Mirai Flights’ data shows that 44% of customers were 18–30, while cryptocurrency accounted for 18% of completed orders. Customers aged 30–40 recorded the highest crypto-payment rate.

An 18-year-old booking a private jet with crypto makes an easy headline. It reverses the usual image of private aviation: no family office, no broker and no bank transfer.

Mirai Flights’ records show both patterns: many customers are young adults, and crypto is a regular payment option. The age and payment data are separate.

Among Mirai customers (the app has more than 220,000 users), 44% were between 18 and 30 at their first purchase. Across the international booking platform’s completed orders, cryptocurrency accounted for 18% of payments.

Mirai’s youngest adult bracket runs from 18 to 30. The highest crypto-use rate belongs to customers aged 30 to 40.

Younger buyers are common in Mirai’s data, while crypto use peaks among customers in their thirties.

Who Leads Crypto Use?

Mirai’s customer data shows that 44% were between 18 and 30 at their first purchase. Another 33.2% were 30 to 40, while just 4% were older than 50. The median age at a first booking was approximately 31.

When Mirai compared payment method with customer age, crypto appeared in 12% of payments made by the 18-to-30 group. The rate rose to 18.5% among customers aged 30 to 40, then fell to 13.2% for those aged 40 to 50 and 5.6% among customers over 50.

The result shifts the crypto story away from the youngest customers and toward buyers in their thirties.

Mirai’s records capture the payment method selected at checkout. They do not record why a customer chose it.

Crypto Accounted for 18% of Orders

Mirai’s full payment mix keeps the crypto figure in proportion. Mirai Wallet or bank transfer accounted for 30% of orders. Card payments processed through Stripe represented another 30%. Crypto followed at 18%, American Express at 13%, and a separate Visa and Mastercard flow at 9%.

Crypto checkout is also moving into more conventional commerce. A January 2026 survey released by PayPal and the National Cryptocurrency Association found that 39% of 619 U.S. merchant payment decision-makers said their companies already accepted crypto. The highest reported interest came from hospitality and travel. That was a self-reported merchant survey in four crypto-relevant sectors, not a transaction audit, so it cannot be compared directly with Mirai’s completed-order share.

Mirai’s 18% is a share of completed orders at one merchant, based on payment choices made at checkout.

Mirai Brings Crypto Checkout to the U.S.

Mirai expanded its app to the United States this year. Version updates beginning in March added dollar pricing alongside euros and invited users to explore available U.S. flights. The U.S. App Store listing now presents cryptocurrency alongside cards and Apple Pay and says the marketplace provides aircraft access in more than 60 countries.

American users now see the same checkout design built for Mirai’s international customer base: several payment rails attached to one aircraft search.

After checkout, the aviation work is the same. An operator provides the aircraft and crew, confirms the schedule and completes the trip. Crypto changes the payment step.

Mirai’s records show a younger customer base than the category’s stereotype and a meaningful share of orders paid in crypto. Customers in their thirties use it most often.

For Mirai’s U.S. customers, crypto now sits beside cards and Apple Pay as a standard checkout option.