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How to Handle Lost Luggage: A Lesson From the Airlines

ShepHyken

I’m not sure if there is a term for this phobia, but I have the fear of airlines losing my luggage. My memory of the few times my luggage was lost by the airlines includes waiting until I’m the last guy standing at the baggage carousel. Of course, they sent me a final message confirming the luggage was delivered.

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Southwest Airlines gets a CX kudos during Hurricane Harvey

Customer Bliss

About 500 Southwest Airlines customers were stranded at Houston’s Hobby Airport last Sunday morning once the Hurricane Harvey flooding began and the FAA shut down Hobby. What Southwest did was good humanity, of course, but it was also great customer experience. What did Southwest do? Something great from a CX perspective.

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Vice President of Southwest Airlines Inflight Operations, with Sonya LaCore – CB45

Customer Bliss

Southwest Airlines has an industry-standard approach to promoting people from within. Sonya Lacore has proudly served Southwest Airlines for 15 years, Sonya began her career as a flight attendant. Sonya has a wealth of knowledge, experience and understanding of the needs in the airline industry. Episode Overview. About Sonya.

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Cost-Cutting Airlines – Headed for Trouble!

Beyond Philosophy

I’ve been flying major airlines for a long time, and like everyone else, I’ve noticed the changes – and not in a good way. At American Airlines, for example, incentive payments for top executives are now determined exclusively by income and cost savings. Of course, you also need to earn profits, otherwise you couldn’t keep operating.

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The high and lows of airline customer service

Helen Dewdney

Many airlines have not treated customers well, such as British Airways taking advantage of the law not being clear on refunds. And, of course, it works both ways. We have seen in the UK a number of airlines offering vouchers instead of refunds for trips that passengers could not take due to the pandemic. Be ethical and fair.

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Broken Promises: United Airlines Edition

Kerry Bodine

On September 24, 2013, United Airlines sent out an email announcing its renewed commitment to customer experience and the resurrection of its “Fly The Friendly Skies” tagline from decades past. We’re giving you an unmatched global network with more onboard product features, better technology and, of course, great customer service.”.

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A United Airlines Post Mortem Discussion, With Diane Magers – CB48

Customer Bliss

The United Airlines incident is eventually going to fade from public consciousness, but I wanted to try and address it a few times. Episode Overview. As we all know, customer experience happens in the real world — it’s companies and organizations interacting with their customers. Are they taking accountability and solving?

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