Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 7, 2015

We booked our flight through US Airways , but all our flights were operated by American Airlines. It should be noted it was booked this way through the airline, meaning we weren’t cobbling together two flights. The AIRLINE changed both flight times in the months between booking and leaving. Thanks, AA! No complaints.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 4, 2015

In episode 15, we tackle the subject of how certain industries can get away with treating customers poorly and still get good business results. Industries that have long held customers because of lack of choices like airlines, cable and financial institutions are now beginning to pay the piper! Customer inclusion from the start.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

I love this example from Southwest Airlines. Simple, but a really nice way to connect with customers in an unexpected way. Customers flying through Sacramento might have seen a handwritten thank you note attached to their luggage when they arrived at their destination last month. Don’t turn it into a sales pitch.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 15, 2014

For leaders to make smart decisions about who the best, most loyal and most profitable customers are, they need to understand the makeup of the customer population. This often means creating special loyalty programs , elite experiences, and special perks to maintain the top 1% of customers. How do you gauge customer value?

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Loyalty Programs Airlines Social Media Loyalty 268

LiveChat

APRIL 14, 2017

United Airlines is a company that proves that aviation disaster can happen before the plane goes up. As you might suspect, the whole situation caused a social media outrage over United Airlines, however, as time has passed, everyone stopped talking about it. Lesson #1: Don’t put your policies first. Seriously, don’t.

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Airlines Customer Service Social Media Magazine 48

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 26, 2015

As customers, we don’t see the difference between our corner coffee shop and a multinational corporation. So customers tell me, again and again, that I should really pitch this improvement idea to three industries. It is a often a price-based customer battlefield. Social Customer Care: Best Practices for Major Engagement.

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Customer Experience Social Media Leadership Airlines 274

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 23, 2015

I think that social media to excess might be the next generation’s big regret. I read on an airline magazine that Tuesday is the most productive day of the week. I wonder, is that because engagement on Social media kicks up on hump day? Social media is here to stay. So how do we fix this?

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Social Media Net Promoter Score Magazine Airlines 155

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 15, 2015

Your employees play a huge role in driving your customer experience. If they’re unhappy, unfriendly or just plain bored with their jobs, that will translate into a miserable experience for your customers. And the experiences their customers report reflect that.

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Eptica

JUNE 8, 2016

Given these factors, how is the sector performing when it comes to customer experience? The latest Eptica Multichannel Customer Experience Study suggests that both airlines and package operators are struggling to cope with the move to digital. Turning to social media things were not much better.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 26, 2015

I own my own business, meaning I can’t always be faithful to one airline. Jeannie Walters Jeannie Walters is the Chief Customer Experience Investigator™ and founder of 360Connext, a global consulting firm specializing in the cornerstones of customer experience: customer engagement, employee engagement and connections like social media.

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Alida

JULY 28, 2016

Here’s a look at the rise of big data hype, its untimely death and what it all means for for marketers, researchers and other business professionals who use customer intelligence. Social media platforms such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram are examples of the real-time datafication of customers’ lives.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 11, 2014

This inevitably leads to problems and customers disappear. The best companies begin with a mission directly aimed at customers. Take Southwest Airlines, whose mission is about service, without even mentioning an airplane! 360Connext serves mid-market companies and larger by helping them evaluate their true customer experience.

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Customer Experience Customer Journey Mapping Leadership Airlines 272

ProProfs Chat

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

To help you understand this further, we’ve put together a list of 60+ customer loyalty statistics that have been divided into the following categories: Customer Loyalty Program Statistics. Benefits of Improving Customer Loyalty. Customer Loyalty B2B Statistics. Social Media & Customer Loyalty.

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Avaya

JUNE 1, 2018

If you were managing a large team of contact centre agents, how long would it take you to cut a few seconds from the average handle time or average time customers wait in your IVR queue? While your organisation’s contact centre is no longer the sole owner of customer engagement, by no means are contact centre metrics any less important.

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Customer Experience Social Media Average Handle Time Airlines 56

Currency Alliance

APRIL 15, 2024

This means that loyalty programs are now a more important channel for customer acquisition and retention than ever before. Customer frequency is partly determined by the nature of your business. On the other hand, 60-70% of customers may be motivated to redeem in the currency of a partnered airline or hotel.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Airlines Banking 52

Think Customers

MARCH 2, 2023

While being more strategic about CX means seeking out savings, the panelists wondered how Frontier Airlines’ recent cost-cutting move to eliminate live telephone support will play out. The discount carrier now directs callers to its website, mobile app, social media, WhatsApp and chat. “It

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2023 Contact Center Average Handle Time Roadmap 52

Eptica

JUNE 3, 2016

They expect a fast response – otherwise they are likely to escalate their complaint and share it through social media. Otherwise they will simply use their mobile to complain on social media – before heading to your competitors. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Customer Service Social Media 2014 Contact Center 56

LoyaltyPlus

AUGUST 4, 2017

CRM Plus is embedded primarily with our core Loyalty engine LoyaltyPlus, together with our customer engagement offering “EngagementPlus”, which enables the different customer engagement points supported by an engagement strategy which includes campaigning, document management, and a host of other engagement strategies.

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ShepHyken

JULY 1, 2022

More and more people are learning about different places through these different apps and social media platforms. With the ongoing pandemic, the travel industry is probably the closest to witnessing a hyper-focus on customer experience. In the evolving times, all it takes is a click of a button on social media to make it viral!

