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Travel Boom Drives Sharp Increase in US Airline Reward Prices – Press Release

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American and Southwest offer lowest prices in the US Domestic Reward Report, which is the latest Pro Series Report by IdeaWorksCompany.  Inflation has worked its way through every nook and crevice of the US economy. The Consumer Price Index posted a 24% increase since the pre-pandemic period of 2019. The average reward seat increase posted […]

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Low Cost Carriers Surrender to FFP Popularity – Press Release

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Low Cost Meets Loyalty was issued today as a 15-page report to analyze the FFPs of these ten airlines: Air Arabia, AirAsia, Azul, Frontier, GOL, IndiGo, JetBlue, Pegasus, Viva Aerobus, and Vueling. Decades ago airline executives predicted “low cost” and “loyalty” were an impossible combination. But today, loyalty is now firmly embraced by LCCs.

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2024 Big Book of Airline Data Reveals $918 Billion in Revenue for 2023, Up More Than 32% From Prior Year – Press Release

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IdeaWorksCompany, a foremost consultant on ancillary revenue, frequent flyer programs, and airline retail, has released the 5th edition of its annual data compendium: The Big Book of Airline Data by IdeaWorksCompany. The new edition provides a world of data for individual airlines, regional compilations, airline alliances, employment data, and frequent flyer membership totals. The collection

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2024 Big Book of Airline Data by IdeaWorksCompany – Report

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IdeaWorksCompany releases 105-page report filled with passenger traffic, revenue, employment, and frequent flyer membership data for 239 carriers.  The 2024 Big Book of Airline Data contains passenger traffic results for 168 primary airlines and 53 subsidiary airlines. The second portion contains revenue results for 136 primary airlines and 48 subsidiary airlines. The last airline sections

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Low-Cost Carriers Reach Ancillary Revenue Records While Traditional Airlines Stumble – Press Release

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Top-performing LCCs gain 13.1% on a per passenger basis, but traditional airlines drop 4.3% in the 2024 CarTrawler Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue. The 2024 edition of the CarTrawler Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue by IdeaWorksCompany, released today, describes ancillary revenue activities and results for 68 airlines in 2023, revealing divergences in trends and providing an assessment

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2024 CarTrawler Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue – Report

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The 2024 edition of the CarTrawler Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue by IdeaWorksCompany describes ancillary revenue activities and results for 68 airlines in 2023, revealing divergences in trends and providing an assessment of the industry as a whole. Here’s a guide to key features of the 2024 edition: • 68 pages of individual airline listings arranged by

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American Airlines Is Once Again Changing How Fliers Can Earn Rewards

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Wall Street Journal The lowest-priced reward flight with American on average was 25% cheaper in 2024 compared with five years earlier, according to airline-consulting firm IdeaWorks. Comparatively, the price of a rewards flight, in miles or points, across all of the carriers studied rose 28% on average since 2019. The IdeaWorks analysis was based on 600

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Nine Airline Companies Comprise a $30 Billion Dollar Club Courtesy of Co-Branded Credit Cards – Press Release

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Co-branded credit cards deliver wheelbarrows of money for some airlines. The latest IdeaWorksCompany report explores how this has transformed frequent flyer programs (FFPs) and contemplates the effect upon customer loyalty. Many airlines have shifted from sole reliance on behavioral loyalty, which relies upon a customer’s expectations for service and quality. Carriers now embrace transactional loyalty

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Airline Loyalty Becomes a Multi-Billion Dollar Club – Report

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CarTrawler sponsored research explores the jumbo economics of loyalty programs at Air Canada, Alaska, American, Delta, JetBlue, IAG, Qantas, Southwest, and United. Co-branded credit cards deliver wheelbarrows of money for some airlines. The latest IdeaWorksCompany report explores how this has transformed frequent flyer programs (FFPs) and contemplates the effect upon customer loyalty. Many airlines have

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