Subsequent time you order a drink or snacks on a flight, a flight attendant would possibly elevate an iPhone to your face and politely ask you to pay up. Should you’ve obtained no money, that’s alright – the flight attendant’s iPhone will act as a cost terminal to just accept your contactless cost.

That’s in the event you’re flying on Alaska Airways within the (very) close to future. Alaska Airways will undertake Apple’s Faucet to Pay on iPhone for in-flight purchases – this function turns the iPhone right into a contactless cost terminal (by way of 9to5Mac)!

In a press launch, Alaska Airways says that vacationers will be capable of pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay, contactless playing cards, or another contactless cost technique. This will probably be “rolling out on choose flights and will probably be obtainable throughout our fleet within the subsequent few months”, they declare.

Faucet to Pay on iPhone was first introduced by Apple again in February 2022 as a approach to flip iPhones into contactless cost terminals. Since then, the function has steadily expanded to further international locations all over the world.

“Whether or not you’re in your approach to a celebratory trip or coming house after a protracted enterprise journey, that inflight beverage all the time hits the spot. Coming quickly to your subsequent flight, you’ll be able to pay on your alcoholic beverage or snack pack with only a easy faucet out of your iPhone or Apple Watch to pay with Apple Pay, different digital pockets, or contactless credit score or debit card – no extra swiping!”, reads the press launch.