- Air Miles Boosts Member Satisfaction with Best-in-Class Contact Centre Powered by Altitude Software
- Advanced IP contact centre solution supports Air Miles in enhancing service levels and increasing efficiencies.
Air Miles, one of the world’s leading coalition loyalty programmes, has improved call handling and boosted member satisfaction through the use of advanced IP Contact Centre technology. Located in Dubai, UAE, the Air Miles’ contact centre is powered by the Altitude Software solution which provided the UAE-based company with a wealth of advanced contact centre features, such as voice portal, as well as unified centralized monitoring, queuing, routing and reporting.
Holds the largest, most active retail database in the Middle East
Since the Air Miles loyalty programme launch in 2001, more than 1.7 million members have enrolled from across the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain. Members can collect Air Miles from over 120 market-leading companies including HSBC, Spinneys, Lamcy Plaza and Damas. Air Miles is 60% owned by Groupe Aeroplan Inc., a leading international loyalty management corporation. This unique loyalty programme offers rewards and experiences to members such as electronics, jewellery, family days out, adventure experiences, hotel and flight bookings. Air Miles Middle East is managed by Rewards Management Middle East FZ-LLC (RMMEL). Fouad El-Qassem, RMMEL Loyalty Services Director, commented, “We continuously seek innovative solutions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our customer service operations; in fact, everything we do at Air Miles Contact Centre is focused on creating a unique customer experience every time we interact with our members.’
Enhancing service levels and increasing efficiencies
The Air Miles multimedia contact centre, receives around 30,000 contacts per month, via phone, email and fax. An increased flow of customer interactions and the need for technological modernization led the company to revamp the existing technology. Air Miles selected the Altitude Software solution for its effectiveness, ease of implementation and integration with the reward management back end system which was already in place. ‘’Altitude uCI provides the ability to easily and quickly design all kinds of business applications, be it inbound or outbound, across multiple channels. Implementing Altitude uCI is a core part of our fast-growing loyalty programme operations across the Middle East,†commented Fouad.
Today, Air Miles Customer Service representatives specifically use the Altitude IP Contact Centre Suite to handle incoming calls with a focus on the Altitude Voice Portal functionality to provide voice messages and self-help menus to members. The Altitude Voice Portal solution specifically allows members to check their Air Miles balance at anytime, highlights the history of the miles they have earned and allows them to redeem miles online from a choice of numerous rewards. The Voice Portal also contains information about the programme, where members can earn air miles and details of any upcoming promotion.
Air Miles also uses the automatic call distribution capability of Altitude uCI to answer calls as they enter its contact centre and intelligently route them to available agents based on the automatic number identification, available agents, selected language, customer profile, service levels and defined business rules. The Altitude Unified Routing module provides multiple options for routing interactions that ensure Air Miles members receive the right level of service from the most appropriate agent in the optimal time frame, regardless of the media used.
High-performance system sets stage for the future
The internationally owned loyalty company is foreseeing the launch of Altitude’s outbound dialer for punctual customer satisfaction surveys, telemarketing and member awareness campaigns. The company’s vision for Air Miles is to sustain its leadership in the loyalty programme business by providing total solutions to corporate customers in the region. Fouad stressed on the fact that Air Miles boasts the largest and most active retail database in the Middle East, and as such, “whether retail companies are planning to run punctual customer reward programmes, consumer surveys or VIP sampling programs, Air Miles shall provide them with the best-in-class CRM outsourcing infrastructure and support.â€
Riadh Boukhris, Altitude Software MENA President concluded “We are excited to partner with Air Miles and greatly satisfied to see our relationship grow. Their continued commitment to customer service excellence is a testament to their leadership position in the Middle East loyalty programme industry.’’
The Altitude uCI (Unified Customer Interactionâ„¢) suite has a ten year plus track record of outstanding results in contact centres worldwide, having won over 25 industry awards for innovation and performance in the last few years. The solution provides businesses with a wealth of advanced contact centre features in about 60 countries worldwide, with a fast-growing presence in the GCC region. The Altitude uCI suite architecture is unique to the industry with a single language and editor to all media interactions simultaneously and in real-time on IP-PBXs and/or traditional PBXs.
