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As frequent traveller and long-standing market observer, our CEO/Managing Director, Ravindra Bhagwanani, has also personal opinions about the market of customer loyalty programs. Read in his blog his views and experiences.

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I’ve been passionate about aviation ever since I can remember and about FFPs ever since I started to think – yes, I am not one of these young bloggers, who were even not yet among us on 01 May 1981, when an idea of American Airlines was

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09 May 2022

My personal take was that the travel industry would use the downtime of Covid to reinvest in reconsidering certain CRM practices as this would have a long term impact on their business. A reality check shows, however, that my assumption was wrong.

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26 February 2022

Usually, businesses are well advised to stay out of politics. But as things can’t be called usual anymore right now, the picture might be different this time. So, what to do with the members based in Russia we all have in our loyalty programs?

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11 November 2021

Two major programs, American’s AAdvantage and Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club, have announced changes to their tier qualification rules over the last few days – pointing to diametrically opposed strategies. Who is right?

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22 October 2021

Finally, travel in many markets is technically possible again, but loyalty benefits are no longer a main decision element. This makes it critical for loyalty managers to reconsider their mission and to redefine their internal positioning.