Entries Tagged ‘American Airlines AAdvantage’:

Airlines and the Loyalty Asterisk™

Not only are the airlines missing a significant opportunity to engage their best customers based on data they already possess, they are eroding their value proposition by adding fees to multiple aspects of the in-flight experience as well as their frequent flyer programs.
In a WSJ “Middle Seat” column dated 2/3/09, I was reminded of the [...]

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Airlines Take Flight without Data

Deregulation of the US airline industry in 1978 was intended to create a competitive environment that would benefit the flying public and bring profitability to the airlines. With a number of bull and bear cycles under the belt, 2009 finds the airlines continuing to struggle for profits, and consumers once again being punished just for [...]

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Finding the Truth in Loyalty Marketing

An introduction to the Loyalty Truth blog
The launch of the American Airlines AAdvantage program in 1981 is thought by most marketing historians to signal the birth of the loyalty marketing business. Like prehistoric man rising from a knuckle dragging existence to moving about on two feet, AAdvantage was a huge step forward from the first [...]

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