We came to the Bluebonnet Airshow here in March, it was our second time to come and both times it was amazing! Such a fun experience to see all the planes and watch them do tricks, worth every penny and fun for all ages. I do want to give a heads up though, there is one booth that was there this time, where they were selling tshirts and toys from the previous year for less money.
We went with them for the cheaper tshirt prices and they were "Having trouble with their card reader," and had to swipe our card multiple times on multiple card readers and even tried our card for another account.
Within in one week of the Airshow, we started getting fraudulent charges on both accounts! Each charge for the same amount from different made up companies and they all had a phone number that called the same scam office!
Not the fault of the Airport or the people who run the Airshow, but avoid a booth if you go next year that's selling the previous year's merchandise for less money, they will steal your card info!
We just reported multiple fraudulent charges from March-now all from the same scam. Our bank sent us fraud alerts and we logged in and saw that it's been happening ever since the show, when...
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