Lufthansa airline launched a loyalty program with NFT based on Polygon – Bits Media

Flagship operator of the German air transportation, Lufthansa Group, announced the beginning of the work of the loyalty program using non -replaceable tokens based on Polygon blockchain.

All airlines, part of the group, Including Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines и Swiss International Air Lines, participate in the uptrip program. For the use of the services of these airlines, passengers will be able to receive a reward in the form of digital collectible cards, which will provide additional advantages.

NFT cards will be divided by topics, Depending on specific directions and aircraft. Having collected all the cards of thematic collections, Uptrip participants will open special privileges: Free Wi-Fi on board, Access to the waiting rooms of airports and aircraft. It is planned to add a trading function to the Uptrip program, with which users will be able to get the missing NFT for their collections.

Collectible tokens are based on the solution of the second level of Polygon to scaling the Ethereum network. Lufthansa Group reported, that earlier the Uptrip program was launched in test mode. The pilot project took part 20 000 users, which collected more 200 000 digital collectible cards.

Lufthansa air carrier has become interested in digital technologies in 2018 year - the company held a competition about options for using blockchain in the aviation industry.