Strategy in Airline Loyalty: Frequent Flyer Programs

ISBN-13: 9783319625997 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 268 str.

Evert R. de Boer

Opis

This book offers the first comprehensive exploration of frequent flyer programs. Strategy in Airline Loyalty also explores how the programs have evolved over time from marketing programs to financial powerhouses, identifying both the catalysts for change, as well as the strategic options and underlying trade-offs available to airlines.

Spis treści

1. Introduction.- 2. The different types of frequent flyer programs.- 3. Core elements of the frequent flyer program.- 4. The economics and accounting of frequent flyer programs.- 5. Exploring the eco-system of the frequent flyer program.- 6. Taking the frequent flyer program to measure.- 7. Trends and innovations.- 8. The standalone frequent flyer program.- 9. Future of the frequent flyer program.- 10. Conclusion.

O autorze

Evert R. de Boer has researched and worked in airline loyalty strategy since 2000. He has collaborated with more than 15 airlines globally on frequent flyer programs in management and advisory roles, and has published numerous articles and white papers on the subject.

Blurb

This book offers the first comprehensive exploration of frequent flyer programs. By combining academic research with extensive insights and examples from the actual business world, it explores the key drivers and strategies of airline loyalty marketing today in an unprecedented manner. Strategy in Airline Loyalty also explores how the programs have evolved over time from marketing programs to financial powerhouses, identifying both the catalysts for change, as well as the strategic options and underlying trade-offs available to airlines. Covering diverse angles ranging from behavioral economics, to accounting, and structural design, the book reviews every core aspect of frequent flyer programs and offers extensive frameworks and definitions. The book provides a useful and complete reference for researchers, and helps those interested in frequent flyer programs to develop a better understanding of their past, present and future.