Originally Posted by
narvik
Oh gosh, I hope not!
Is there -or would there be- ANYONE who actually signs up for a credit card based on someone standing at an airport or in a plane offering this???
Apparently so.
I could see having the FAs hawk the cards a la US Air as being revenue-neutral if no one signs up so no harm in trying - after all - the FAs need to be on board working the whole time anyway, what's another announcement. But obviously there are costs (I'd guess almost 100% to Chase) to setting up a booth in an airport (rent?), paying someone to staff it, likely costs for the staff (contractors) for travel/parking, etc. Obviously, if Chase wasn't making money on it, they wouldn't want to be paying those costs.
Kind of like the unsolicited direct mail pieces, 100% of which get thrown away in my house and by most people I know. But if they weren't getting enough response from them, they wouldn't be mailing them.