Loyalty Programs

The Loyalty Summit continues to host regular weekly Loyalty Webinars with special industry expert guest speakers. In the Loyalty Leaders Insights discussion, we went all-out...

Dear Frequent Flyer Programs of the World, Thank you for making 2016 a year to remember in the loyalty business. A year of devaluation announcements, revoking...

A famous statistician once said, "All models are wrong, but some are useful." This could not be truer for loyalty program models in our current...

Loyalty game mechanics can be a massive revenue driver for both airlines, and their frequent flyer programs. Getting to the advanced state of leveraging from...

I recently shared an article on how airlines are using information to individually price airfares and extract maximum value from passengers which was thought...

Big Data in loyalty programs is being used to learn detailed profile metrics on our customers and use predictive semantics to identify triggers of...

Change is in the air, and disrupting airline loyalty programs is coming from an unlikely source. Globally, airline loyalty programs generate billions of dollars in...

Pitching your product to an airline loyalty program? Here are 5 tips from someone who has run a global airline loyalty program into the most...

When was the last time a loyalty platform vendor said their technology would generate more revenue for your organisation than it costs to buy...

There are indications that the level of interest towards brand loyalty remains increasingly strong. Do a quick search in Google Trends and interest in the topic of...

The rise of predictive analytics has brought many benefits to marketers. The tremendous amount of both real-time and historical data available about customer behaviour...

Cathay Pacific announced changes to the Marco Polo program today which come into effect for all flights taken after April 16, 2016. These changes have...

Creating a new airline loyalty status tier - part two In the previous paper, creating a new airline loyalty status tier - part one, we...

Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) is the latest major global hotel chain to cut off loyalty perks for elite loyalty members who make their reservations...

It's often thought that loyalty programs are designed to reward customers with special offers, treats, and discounts in the hope of retaining their business...

Consider today's problem... You take a flight to see family for Christmas, and you earn some frequent flyer miles...You buy a coffee from Starbucks once...

Some of the hot topics in the loyalty industry right now are Managing Liability, Member Redemptions & Member Engagement. How important is it for Loyalty...

In 2020 -  United Airlines announced a US $5B loan secured by MileagePlus, proving once again that the Loyalty Program is more valuable than...

Looking back over the past 10-years, could we have predicted the airline loyalty industry would be where it's at today? Could we have predicted that...

How airline loyalty programs use big data to drive new revenue The past few years have seen a wave of travel companies member accounts compromised...

Creating a new loyalty status tier can make or break loyalty program economics. From both internal and public perception - new loyalty tiers are exciting! They...

The Loyalty Summit hosted the first in a series of online webinar events, with the recent event titled The Importance of Loyalty in a...

"Show me the money!" That's what Jerry Maguire says to keep his Client in Cameron Crowe's 1996 film starring Tom Cruise in which Jerry, a...

According to research by Loyalty Data Co, up to 60% of all Status Match submissions are fraudulent. With no way to know how many times...

Online Travel Agents (OTAs) are known as an efficient distribution channel for hotel rooms, but with more major hotel brands pushing direct bookings to...