Episode 315

#315: Loyalty Insights from Air France - KLM's Flying Blue Program

Published on: 15th December, 2022

Ben Lipsey is the Senior Vice President of Customer Loyalty for Flying Blue, from the Air France - KLM group, one of the world's best-known and best loved frequent flyer programs. 

Ben is a self-confessed loyalty geek his whole life, having initially joined the industry as an intern with Air Canada!

Now based in Europe, Ben shares some of the challenges and solutions developed for Flying Blue members, such as ways to address the concerns around sustainability that have become such a dominant part of the conversation for passengers in Europe.

Ben also shares some of the customer psychology and economic differences that are important to understand in order to run a successful airline loyalty program in Europe, compared with North America. We also touch on some of the opportunities that Web 3.0 offers.

Enjoy this fascinating insight into the Flying Blue program.

Show Notes:

1) Ben Lipsey, Senior Vice President of Customer Loyalty for Flying Blue

2) Air France - KLM Group

3) FlyingBlue


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Paula Thomas is the Founder and CEO of Let’s Talk Loyalty and Loyalty TV

Paula Thomas is an award-winning podcaster who founded the “Let’s Talk Loyalty” podcast and business in 2019, and Loyalty TV in 2023.

She has over twenty-five years blue-chip marketing experience, including almost a decade leading consumer loyalty programmes in multiple sectors including telecommunications, the energy sector, banking and airline loyalty programmes.

She is from Ireland and lives in Dubai.

Paula is a former judge for the “International Loyalty Awards”, and the author of the book “Driving Loyalty in Convenience Retail”.

She holds an Executive MBA from Smurfit Business College, one of Ireland’s top universities, and is a “Certified Loyalty Marketing Professional”.