New Delhi: Vistara is planning a complete revamp of its frequent-flyer programme "Club Vistara" by increasing the number of partner companies across different segments and moving to a dynamic award-pricing system, a top airline official has said.
Under the proposed dynamic system, a seat will always be available for member-passengers in exchange for points and it will also allow members to earn and use points to book seats across all partner companies, the official said.
However, Club Vistara currently has just two airline partners — Singapore Airlines and Silk Air, but it has seven other partners across other segments.
Moreover, member-passengers can earn points by using services of any of the partners, the points earned can only be spent to purchase tickets on Vistara or other airline-partners.
Also, Club Vistara uses the traditional award chart system, wherein the seats available for members and the points required to get each such seat are fixed beforehand.
Frequent-flyer programmes across the world are junking the traditional award chart system as passengers complain that they are unable to get a seat on a flight when they need it.
"The new way that some airlines have moved is that they don''t publish the award chart... There, the number of points that are required for booking a seat are dynamically prepared," Vistara''s Chief Commercial Officer Sanjiv Kapoor told .
"For example, a ticket on Saturday afternoon may be available for 7,000 points but the same ticket for Monday morning would be for 30,000 points. The benefit of this dynamic system is that a seat is always available in exchange for points," Kapoor explained.
There is another variant of this dynamic system.
If a person wants to book a ticket, he or she can estimate how much money and points should be spent in combination to book a ticket.
For example, when a seat is available for 20,000 points or for Rs 8,000, the dynamic system shows the seat can also be bought by expending 10,000 points and Rs 4,000 in combination.
"We are currently evaluating what system would be best for us moving forward," Kapoor said.
Any kind of dynamic award-pricing system requires advanced software in the back-end. "The IT work required as well the revenue management required is quite a lot. It is complicated," the Vistara CCO said.
The full-service Vistara airline is a joint venture between Tata Sons (51pc) and Singapore Airlines (49pc). At the moment, Club Vistara has about 1.6 million members.
Currently, Axis Bank is Club Vistara''s co-brand credit-card partner, Avis is car-rental partner, booking.com is hotel partner and The Economist is its publishing partner.
15/09/19 Deepak Patel/Outlook
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Under the proposed dynamic system, a seat will always be available for member-passengers in exchange for points and it will also allow members to earn and use points to book seats across all partner companies, the official said.
However, Club Vistara currently has just two airline partners — Singapore Airlines and Silk Air, but it has seven other partners across other segments.
Moreover, member-passengers can earn points by using services of any of the partners, the points earned can only be spent to purchase tickets on Vistara or other airline-partners.
Also, Club Vistara uses the traditional award chart system, wherein the seats available for members and the points required to get each such seat are fixed beforehand.
Frequent-flyer programmes across the world are junking the traditional award chart system as passengers complain that they are unable to get a seat on a flight when they need it.
"The new way that some airlines have moved is that they don''t publish the award chart... There, the number of points that are required for booking a seat are dynamically prepared," Vistara''s Chief Commercial Officer Sanjiv Kapoor told .
"For example, a ticket on Saturday afternoon may be available for 7,000 points but the same ticket for Monday morning would be for 30,000 points. The benefit of this dynamic system is that a seat is always available in exchange for points," Kapoor explained.
There is another variant of this dynamic system.
If a person wants to book a ticket, he or she can estimate how much money and points should be spent in combination to book a ticket.
For example, when a seat is available for 20,000 points or for Rs 8,000, the dynamic system shows the seat can also be bought by expending 10,000 points and Rs 4,000 in combination.
"We are currently evaluating what system would be best for us moving forward," Kapoor said.
Any kind of dynamic award-pricing system requires advanced software in the back-end. "The IT work required as well the revenue management required is quite a lot. It is complicated," the Vistara CCO said.
The full-service Vistara airline is a joint venture between Tata Sons (51pc) and Singapore Airlines (49pc). At the moment, Club Vistara has about 1.6 million members.
Currently, Axis Bank is Club Vistara''s co-brand credit-card partner, Avis is car-rental partner, booking.com is hotel partner and The Economist is its publishing partner.
15/09/19 Deepak Patel/Outlook
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