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How to Make the Time Your Customers Wait Seem Fair

Beyond Philosophy

The idea behind this first area is if you have customers waiting for 15 minutes, how can you make it not feel like 15 minutes? For example, an airline’s waiting lounge plays the news. These last two examples seem outdated today since most people will probably pull out their phones while waiting. Click here.

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3 Keys to Q4 Contact Center Success in 2021

Outsource Consultants

This includes excessive hold times, overwhelmed agents, poor customer satisfaction, and ultimately brand harm. Delta Airlines is hiring 5,000 professionals to help support their customers, but still expects lengthy hold times (some as long as 9 hours) to persist into the fall. It’s no wonder customers have such low expectations.

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Empower Your Business with Customer Journey Mapping

Real Blue Sky

For example, they found that customers were frustrated with the long lines during peak hours, so they introduced a digital ordering system to reduce wait times. The airline identified various pain points throughout the customer journey, such as the need for more personalization and consistency in communication across channels.

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When “Virtual” is Better:

Skybridge

Many customers who call the hotlines of airlines, retailers and financial-services firms, among others, encounter hours long wait times, hearing recorded messages saying help is currently unavailable. login page is topped with a message, in red letters, warning of long wait times and encouraging people to “use our digital tools.”

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7 Mistakes You’re Making in Customer Service

Quiq

Airlines and hotels are among the top industries seeing a drop, brought on by both internal and external factors. Toward the beginning of the pandemic, almost 90% of customers experienced longer wait times than usual, according to CallMiner research. But there are some things you could be doing to exacerbate customer wait times.

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As COVID-19 Wreaks Havoc for Traditional Customer Service Platforms, A Handful of North American Call Centers Step Up to Fill the Need

Skybridge

Many customers who call the hotlines of airlines, retailers and financial-services firms, among others, encounter hours long wait times, hearing recorded messages saying help is currently unavailable. login page is topped with a message, in red letters, warning of long wait times and encouraging people to “use our digital tools.”

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Improve Customer Experience by Borrowing Ideas

ClearAction

We see this rampantly in the airline industry. Some ideas we considered included: – Texting customers, to reduce waiting time: Some airlines are calling or texting passengers whenever a gate change or similar modification in plans occurs — this reduces uncertainty, anxiety, and wasted effort and time for customers.