Thursday, December 7, 2023
the magic of loyalty

The Magic of Loyalty

The magic of loyalty is something we've all experienced in our lifetimes, and yet, few of us can articulate that powerful feeling while linking...

Are frequent flyer miles a liability for FFPs?

Are miles a liability for frequent flyer programs? At the end of 2015, members of the American Airlines AAdvantage program had over 853 BILLION frequent...
shadow member loyalty

Shadow Loyalty Members – The Revenue Hiding in Plane Sight

Take a moment to consider the following: Who are the most valuable passengers to the airline? How do the airlines track and measure total...
airline loyalty programs

5 Tips For Pitching Your Product To An Airline Loyalty Program

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...

How airline loyalty programs use big data to drive new revenue

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...
Let's Talk Loyalty

Positioning Airline Loyalty Programs for New Value Creation

This is my favourite podcast so far in 2022. Let's Talk Loyalty host, Paula Thomas, has a powerful conversation with loyalty industry heavyweight Mark...
Loyalty and Revenue Management

Loyalty & Revenue Management – The Super Duo

"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...

Airline Loyalty Blockchain – Is it all hype?

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...

How To Monetize Award Inventory in the Age of Data-Driven Travel

Airlines across the globe remain focused on maximizing utility of their existing digital assets, including their highly lucrative loyalty programs, which in the US...

Commercializing frequent flyer program member data

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

Loyalty Programs Need More Control to Fuel Growth of Airline Industry Valuations

According to a recent SEC filing, American Airlines AAdvantage generated $1B cash in Q2 2022, representing a 73% gross margin for the loyalty business. American...
reinvent loyalty

Leadership Interview: Reinventing Loyalty Programs

Industry veterans, Dave Canty and Phil Gunter join the Loyalty Summit WebCast to discuss reinventing loyalty programs. In the Loyalty Leaders Insights discussion series, we...
airline loyalty

5 Predictions for Airline Loyalty in 2020

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...
qantas

Under the Hood: What the Qantas Frequent Flyer Changes Really Mean For Members

Under the Hood: What the Qantas Frequent Flyer Changes Really Mean For Members. Last week, Qantas announced an overhaul of the frequent flyer program. The Australian...

Predicting Loyalty Churn – Cathay Pacific Marco Polo [Case Study]

Cathay Pacific Marco Polo loyalty program changes in 2015 could have cost the company over $1B in lost revenue Big data can now predict when...
airline loyalty data

Monetizing Data: How Much is Airline Loyalty Data Worth?

Successful data-driven airlines typically attribute value of the airline loyalty data they collect within the loyalty program based on the commercial application of that...

Simple Actions To Increase Loyalty Revenue

Increase loyalty revenue with these simple tips My mission with Travel Data Daily has always been to push the loyalty industry forward, usher in better...

How Airlines Measure Loyalty

For years, the airline loyalty industry has been debating over what the definition of a high-value customer is. One that spends big on airline...
united mileage plus

United Airlines Breakdown: MileagePlus Loyalty Program Changes

Breakdown of the United Airlines MileagePlus Program Changes. Recently, United Airlines MileagePlus announced that from November 15th, 2019, the program would be changing. The program will...

Leadership Interview: Time For A Loyalty Reboot

The Aviation Festival Asia is hosting a series of leadership interviews with experts in their respective fields to discuss key airline challenges, insights and...

Disrupting Airline Loyalty – The billion dollar risk airlines are taking

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...
Virgin Australia Velocity

Virgin Australia to buy back 35% stake in Velocity for $700M

Did Velocity really double in value over 5 years and is it worth AUD $2bn? Virgin Australia announced its intention to buy back its 35%...
Frontier Airlines

Leadership Interview: Frontier Airlines Insights

"MASSIVELY INSIGHTFUL - Something all airlines can learn from".  That is how Aviation Festival Americas organisers described the recent "What's the Status of Status"...
frequent flyer status extension

Will airlines & hotels ever end the unlimited free elite status extensions?

Over the past two years -  airlines, hotels and travel companies extended complimentary status for elites because, Covid. These elite status extensions were mainly justified...
changing frequent flyer programs

Should airline management be forced to pay full price for tickets?

Why are frequent flyer programs constantly changing? Before we get to the nitty-gritty of frequent flyer programs logic, consider the following scenarios: You pay full price...
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