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Old Dec 7, 1999 | 6:17 pm
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PremEx, I am not challenging Randy's editorial or the opinions of those on this board. I'm merely relating what we are hearing from the industry. (Randy's heard it, too. In fact, I heard it from him first...) Most programs are investing or have already invested in sophisticated software that allows them to segment their members by travel preferences, number of flights flown, destinations, partner purchases, just about anything. Some are already practicing one-to-one marketing, in which you get an offer from a program that no one else gets. Most of the contacts I've spoken with see think their members will actually enjoy this approach because the promotions they receive will be tailored to their needs and travel habits. Whether it's the right thing or the wrong thing for programs to do is debateable, and forum is a good place for that debate to take place. But these sort of marketing efforts are coming, and coming in a big way. That's a certainty.