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United Airlines Computer Outage Is Customer Service Crisis Case Study

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Last week United Airlines had a computer outage that lasted two and a half hours and caused 200 flight delays and six cancellations. Keep in mind, this wasn’t a single unhappy customer complaining to a gate agent at the airport. And it may not be a computer glitch, but a weather problem that causes airline delays.

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The Top Hold Time Offenders of 2022 Revealed (And Airlines Aren’t Doing So Hot)

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For 2022, we’ve sifted through the data, and here’s what we found: Airlines account for 35% of all tweets complaining about hold time. Financial services account for 24% of businesses who have received tweet complaints about their hold time , making them the most common industry dealing with long hold times. Three hours on hold.

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Why Frontier Airlines Cut Its Customer Service and What it Means for the Airlines Industry

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I’ve never flown with Frontier Airlines, but I know people who have. Passengers are directed to the airline’s app to help resolve the requests and issues, yet the app is not working on your phone. As the world barrels towards digital-first, Frontier Airlines announced its decision to drop its customer service line.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of March 26, 2018

ShepHyken

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Southwest Airlines Had a Brilliant Reaction When a Passenger’s Wi-Fi Wouldn’t Work by Bill Murphy Jr. How Chewy Built a $3 Billion Business Based on Customer Experience by Mike DuPuy.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of October 3, 2016

ShepHyken

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Customer Service Week: Appreciating Clients and Employees Gives You an Edge by Sandra Idossou. My Comment: This week is International Customer Service Week. Here are my top five picks from last week. One thing stands out.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of October 10, 2016

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Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. The JetBlue Story: Customer Service in an Industry Americans Hate by Sharpen. However, US airlines aren’t exactly known for their warm and fuzzy customer service. How Do You Celebrate National Customer Service Week?

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Guest Blog: What Can We Learn from Southwest’s Customer Service?

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This week we feature an article by Misa Chien who shares great lessons we can learn from the Southwest Airlines customer culture. This also reminds us that customer service doesn’t just happen on the front line. But would customer service ever make the highlight reel of such an event? The smiles.

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