I buy reddit gold[1], Amazon giftcards[2] (with 3% cashback!), grilled cheese sandwiches[3], belgian waffles [4], donate to causes[5], and will be booking a flight[6] using them soon. I also use BTC/LTC for personal payments between friends and co-workers pretty often.
He'll still have to provide ID documentation to get on the plane (and I think also to book the flight, under the TSA Secure Flight program) so in practice the government doesn't lose any information here. It might raise suspicion, but he doesn't gain any anonymity.
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I buy reddit gold[1], Amazon giftcards[2] (with 3% cashback!), grilled cheese sandwiches[3], belgian waffles [4], donate to causes[5], and will be booking a flight[6] using them soon. I also use BTC/LTC for personal payments between friends and co-workers pretty often.
[1] https://ssl.reddit.com/gold
[2] http://www.gyft.com/shop-for-gift-cards/
[3] http://wizardsofcheese.com/wizardscreed.html
[4] https://www.facebook.com/thewaflstop
[5] http://seansoutpost.com/
[6] http://www.cheapair.com/
Booking a flight with bitcoin.. Doesn't that seem even more suspect than booking a flight with cash?
He'll still have to provide ID documentation to get on the plane (and I think also to book the flight, under the TSA Secure Flight program) so in practice the government doesn't lose any information here. It might raise suspicion, but he doesn't gain any anonymity.