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. The value can be immediate.
Currency Alliance
APRIL 15, 2024
Many loyalty program members will now be accustomed to similar liquidity enhancements, such as exchanging your American Express Membership Rewards Points into Avios or Bonvoy. Remember, your loyalty goal is not to issue the maximum number of points, but for the maximum number of customers to see joining your program as worthwhile.
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Currency Alliance
DECEMBER 13, 2018
Reward programs still have an important part to play in this effort; but they are only part of the picture. YouGov data from the UK shows that even the youth demographic – supposedly disloyal – thinks that points programs “are a good way for brands to reward customers and 59% think all brands should offer one.”. [iii].
Currency Alliance
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
The future represents much more collaboration among brands to serve common customers more effectively. An example of effective alignment of strategy with tactics include Australia’s Coles Supermarket chain and its flybuys reward program. altering customer behaviour to support corporate objectives, without upsetting people.
Currency Alliance
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Such ‘loyalty’ programs today are actually just rewards programs: ‘you do this and I will do that.’ This is normally in the form of static rules which apply a flat 1%+/- reward across the board. Hotel rooms forecast to be vacant would be a classic example. The stories will impact much of your customer base.
Currency Alliance
JUNE 11, 2019
Bribing customers is easy and, as with most easy initiatives, not very profitable. Banks have been in and out of rewards programs for decades – but their focus ebbs and flows depending on the economic cycle as well as the regulatory framework. For starters, it isn’t financially sustainable.
Currency Alliance
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Broadly speaking, most of the chains’ loyalty efforts have been in proprietary, albeit digitalized versions of the original S&H program: collecting in order to redeem for rewards, some digital couponing, and pushing out offers via a mobile app. Town Lodge Hotels. Musica (entertainment). Net Florist. Engen (fuel).
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