miles proposes that travelers convert unwanted miles, and other reward points, into bitcoin. Bitcoin For Miles

Skift Take

We hope there is no way this could all go horribly, horribly wrong.

As we’ve previously reported, some consider airline miles a form of loosey-goosey variable shadow currency and attractive to hackers. Recent news continues to prove this is a serious concern. Part of the attraction for the shadier sector of society is that airline miles and loyalty program points can be traded for goods or cash. But another alternative currency—bitcoin—has joined the fray and its proponents suggest that the best value and safeguard for

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