Protect your flight price.Before and after booking.

Set a price cap before you book, or cover a price drop after. Protect one exact flight or any flight on a route and dates you choose, one-way or return, for everyone on the booking. You choose the deductible and how long the lock lasts.

KL1695 AMS → BCN
14 June 2027, Economy Light
Example
€160€200€240−13 days before booking−6 days before bookingbooked€260Your cap: €180
You get back
€70
Premium
€12.69
Deductible
€5
Max payout
€150

Starts after 24 hours. Drag the cap line, or focus it and use the arrow keys.

Example flight KL1695, Amsterdam to Barcelona on 14 June, Economy Light. The price was €170 when the cap was bought; the traveller booked at €255 when the airline asked €260.

How it works

1. Lock a max price

While you browse, the CapFare extension recognises the flight on the page and shows what it costs to lock a maximum price for that exact flight, date and fare class. The premium comes from the public formula on the blockchain; the price on the page is only a hint.

  • You see the cap, premium, deductible (€5) and maximum payout before you pay.
  • Choose a lock of 3, 7, 14 or 30 days and a deductible; a higher deductible costs less. It starts after a short activation delay, and you can renew it without a gap.
  • Travelling together or returning? One lock covers up to 9 travellers, and both flights of a return trip.
  • No extension? Check a flight on this website does the same on your phone.
Screenshot: search results on the demo booking site with the CapFare extension offering to lock a maximum price.

2. Book anywhere

Book the flight wherever you like: the airline's website, a travel agency or a comparison site. Just booked? The extension offers a Drop Guarantee: if the same flight gets cheaper within 7 days, you get the difference.

  • Coverage follows the flight, not the website.
  • Your booking itself stays between you and the airline.
  • Alerts by push or email tell you when the price passes your cap, so you know when to book.
Screenshot: the booking confirmation on the demo booking site with the CapFare extension offering a Drop Guarantee.

3. Get the difference

Upload your booking confirmation email, or open your booking page with the CapFare extension and press Verify with CapFare. The booking checker, built to run in a hardware enclave, reads it and only the flight, fare class and price come back (on this testnet demo the checker runs with development keys, as the Transparency page shows). For non-refundable tickets the payout leaves the vault straight away.

  • Example: airline price €260, you paid €255, cap €180, deductible €5: you get €70.
  • Refundable tickets need one more live check of the booking before departure, because an email can't show a cancellation.
Screenshot: the manage-booking page of the demo booking site with the CapFare extension offering Verify with CapFare.

Two kinds of protection

Before you book

Price Cap

Lock a maximum price for 3 to 30 days, on one flight or any flight on your route and dates. If the price rises, claim the eligible difference after booking.

Deductible
€5
Max payout
€150

Book at €255 with a €180 cap and €5 deductible: €70 back.

Right after you book

Drop Guarantee

Already booked? If the same flight gets cheaper within 7 days, claim the eligible difference.

Deductible
€3
Max payout
€80

Book at €220, then the price drops to €195. After a €3 deductible: €22 back.

Deductibles and maximums are the current contract parameters.

Your payout already exists

Your maximum payout is reserved in a vault before you pay. Check the live balances below.

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Book where you want

Protection follows the flight, date and fare class on your verified booking.

The extension recognises the flight on any airline, travel agency or comparison site: from the flight number, or from the route and day where a site shows no flight numbers. On testnet, prices come from our demo price source, so offers appear for demo routes; try it on Skyline Travel, our demo booking site.

Your booking stays private

Your confirmation is encrypted on your device. Only flight details and a passenger fingerprint are sent to the blockchain.

This demo uses development keys; hardware-enclave verification is not active yet.

Policy details
  • Coverage is for one exact flight, date, fare class and airport pair, or (route cover) any flight CapFare tracks on that route in that fare class on the day, or up to 3 days either side, and optionally from nearby airports (for example all London airports), paid against the cheapest fare. Anything else is not covered.
  • A Price Cap starts 20 seconds after you buy it. Bookings made before that do not count.
  • A deductible is taken off every payout, and each policy has a maximum payout. You choose the deductible (a higher one means a lower premium); both are shown before you pay.
  • We don't promise that seats stay available. If your fare class sells out while your cap is active and unused, your premium is refunded.
  • Many bookings can be cancelled free for 24 hours (for example US flights booked at least 7 days ahead). So a payout is released after a live check of the booking from 24 hours after you booked: open your booking page with the CapFare extension, or paste its link. Claim with a live check after that and you are paid at once. Refundable tickets get their live check from a day before departure. An email alone can't show that you didn't cancel.
  • Only bookings for the lead passenger you named when buying can be used to claim.

For liquidity providers

Fund the protection vaults and earn premiums. Deposits and withdrawals settle once per epoch.

You can lose money: if many travellers are paid out, the vault shrinks.

Open the LP dashboard

Questions

What happens if I don't book?

Nothing more happens. The cap expires at the end of the period you chose and the premium is not refunded, unless your fare class sold out while the cap was active. Still deciding? Renew it before it ends and the new cover starts the moment the old one stops.

What if the flight sells out?

We don't cover availability. If the oracle sees your fare class sold out while your cap is active and unused, the premium goes back to your credit.

What if I cancel my booking?

Then there is no payout. For refundable tickets we check one day before departure that the booking still exists before paying.

Which airlines work?

Coverage works for any booking whose confirmation we can verify. In this prototype that is KLM-format confirmations (tested with synthetic examples). More airlines follow.

Why is there a deductible and an activation delay?

They keep premiums low. Without them, people who already know a price is about to jump would buy protection seconds before booking, and everyone else would pay for that.

How do I get paid?

To your CapFare balance in USDC by default. From there you can withdraw to a bank account (IBAN) through a licensed payment partner, or receive another digital asset. On testnet these are simulated.

How do you check my booking?

Two ways. Upload the original confirmation email: its digital signature shows it came from the airline or travel site and wasn't changed. Or open your booking page with the CapFare extension and press Verify with CapFare: our checker loads that page straight from the booking site and sees the booking as it is now, including a cancellation. Either way only the flight, fare, price and a scrambled fingerprint of the lead passenger's name come back, so only your own booking can be used.

Is this insurance?

No. It is a testnet prototype of price protection. A commercial launch would require a licensed insurer or another appropriately licensed partner.

Do I need crypto?

No. You sign in with a passkey, pay with prepaid credit and never pay network fees. On testnet everything uses test money.