The airline industry is on its knees and at the mercy of Governments, Shareholders and cashed-up billionaire investors who’ve always wanted to be millionaires. With limited signs of recovery, and an 18-month outlook that looks at best, dire – many airlines will simply run out of cash and round upon the heap with the likes […]

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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 ooze optimism and are a sign of strength for the loyalty program. In recent years seen a bunch of new airline loyalty tiers hit the market – including some […]

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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 be moving away from fixed Saver and Everyday fixed miles rates, and removing the award chart. That means MileagePlus members will lose transparency on the number of miles required […]

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As airlines and MRO providers embrace data analytics to help drive efficiencies, their organizations must first ensure they have basic protocols in place to properly navigate what is proving to be a complex and evolving path. American Airlines is tackling this by going “back to the basics,” Becky McCarty, the airline’s manager-data management for tech […]

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