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Airlines Travel Hotels E Commerce 73

ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Your business will be recognized for outstanding customer services that always strive to deliver unique value to their customers. Altimeter research says that the most critical cause of dissatisfied customers is inadequate customer service portrayed loudly on social media. ??

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Customer Service Social Media Customer Retention Loyalty 101

SurveySensum

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Note: A higher CRR typically indicates customer loyalty , trust, and a strong value proposition, while a lower one suggests potential churn and the need for enhanced customer engagement and service quality. So why not strengthen customer relationships with personalization? Real-Life Example: Apple Inc.

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Avaya

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Avaya’s mission-critical Customer Engagement technology, which supports the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Operations Center at Peterson Air Force Base, helps volunteers carefully monitor Santa’s travels and ensure his safety using radar, satellites, planes, and Santa Cams strategically positioned worldwide.

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Contact Center Travel Government Airlines 80

Customer Alignment

AUGUST 15, 2017

The poor management of these areas is probably the airline customers’ biggest pain point. Even if disruption is sometimes unavoidable; airports, airlines and all other parties involved in the travel process shouldn’t be excused from taking responsibility and ownership of the problem from the customer.

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Airlines Customer Experience Travel Social Media 40

ProProfs Chat

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Following a trip made from Chicago to Paris, Hasan Syed, one of the customers, was frustrated at British Airways’ inability to tackle the issue of lost luggage. Syed thus turned to Twitter and expressed his anger towards the airline. . After all, when a customer loses the luggage, they expect the issue to be resolved at the earliest.

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Customer Service Airlines Net Promoter Score Customer Retention 68

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The best-known loyalty programs are made up of many partnerships – such as United Airlines and Hilton Hotels, or Emirates and Marriott. The majority of existing partnerships at big loyalty programs are brokered with one goal in mind: creating more value for the most frequent customers.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Airlines Travel 59

Eptica

JUNE 24, 2016

In 2015 he published a report looking at the difference in revenue growth between pairs of similar businesses in five sectors (cable communications, airlines, investments, retail and health insurance). One had significantly higher customer experience scores than the other, and this correlated with higher revenues in four out of five sectors.

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Calabrio

APRIL 20, 2016

Or, is it a buzzing and dynamic environment equipped with 21 st century customer engagement and analytics technology that empowers businesses to predict customer needs? Gone are the days when a customer’s first instinct was to pick up the phone to contact his or her cable provider or airline carrier.

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Contact Center Omnichannel Airlines Social Media 56

Bold360

APRIL 27, 2017

Time and time again they top the list of airlines to which customers feel loyal. And when you look at their rewards scheme, it’s all about seeing the customers as individuals. Intelligent support bots can interact with your customers on every channel, from mobile website to app, and from desktop to social media.

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Tourism Travel Customer Service E-support 56

SurveySensum

MAY 20, 2020

After speaking to some marketing experts, and gaining their insights on the evolution of marketing strategies due to COVID-19, here are some points that gauge the impact of COVID-19 on customer engagement. How will COVID-19 affect Customer Experience? Brands have given key attention to Social Media.

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Customer Experience Social Media Banking Healthcare 52

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Loyalty rules explained Loyalty rules are needed because different customer actions are more or less valuable to the business, and different redemptions are more or less profitable. This means that if you can vary the value of an action or price of a reward, you can optimize your loyalty program for greater customer engagement and ROI.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Social Media ROI 52

Alida

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Start by clearly defining what your company stands for, developing an understanding of how customers engage with your brand and prioritizing lasting emotional connections with consumers. According to Vanderbilt, social media and our sharing economy have transformed how people’s tastes are influenced by others.

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Kitewheel

AUGUST 14, 2020

Bad customer experiences can have as much of an effect. Just as people like to discuss their positive opinions of brands online, negative impressions of companies can spread on social media, as well. Some companies have learned this the hard way, such as United Airlines, who, in 2017, lost $1.4

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Net Promoter Score Customer Experience Social Media Customer Satisfaction 52

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 20, 2015

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.

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SaleMove

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

By now, we’re all familiar with customer experience horror stories—those viral videos of customer service gone terribly, terribly wrong. The airline passenger dragged from an overbooked flight. The holiday package destroyed by an inept delivery man. The four hours in phone calls required just to cancel your cable subscription.

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Customer Service Banking Airlines Social Media 55

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

But if you want customers to care, you have to give them something in the first place. There was one airline I flew with a lot and I got a decent amount of value from that one, but the others were a waste of time. Intelligent chatbot assistants from different brands get in touch quite a lot via social media messaging.

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2022 Airlines Hotels Loyalty Programs 45

SaleMove

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

By now, we’re all familiar with customer experience horror stories—those viral videos of customer service gone terribly, terribly wrong. The airline passenger dragged from an overbooked flight. The holiday package destroyed by an inept delivery man. The four hours in phone calls required just to cancel your cable subscription.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Banking Airlines Social Media 40

Comm100

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Social media is a modern day holy grail for businesses: should your company achieve a successful social media strategy, the promise is happiness (for you and your customers), abundance (of engagement and incoming cash flow), and longevity (of your corporation… social media is, after all, a major driver of what keeps businesses relevant nowadays).

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Social Media Customer Service White Paper Airlines 61