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Never Say Goodbye; Savvy Airlines Use Email to Sell After Booking
The need for ancillary revenue requires airlines to venture beyond the booking confirmation email. This report follows that path to learn how airlines gain more sales after a booking is made. IdeaWorksCompany assessed the full set of emails sent by six top ancillary revenue airlines to learn how they encourage customers to buy more. Examples from Aer Lingus, AirAsia, easyJet, Ryanair, Spirit, and Vueling provide a global display of these retail skills.