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How to Handle Lost Luggage: A Lesson From the Airlines

ShepHyken

I’m not sure if there is a term for this phobia, but I have the fear of airlines losing my luggage. My memory of the few times my luggage was lost by the airlines includes waiting until I’m the last guy standing at the baggage carousel. Even the airline might not know where it is. None of us in that office are happy to be there.

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Seven Ways to Handle Abusive Customers (And One Way Not To)

ShepHyken

No employee should be treated poorly by customers. . The office is usually next to the baggage carousel, and the airline employees who work there interact with one passenger after another, all with the same complaint: My luggage is lost! . However, the solution to cut the customer support number is a bad one.

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Lesson #8 Revisited: The Convergence of VoC and Market Research in the Age of AI

PeopleMetrics

Example: A telecom provider integrates feedback from a post call, customer support survey (VoC) and a brand perception survey (market research). AI identifies that customers who rate the CSR poorly view the brand less favorably, leading to improvements in service delivery and adjustments to marketing efforts.

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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. Surely customer support could help me sort this out. I sent the airline a direct message on X (formerly Twitter) and within an hour they were able to resend to an alternate email address. 5) put profits before purpose.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of May 29, 2017

ShepHyken

My Comment: What United Airlines scandal! The day or two after the scandal where a United Airlines passenger was physically and brutally removed from the plane, the stock plummeted and United lost almost a billion dollars in value. One analyst explains why. Well not even two months later the stock is up 11% and touched a new high.

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

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Can awful airline customer service be overridden with AI and analytics? tnooz) After the debacles that occurred within domestic air travel in 2017, it’s clear airlines need to look carefully at their customer service tactics. Managing the Fragile Customer Experience by Laurent Bride. by Scott Kendrick.

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Guest Post: How to Build Your Customer Experience Roadmap

ShepHyken

Let’s take an airline that invests in a paid facial recognition fast track experience at the security checkpoint. If this airline has primarily leisure travelers (i.e. If this airline has primarily leisure travelers (i.e. Wrong Customer Experience.