Internet is not allowed in flights, then how do air hostesses make card payments?

Telephones, smartphones, tablets connected to the internet are not allowed on planes, so when you buy food and drinks from the cabin crew, how do the attendants take payment from your card? This question must have come to your mind. Actually, passengers are asked to keep the phone in flight mode during the flight. Actually, using internet service can affect the navigation system of the flight, due to which the flight can go astray. For this reason, it is being said that the internet should be shut down. Despite this, payment is made by card in flight. If you do not know about it then today we are going to tell you about it.

The server verifies the payment based on the card information. If the payment is successful, the server sends a confirmation message to the machine. Talking about the benefits of IFC, it provides the facility to accept payments despite lack of internet connectivity on board. This is a secure and reliable method as the data is encrypted. It makes transactions faster and easier.

The encrypted data is sent from the machine to a secure server via a cellular network such as GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) or GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications). You swipe your credit or debit card into the machine. The machine reads the card information and encrypts it.

Air hostels have a portable point of sale (POS) machine also known as a swipe machine. This machine is not connected to the Internet but already has the software and data required for payment processing.

Most airplanes do not allow passengers to use the Internet. This means that they cannot make online payments but air hostels use a special technology called in-flight commerce to accept payments from your credit or debit card.