Originally Posted by
cactusflyer
Having spent quite a bit of time in the back of Horizon airplanes, I can assure it was the flight attendants selling credit cards, and not anyone on the flight deck.
As I understand it, Visa pays the flight attendants a certain amount for every application that gets processed (along with bonuses for "top performers"), so there's a financial incentive for them to hawk the cards, despite the fact that most of the passengers just ignore the pitch or find it annoying.
We have one or two "special" pilots who will do this sort of thing... they make you want to slouch down in your seat as much as possible when you are in back and in uniform.