HOUSTON – With TSA wait times at Bush Airport in Houston stretching beyond 4+ hours at times, it’s sparked some entrepreneurs or less-stressed travelers to cash in on the crisis.
Social media is buzzing with people who claim they’ve bought spots in the long TSA lines for hundreds of dollars.
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One Instagram user says they spent $500 to cut the line at Bush Airport on Friday morning.
At the same time, an announcement is playing every few minutes in the terminal.
“Houston Airport does not endorse any for hire line standing services,“ the woman’s voice says. ”For your security, passengers should not pay individuals offering to hold their place in line as they are not authorized and have not been vetted. Please remain with your belongings and use only official airport queue. Passengers who choose to use unauthorized services do so at their own risk.”
One entrepeneur is trying to make a quick buck on the long TSA lines.
Steven Dial is charging $65 per hour waited in line, plus parking costs, according to his facebook post.
Does it cut as cutting the line? That’s up to your own interpretation.
However, cutting the line is another problem on it’s own. One group of travelers say a man jumped line and the airport staff let it happen.
“Well, we’ve been here for four or five hours. For somebody to just come and jump the line, I don’t think it’s right,” one traveller told KPRC 2’s Gage Goulding on Thursday. “Somebody should do something about it. They said, ‘Oh, carry on. Carry on.’ If they can’t enforce it then what’s the point of waiting five hours. We’ve been waiting for so long.”
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