Litecoin is the way forwards at this time of almighty BTC madness. In regards to fees and transfer speeds is what I mean @buttcoins. Coinbase lets you buy LTC I think and you will not get molested unreasonably in the transfer fees when you put it over to bittrex, I think you'll save a lot on the buying fee as well but that's just a guess. The transfer fees I am sure about tho, it will be 20 c or around that much.