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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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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

They understand that delivering on the tangible and functional elements of value are just table stakes, and that connecting, and having an emotionally-based relationship with customers are keys to leveraging loyalty, advocacy, and brand-bonding behavior. Southwest Airlines could offer first-class seating, but they don’t.

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

Beyond Philosophy

Without fear of (much) argument, it’s a fair statement that all companies want, and try to generate and achieve, optimum loyalty from their customer base. Customer loyalty programs are especially popular among retailers. The company has long claimed that a loyalty program isn’t needed because their prices are so low.

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Forget About the Wow. What Should You Fix NOW?

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

They are silently chipping away at your customers’ loyalty RIGHT NOW while you chase after that elusive “WOW” experience. Airlines have long practiced “re-accommodating” ticketed passengers. Customers complained but it didn’t necessarily impact their loyalty…until the infamous video. ).

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

Beyond Philosophy

And, what is the impact of loyalty programs on enterprise profitability? 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. Key among these are: Integrate Loyalty Into the Full Experience. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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What Customer-Centric Companies Must Do To Become Customer-Obsessed

Beyond Philosophy

Performance measurement is focused, and shared, on what most monetizes customer behavior (loyalty, emotion, and communication metrics such as brand bonding and advocacy, replacing satisfaction and recommendation). Customer behavior is recognized as essential to enterprise success, and optimal relationships are sought.

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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.