Soliciting allowed at airport; ‘roaming’ for customers not

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 21, 2013

~~Question: Why is it that Hawaiian Airlines credit card department employees are allowed to solicit passengers waiting at the gate? I thought no solicitation is allowed at the airport. This has happened at least twice as I waited for flights to Kauai. Someone wearing a Hawaiian Airlines shirt came up to each of us sitting at the gate, introduced himself as working for the credit card department, then solicited us to get a Hawaiian Air charge card. I felt uncomfortable. And what about security? Anyone could say they worked for the airlines.
Answer: Commercial solicitations and other commercial activities are allowed at state airports by permit, but “roaming” to do so is not.
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Question: Why is it that Hawaiian Airlines credit card department employees are allowed to solicit passengers waiting at the gate? I thought no solicitation is allowed at the airport. This has happened at least twice as I waited for flights to Kauai. Someone wearing a Hawaiian Airlines shirt came up to each of us sitting at the gate, introduced himself as working for the credit card department, then solicited us to get a Hawaiian Air charge card. I felt uncomfortable. And what about security? Anyone could say they worked for the airlines.

Answer: Commercial solicitations and other commercial activities are allowed at state airports by permit, but “roaming” to do so is not. Login for more...