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Good news for social media savvy travelers who are easily distracted. When you spot a last-minute airfare deal on twitter, a new service, called TweetAFlight, will help you snap up that airfare before you get distracted by the latest twitter meme or a cat video on YouTube.
Steven Frischling, founder of the Travel Strategist, says that TweetAFlight will allow consumers to simply tweet the word “buy” in response to a tweeted airline sale and the transaction will be complete.
How does it work? The technology of TweetAFlight relies on not only Twitter, but also Chirpify and PayPal to complete the transaction. Potential buyers must have accounts with both.
Then:
1. See an airline tweet a route and sale fare.
2. Tweet “Buy”.
3. An email is sent to the purchaser using the address provided to Chirpify. An additional confirmation is sent by PayPal to confirm the transaction.
Read more at ABC News.