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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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.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2017

A few examples – just so readers don´t think I am inventing this – include Amazon Prime (household penetration), Nordstrom (multi-tender), Hilton Honors (redeeming with Amazon), La Quinta Hotels (Redeem Away), Tesco (increased redemption partners), and the list goes on.

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Currency Alliance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Even though Plenti failed[i], Amex’s effort showed belief in the coalition model by one of the biggest names in reward programs. The “Marriott More” program allows its members to earn and redeem points on everyday retail purchases[iii]. It began as the “frequent flyer program”. This is a big part of why Plenti failed.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 21, 2019

More agile, affordable, and powerful loyalty platforms are now top priority for brands as they seek to build the richest customer insight, and enable differentiation in an increasingly crowded loyalty landscape – where gaining customer attention will be a major bottleneck. Maintain competitive edge.

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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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Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

In any case, I think the vast majority of practitioners will be as excited as I am, to think what this wave of innovation means for consumers: more brands finding cleverer, more meaningful ways to create compelling customer value. A disloyal generation?

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