... is up with these new Jupitor (sp?) visa vendors Useless Airways has hired to hawk their cards? You can't get through Terminal B at PIT without one of them yelling for you to "come on over" and get my free gift. They are unbelievably aggressive.

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You literally have to walk against the opposite wall to get away from these people. I agree, T's getting ugly and has been for a while now.

Aim to the bathroom on the left and whatever you do....don't look to the right. Only time you're screwed is when you get an ambitious one (probably a newbie) who comes out from the safety zone of the podium and comes after you....then it becomes a running game. Duck in the bathroom and they usually don't follow you.

Last resort....remember the hari krishna's in the original Airport movie?? Just start punching the crap out of them and leave them in a pile in the middle of the concourse.

Why not just lie and tell them you already have one?

Why not just lie and tell them you already have one?

It would be more effective to get physical.

What kind of information do they ask for? Can we just get the free stuff?

What kind of information do they ask for? Can we just get the free stuff?

They want your SSN

They'll run a credit inq which will ding your credit score a bit....for 20,000 DM I'll let them ding me, but not for a friggin T shirt.

Tell them you have a bad habit of eating plastic credit cards and your dr. told you to stop.

seriously, only stuff like this will make them feel like an idiot

Why not just lie and tell them you already have one?

I've done this and they argue with me saying that it's probably not theirs.

Tell them you have a bad habit of eating plastic credit cards and your dr. told you to stop.

seriously, only stuff like this will make them feel like an idiot

That's a good one.....maybe next time I'll put my cell phone up to my ear and tell them to wait while I check with my bankruptcy lawyer to see if I'm allowed to get a new credit card so soon........

I've never done this (I can't keep a straight face) but I know people who have. Some fun ways to deal with these pushy pushers

- Try to sell them life insurance. If you know the jargon, get into a pitch about how they might slip and fall on spilt drinks while chasing down passengers or getting run over by those F1-wannabe golf cart drivers, etc...

- Listen to everything but pretend the product is something else, not a CC. Diaper, car, cellphone plan, funeral insurance, face lift, strip club discount card, pro-abortion petition, etc.... Ask question pertinent to whatever you are pretending and don't let them stop. If you speak loud enough for all passerbys to hear, watch their reaction

I've had good luck just telling folks like this to Foff.......... Not creative but effective none the less. I have zero tolerance for this type of invasive behavior. It would be one thing if they were at a desk where you could go to them if you wished...quite another to be accosted while enroute.

1. ignore them, keep on walking
2. if you feel so inclined to engage them--as so many prior posts have indicated--don't SAY anything to them, (this may require a bit of perparation) respond to them in sign language.

Just tell 'em you're Canadian. It works for me every time.

tell them you just filed BK and are really hoping they approve you :)

who says you need to give your real SS#

I ran into a bunch of these busybodies this past May 31st at my connections in LAS and PHX and in all cases (PHX had like four groups of them, one for each US Airways concourse!) I told them that I carry the Plunder and Flee Plc. (http://www.plunderflee.com) World Elite Mastercard (it's a fictitious bank, PM me for more details) and that they couldn't pay me enough to switch.

At one podium station in PHX, while both attendants were busy accosting passengers, a group of teenage boys lifted several t-shirts, mugs, and plush animals ... and disappeared before the attendants knew what had hit them. :eek::cool:

At one podium station in PHX, while both attendants were busy accosting passengers, a group of teenage boys lifted several t-shirts, mugs, and plush animals ... and disappeared before the attendants knew what had hit them. :eek::cool:

That's great! I was just about to say that they're getting just as agressive at PHX.

I will have to brush up on my life-insurance salesman lingo before heading there next time!

Seriously, though, even the in-flight ads are getting to be too much.

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Last resort....remember the hari krishna's in the original Airport movie?? Just start punching the crap out of them and leave them in a pile in the middle of the concourse.

LMAO..... :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

1. ignore them, keep on walking
2. if you feel so inclined to engage them--as so many prior posts have indicated--don't SAY anything to them, (this may require a bit of perparation) respond to them in sign language.


CLASSIC!!! I may actually try that one. LOL

You could try walking past with a mobile phone to your ear and look like you're talking. Works for me.

Wow....they get up early too. They were acosting passengers at 6am at PIT when I got off of US1454 from LAX.

My favorite way of combatting them is to carry a Book of Mormon and say if they will take my literature and read it, I will take their's. A copy of WatchTower works just as well :)