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Use of Itinaries
Posted:
02 Sep 2007, 12:24by woggledog
Hi all.
was just sat here pondering over whether I had the energy and the will to type in my forthcoming flights (including those on Alaksa Airlines: Yuck!) and wondered if anything useful is ever done with the itenaries data? It wouldn't take much to calculate how many miles v-flyers do every year, fave destinations, fave airlines, etc...
Could provide some useful dosh into the v-flyer coffers, one would think...
Posted:
02 Sep 2007, 12:29by Nottingham Nick
The main purpose of the itineraries is to encourage V-Flyers to meet up, if they are flying from the same airport on the same day.
Sometimes those who can access the CH can take another V-Flyer in as their guest.
I don't think that we have ever taken it beyond that. How would we get extra 'dosh into the V-Flyer coffers' by calculating the data as you suggest?
Nick
Posted:
02 Sep 2007, 13:03by woggledog
Originally posted by Nottingham Nick
The main purpose of the itineraries is to encourage V-Flyers to meet up, if they are flying from the same airport on the same day.
Sometimes those who can access the CH can take another V-Flyer in as their guest.
I don't think that we have ever taken it beyond that. How would we get extra 'dosh into the V-Flyer coffers' by calculating the data as you suggest?
Nick
I'm pretty sure there would be some marketting company somewhere that would love this data!
Just a sunday morning pre coffee thought....
Posted:
02 Sep 2007, 13:12by Nottingham Nick
Originally posted by woggledog
I'm pretty sure there would be some marketting company somewhere that would love this data!
Not my area of expertise I am afraid.
I assume a marketing company would want more than raw data - would they want any personal details of the fliers involved? If so, that is definitely a route we wouldn't want to go down.
Nick
Posted:
02 Sep 2007, 15:04by Pete
Perish the thought that I'd ever sell people's data to a third party. Christ, no!
Posted:
02 Sep 2007, 15:55by mcmbenjamin
Well it would be neat to have a "fly-o-meter' in a user's profile. mcmbenjamin has xxx,xxx miles this year.
Would be cool. There is a German site that does something with flight history. List a user's favorite airline, route, average sector length, and a map plus other crap.