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The “Jetway Jesus” Scam: Travelers Suffer as Liars Use Loopholes for Perks
Retirement Media ^ | December 21, 2025 | Anthony Dierna

Posted on 12/21/2025 11:51:22 AM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 12/21/2025 11:51:22 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: 04-Bravo; 1FASTGLOCK45; 1stFreedom; 2ndDivisionVet; 2sheds; 60Gunner; 6AL-4V; A.A. Cunningham; ...

Aviation Ping!..................


2 posted on 12/21/2025 11:51:50 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

My assistance alligator will need his own wheelchair too.


3 posted on 12/21/2025 11:55:38 AM PST by KarlInOhio (I pray that the sleeping giant has finally awakened and been filled with a terrible resolve.)
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To: KarlInOhio

And my Honey Badger.................


4 posted on 12/21/2025 11:57:53 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

Survey says wheelchair fakers are 91-09 Liberal Democrats.


5 posted on 12/21/2025 11:58:17 AM PST by citizen (A transgender malel competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: Red Badger

A Festivist Miracle!


6 posted on 12/21/2025 11:58:27 AM PST by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: Big Red Badger

A faith healer on board the plane would complete the scam.

Lol.


7 posted on 12/21/2025 11:59:26 AM PST by cgbg (The master is nice only when the dog behaves as expected.)
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To: Big Red Badger

Benny Hinn couldn’t dream up a better scam!................


8 posted on 12/21/2025 11:59:27 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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,,, one of my hips has osteo arthritis. When I stand up it’s agony, when I get into my car, it’s the same but once I get rolling it’s easy enough to keep walking - not comfortable but I get to where I’m going. Some airports have the moving walkways that you stand on - the flat escalator. They’re a great help as you can hold the moving handrail as you’re transported. Now I know about the jetway scam I won’t be using wheelchairs even if they’re easily available.


9 posted on 12/21/2025 12:03:16 PM PST by shaggy eel (A long way south of the border.)
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But you would actually qualify!.............


10 posted on 12/21/2025 12:06:09 PM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

I’ve wondered this. +20 people lined up in wheel chairs to preboard


11 posted on 12/21/2025 12:08:34 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )
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,,, yeah, I would but I’d hate to have an audience being da haters. Air travel keeps changing but not for better at the ground side.


12 posted on 12/21/2025 12:09:22 PM PST by shaggy eel (A long way south of the border.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

And probably only 1 or 2 actually need it.............


13 posted on 12/21/2025 12:10:31 PM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger; cgbg

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14 posted on 12/21/2025 12:13:51 PM PST by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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Yep I have seen this very often in Dallas Love airport.
Not often at Phoenix Skyharbor.


15 posted on 12/21/2025 12:14:59 PM PST by Zathras
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I saw this in the Miami airport a few years ago. People would get up out of their wheelchair and go back and sit down. Most were of a certain demographic.


16 posted on 12/21/2025 12:17:23 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: shaggy eel
moving walkways

Love those things ... stand right, walk left. They almost double my usual brisk pace.

17 posted on 12/21/2025 12:23:20 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Red Badger

Paid extra to board early on my last flight on Southwest. Disability of the two seated next to me appeared to be deafness. Got more than one carry on? You get to board last so everyone else gets at least one overhead bin!


18 posted on 12/21/2025 12:28:10 PM PST by utax
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To: NorthMountain

,,, I stand on those things and just enjoy being “managed” :)


19 posted on 12/21/2025 12:28:17 PM PST by shaggy eel (A long way south of the border.)
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To: Red Badger

I am a private pilot and worked intimately with the airline industry and I avoid flying commercial at all possible.


20 posted on 12/21/2025 12:29:54 PM PST by CodeToad
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