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Cost-Cutting Airlines – Headed for Trouble!

Beyond Philosophy

I’ve been flying major airlines for a long time, and like everyone else, I’ve noticed the changes – and not in a good way. At American Airlines, for example, incentive payments for top executives are now determined exclusively by income and cost savings. The checked baggage fees. The snacks we don’t get anymore.

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35 Indicators that a Company Isn’t Customer-Centric

CX Accelerator

It’s at that point I realized that I never received an email from the airline after booking my flight. When I called the airline, I explained to them that I didn’t have my booking code — and apparently my name, credit card number, location, and approximate time of the flight were not enough to find my reservation.

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The Power of Emotional Connection: Growing Your Business Through Strong Customer Experience

CCNG

I quickly called the airline to see what could be done to rectify the situation. Still after 10 years, I remember that conversation with that agent, and go out of my way to use that airline. In my example, the airline empowered their agent to make a change. Worst yet, my husband was getting in 2 hours prior to my flight.

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The Agent Metrics Obsession That’s Killing Customer Experience

Vistio

[ 8:46 – 9:05 ] Remember The Good Hearts Law: when a metric becomes a target it ceases to be a good metric, because behavior will change to achieve the metric, and not necessarily to produce the intended consequences. Then measure that in every way you can, because we aren’t saying metrics are unhelpful.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 5-16-2022

ShepHyken

Are You Tracking the Customer Service Metrics That Really Count? My Comment: We kick off this week’s Top Five roundup with an excellent article about the best customer service metrics. Yes, metrics matter. In addition to the traditional metrics, my take is that you should also measure customer behavior.

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Measures of Success: Our Top 10 Chatbot Evaluation Metrics

Netomi

As with any large project or undertaking, metrics are key in order to gauge performance. Metrics are important to track for all aspects of a business, from sales, marketing and financial performance, to overall customer service. Here, we break down the top 10 chatbot evaluation metrics to have on your radar. .

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Why Confusing Inertia With Loyalty Will Eventually Kill Your Business

Beyond Philosophy

Most times, I don’t check other airlines when I need to go somewhere—that is, until my friend mentioned how he flies JetBlue business class for a lot less than Delta. The airline sees it as a loyalty program for frequent flyers. It is essential to put some of these metrics in place around brand attachment and emotions.

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