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3 Examples of Change for the Better in Airlines

Beyond Philosophy

There have been many great stories in the past couple of months about airlines doing what was right by their Customers. Frontier Airlines Pilot Feeds His Passengers While Stranded on Runway. Southwest Airlines is a great Customer-centric airline with excellent employee engagement.

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Lesson #10: B2B VoC and B2C VoC Are Completely Different

PeopleMetrics

Are they businesses ( B2B ) or consumers ( B2C )? For example, in the airline industry, customers with the highest CLV are frequent fliers. American Airlines serves so many customers each day that following up with every individual complaint about a rude flight attendant or a broken seat is impossible. Who are your customers?

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Making Optimal Customer Experience A Focus of Your Company’s (And Your) Thinking and Doing: The Case for Foundation and Advanced CEM Training

Beyond Philosophy

Southwest Airlines could offer first-class seating, but they don’t. The post Making Optimal Customer Experience A Focus of Your Company’s (And Your) Thinking and Doing: The Case for Foundation and Advanced CEM Training appeared first on Beyond Philosophy. They market, and create experiences, within the branded vision.

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Would Consumers (Really) Spend More For Better Service?

Beyond Philosophy

Sometimes it is differentiating, and offers consumers definite benefits – such as practiced by companies like Zappos, Wegmans, Ritz Carlton, Rackspace, Southwest Airlines, Trader Joe’s, Amazon, Baptist Health Care, and Zane’s Cycles – and sometimes it is just one of multiple factors which contribute to customer loyalty or disloyalty behavior.

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eBay & PayPal’s Split is Good for Customers

Beyond Philosophy

What’s great about this split for the consumer? I’m sure many of you are wondering how this will affect you, the consumer. I think spinning off into PayPal is great for consumers in many ways, including: It gives PayPal a chance to build a new brand. Airlines don’t either. PayPal has a perception problem.

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McKinsey Thinks Bland, Generic Loyalty Programs Are Killing Business – And They May Be Right!

Beyond Philosophy

These programs produce positive sales increases for hotels, for example, but negative sales impact on car rental, airlines and food retail. Overall, companies with loyalty programs have grown at about the same rate as companies without them; but there is variance in performance value among industries.

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Loyalty Programs!?! We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Loyalty Programs!!!

Beyond Philosophy

Airlines, as well, are doing their part to diminish the perceived value of their customer loyalty programs. Certainly, frequent flyers have been bitterly complaining about these airlines, and the “quite shameful” and “blow to the solar plexus” moves, on social media and online forums.