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airBaltic boosts NFT loyalty play

4 April 2022 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Perhaps no airline sees itself as an innovator more than airBaltic.

The company’s latest move – to issue 10,000 more NFTs tied to its loyalty program – raises questions about whether the airline is innovative or simply chasing a shiny buzzword.

This story is about: AirBaltic, blockchain, frequent flier, frequent flyer, loyalty, NFTs Filed Under: Loyalty

AirBaltic rides the NFT hype, minting an emissions mess

22 April 2021 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

Sensing an opportunity to cash in on the hype, Latvian airline AirBaltic is now issuing non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to celebrate its destinations. The company intends the campaign to “serve as a tourism campaign for Latvian cities” with the funds raised a small side benefit. Emissions impact, be damned.

This story is about: AirBaltic, blockchain, emissions Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports

Blockchain sales hit the million dollar mark for S7 Airlines

7 August 2019 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Can a blockchain-based ticketing infrastructure deliver real world revenue results? For Russia’s S7 Airlines the month of July presented a million reasons to believe the answer is yes.

This story is about: blockchain, distribution, S7 Filed Under: Distribution

Emirates Skywards, Loyyal bring blockchain loyalty to life

25 March 2019 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

A new era is here for loyalty programs as blockchain-based partner integration comes to life. The fact that the implementation between Emirates Skywards and Careem doesn’t really need to be a blockchain solution is a big part of what makes this so special.

This story is about: blockchain, Emirates, frequent flier, frequent flyer, JTVBlock19, loyalty, Loyyal, points, Skywards Filed Under: Loyalty

IATA Coin: A blockchain play by and for the airline world

14 December 2018 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

IATA sits between billions of dollars in airline transactions today. Including some conducted using the IATA Coin, a blockchain-based cryptocurrency

Airlines transferring funds via blockchain? Turns out this is not a far-fetched, future vision. It is reality today thanks to a cryptocurrency known as the IATA Coin.

This story is about: bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency, distribution, IATA, IATA Coin, interline, payments Filed Under: Distribution

Air Canada’s blockchain play: Less than meets the eye

7 November 2018 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

Air Canada's 737 MAX; image courtesy of the airline

A major airline commits to blockchain as a distribution avenue. That’s the story being spun about Air Canada’s deal with Winding Tree. And, to some extent it is accurate. But one key point remains relatively muted in the reporting: Air Canada really is not doing anything with blockchain.

This story is about: Air Canada, blockchain, distribution, GDS, Winding Tree Filed Under: Distribution

Loyalty Live: A peek inside the Blockchain-Loyalty world

22 October 2018 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

“Tokenized cryptorewards” and other buzzwords flew around the room at Loyalty Live in Chicago last week. Fortunately the hype was (eventually) countered by a bit of loyalty program reality. Blockchain will not save or even truly transform loyalty programs. But it has a role and we were fortunate to discuss that for 20 minutes on stage.

This story is about: blockchain, Etihad, frequent flier, frequent flyer, loyalty, LoyaltyLive, LoyaltyLive 2018, LoyLogic, PointsPay Filed Under: Loyalty

Singapore Airlines’ Krisflyer Blockchain Bullshit

5 February 2018 By Seth Miller 13 Comments

Are frequent flyer “cryptomiles” the next big thing? Sadly, you’re likely to hear a lot about that in the coming years, including today’s announcement from Singapore Airlines. Alas, it is mostly buzzword bullshit.

This story is about: blockchain, frequent flier, frequent flyer, loyalty, Loyalty2018, points, Singapore Airlines Filed Under: Loyalty

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