filed in Airline on May.01, 2010
In the midst of checking a slew of emails, it would have been easy to ignore this short message from American Airlines:
“We would like to provide you with an important update to the American Airlines AAdvantage® program. Effective July 1, 2010, the Marriott Rewards program will no longer offer AAdvantage miles for stays at Marriott [...]
filed in Loyalty Asterisk™, Thought Leadership on Apr.02, 2010
Yesterday was April 1. To my surprise, I received these fantastic offers from three of my favorite loyalty programs.
American Airlines AAdvantage sent me an email offering discounts on fares between some of my favorite and most traveled cities. They even distinguished between those cities which I frequent for business and those for personal or vacation [...]
filed in Airline, Loyalty Futures on Nov.24, 2009
Almost 10 years ago, I wrote an opinion piece for COLLOQUY questioning whether Frequent Flyer miles were still the most valuable currency in the Loyalty Marketing landscape. The premise was that the weakening value of the FF mile might open the door for a better offer to capture the loyalty imagination of consumers. The next [...]
filed in Airline, Banking & Cards on Sep.26, 2009
Citibank launched its ThankYou! Network in 2004 and in doing so, staked out ground as the first top-tier bank to embark on a rewards program that went beyond credit card and included multiple retail bank products like checking accounts and consumer loans.
Credit to the first bank to launch a Relationship Banking program in North America [...]
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