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By reviewing the current initiatives and developments in frequent flyer programs (FFPs), De Boer is able to distill three themes that capture the trends and innovations that are taking place. The first trend is how airline loyalty programs are improving their underlying economics. De Boer highlights the shift to value-based accrual systems, and tighter elite qualification rules as key examples. Secondly, against a backdrop of an increasingly competitive market place, FFPs are striving to ensure relevancy by providing greater context and convenience. De Boer cites the increased use of data driving better and more contextually relevant marketing offers. Lastly, De Boer identifies how FFP partnerships have evolved, and how their ongoing success has become contingent on the FFP being able to generate demonstrable value.
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Although airport taxes are typically imposed by external parties such as airport operators, some programs offer options to pay by miles, at either fixed or varying miles levels.
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de Boer, E.R. (2018). Trends and Innovations. In: Strategy in Airline Loyalty. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62600-0_7
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