# Travala doubles AVA buybacks, setting half aside for a permanent reserve Author: KriptoMeta Editorial Team Language: English Published: 2026-09-28T14:45:39+03:00 Updated: 2026-09-28T14:45:39+03:00 ![Editorial composition of AVA tokens and a custody case in an airport setting.](https://kriptometa.com/uploads/travala-ava-geri-alimini-ikiye-katladi-yarisi-kalici-rezerve-1982_article.webp) ## Key takeaways - Travala’s September 23 plan returned to focus with a company post on September 27. - Matched purchases replenish loyalty rewards on one side and build a reserve covered by Travala’s no-sale, no-transfer commitment on the other. - Two incoming AVA transfers to the reserve total 369,881.04 tokens. Future monthly purchases are not presented as an unconditional obligation. The travel platform’s AVA plan gives two buyers different destinations for their purchases. We checked the reserve’s transfers; holding tokens and burning them have different implications for supply. Travala is extending its AVA purchases beyond replenishing loyalty rewards. Under the matching model the company highlighted again on September 27, Travala buys the same quantity of AVA that the AVA Foundation purchases for its rewards pool. The second stream goes to a strategic reserve covered by the company’s commitment never to sell or transfer those tokens out. The details appear in the company’s [September 23 announcement](https://www.travala.com/blog/travala-launches-ava-strategic-reserve/). The new purchases go to a separate wallet held under multisignature custody, while the foundation’s purchases continue to support rewards. The same quantity of loyalty rewards therefore generates two equal market purchases. [Travala’s September 27 reserve update](https://x.com/travalacom/status/2104146552495206896) ## Two transfers account for the reserve allocation KriptoMeta checked the ERC-20 records for the [announced reserve address](https://etherscan.io/address/0x7bed1889c21d9eb3560463c14cd74fe29f2d03b6#tokentxns) and found two incoming AVA transfers. Both transactions succeeded on September 21, and the token contract matches the Ethereum address published by the AVA Foundation. AVA transfers to the reserve — September 21, 2026, UTC | Time | Amount | Transaction record | |---|---|---| | 13:42:11 | 100 AVA | [First transfer](https://etherscan.io/tx/0x5f77bdb6e97efba766014cee7fd07c53cff6243053eaa75da0d2010ac63b8957) | | 13:54:35 | 369,781.04 AVA | [Second transfer](https://etherscan.io/tx/0xbd2bc6f038e74e1b5b5f3d60c23ba367e95dbe5da689dd16151fb90efdf1a799) | | Total | 369,881.04 AVA | Sum of the two deposits | The sum matches the company’s initial reserve allocation. The records show that tokens reached the stated address; they do not establish the purchase price or prove that the holdings can never move. [What Etherscan reveals and where its verification stops](https://kriptometa.com/en/etherscan-review) both matter when reading the evidence. ## A buyback does not mean a token burn Tokens held in a reserve should not be equated with [burned tokens](https://kriptometa.com/en/glossary/token-burning). The announcement makes a company commitment about custody, while [total and circulating supply](https://kriptometa.com/en/glossary/crypto-supply-types) describe different things. The [foundation’s token page](https://www.avafoundation.org/ava-token/) also lists a maximum supply of 100 million AVA and quarterly issuance through 2033 to fund the ecosystem. New tokens can therefore continue to be issued while the reserve grows. **The commitment has a boundary:** Travala says it may change, suspend or discontinue future monthly purchases. It says its no-sale, no-transfer commitment for AVA already placed in the reserve will remain in force. The useful measures to follow extend beyond the reserve’s size: monthly reward distributions, new issuance and wallet movements need to be read together. In a [tokenomics assessment](https://kriptometa.com/en/how-to-analyze-tokenomics), looking at purchase demand without the other supply channels leaves an incomplete picture. For this development in [altcoin news](https://kriptometa.com/en/news/altcoin), doubled buybacks do not imply that the token price will double.