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Leveraging personalization, advanced analytics, segmentation, and triggered communications ensures each member receives the right offer at the right time, in the right channel and with the right messaging.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://9407148.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/9407148/Quote-04.png\" alt=\"Quote from James Curry that reads, through the pandemic we've actually increased the buy miles basket size by 100 percent.\" width=\"1742\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 1742px;\"></p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #027bb6;\">5. Points solutions outperform in-house implementations</span></h4>\n<p>The Beatles said it best: you get by with a little help from your friends. It’s simply faster, easier, and more profitable to set up or relaunch a buy miles program with the help of an expert partner. Take for instance Emirates Skywards, which used to have a solid in-house buy miles solution. 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Loyalty Currency Retailing was a key revenue driver during the pandemic</span></h2>\n<p>When international and regional travel came to a halt, loyalty programs became a crucial touchpoint in order to maintain member engagement and keep their brands top of mind when travel resumed. </p>\n<p>Interestingly, despite travel restrictions, some brands that leveraged their loyalty programs during this time experienced <a href=\"https://news.points.com/how-an-international-airline-drove-48-more-revenue-per-day-with-points-data-led-marketing-support\"><span>record-breaking points/mileage sales</span></a>, solidifying that there is a real demand for program currency outside of immediate redemption needs.<img src=\"https://9407148.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/9407148/Quote_03.png\" alt=\"Quote from James Curry that reads, In May 2021 we did a flash sale of double miles for the Skywards Buy Miles product for 48 hours—during that period the contribution was about 40% of everything on Emriates.com. So it was very, very, very powerful to present that to senior management. A lot of people…were surprised at the power of selling this currency.\" width=\"845\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 845px;\"></p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #027bb6;\">3. Data and analytics are critical to accelerating program growth</span></h4>\n<p>From a currency retailing perspective: the more data you have, the more sophisticated your targeting, the more miles you sell. Of course, there are a lot more steps in that process but the headline is: tapping into advanced loyalty analytics allows programs to grow faster, do more, and up their program engagement.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://9407148.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/9407148/Q3.png\" alt=\"Quote from James Curry reads, The real benefit of working with Points is we have access to the analytics that we just don't have the bandwidth or the ability to scale internally.\" width=\"1742\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 1742px;\"></p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #027bb6;\">4. Multi-faceted personalization strategies maximize marketing efficiency and performance</span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #027bb6;\"><br></span></h4>\n<p>With so much pressure on databases, programs need to be strategic about how they communicate with their members. Leveraging personalization, advanced analytics, segmentation, and triggered communications ensures each member receives the right offer at the right time, in the right channel and with the right messaging.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://9407148.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/9407148/Quote-04.png\" alt=\"Quote from James Curry that reads, through the pandemic we've actually increased the buy miles basket size by 100 percent.\" width=\"1742\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 1742px;\"></p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #027bb6;\">5. Points solutions outperform in-house implementations</span></h4>\n<p>The Beatles said it best: you get by with a little help from your friends. It’s simply faster, easier, and more profitable to set up or relaunch a buy miles program with the help of an expert partner. Take for instance Emirates Skywards, which used to have a solid in-house buy miles solution. When Points partnered with their Skywards program, mileage revenue increased by nearly fourfold!</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://9407148.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/9407148/Q5-1.png\" alt=\"Quote from James Curry reads, When we engaged with Points we exponentially enhanced [our buy miles] product and its performance. So in three years, we did 3.5x [activity] through targeting, still driving a good margin.\" width=\"1742\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 1742px;\"></p>\n<p>Today's loyalty programs are highly sophisticated, but many brands are finding that when they look to the future, they don’t or won’t have the bandwidth to keep up. Leveraging loyalty expertise and products means programs can have the capacity and the creativity to grow, innovate, and adapt now and into the future.</p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Sources:<br>1. Aggregated Points Data</p>",
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