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What Airlines Can Learn from the Theme Park Industry

Kitewheel

The customer experience for airlines is made even worse by the shrinking window for customers to reach their gate, frustration at people cutting in line, or a sense that there are not enough attendants at the front desk, gate, or any other location. For an airline, long or unwieldy lines also represent a business problem.

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First 100% Remote Airline Loyalty Implementation from LoyaltyPlus

LoyaltyPlus

We’re all very aware of the unique and unprecedented challenges airlines face today. As a well-established Loyalty Solution provider, previously sold as the branded solution for a well known PSS, we are perhaps one of the best kept secrets in the airline market in terms of our own brand. Sound interesting?

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Hospitality Brands: Facing the Pressure with Digital Solutions

Lithium

For whatever reason, certain travelers are left on hold for hours, and for better or worse, these travelers are forced to use only a handful of support and engagement channels. Khoros is here to say that there’s much more to customer engagement in the travel industry than Twitter and outdated phone systems. A New Approach.

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Challenges of Understanding the Customer Journey End-to-End

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

Understanding the customer journey end-to-end helps brands innovate around the experience. But the experience is more than what a customer does after purchase. Airlines may argue their journey is about the actual time in-air for a customer, but as customers, we all know it starts earlier and ends later.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of March 11, 2024

ShepHyken

Seven Easy Ways to Make Your Customers Feel Valued by Rolling Stone Culture Council (Rolling Stone) As their business grows, it’s all too easy for business owners to get swept up in the numbers and forget that there are real people behind their profits. Is Customer Empowerment the New Customer Engagement?

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Ford Versus Ferrari: A Lesson in Customer Experience?

ShepHyken

While both may appreciate a good customer experience, one wants a different product experience.   Here’s another example. Both brands offer the same functionality – a room with a bed, TV, bathroom, etc. Whether the customer drives a $25,000 Ford or a $250,000 Ferrari, if they are treated poorly, they aren’t coming back.

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United Airlines: Big Data to the Rescue of the Passenger Experience?

Michelli Experience

It’s hard to believe it has been seven months since United Airlines faced the first of three monumental customer experience debacles. In fairness, other airlines have faced similar flight delays due to computer-related “glitches” during the same time frame. Overbooking and United’s Technology Initiatives. Data Plus People.