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Brett Catlin, Alaska Airlines | Alaska Airlines Elevated Experience 2019


 

>> We'll come back here ready. Geoffrey here with the Cube were at San Francisco International Airport, Gate fifty four d. If you want to stop by for getting ready to go on a little Alaska flight because it's an exciting day, they took advantage of the opportunity after the Virgin merger to kind of rebrand everything. We look at the technology of everything from the seats to the WiFi, everything in between. We're excited at the guy who's responsible for everything. He's Brett Catlin, the managing director >> of alliances and product. Bret, great to see you. >> Thanks for having my job. I really appreciate it. >> So first off, congratulations. You're a whole lot of work. Went into this day absolutely the >> team effort over the past few years, and we're just thrilled to see it all come together to deliver a better experience for our guests. >> So it's pretty interesting because I think you know, you guys are obviously thinking about this. I don't know if people are is aware that when you think of the total experience, the engagement that I have, when I'm taking a flight from San Francisco to Seattle, it's a lot more than just the air miles with my butt in a seat and moving down down the road. You guys really think that >> whole experience absolutely. Look at the entire journey from when you arrive at the airport to your lounge experience. When you walk on board, what's the Jet Jeffords feel like? The lighting, the music. When you enter the aircraft, the configuration, the seats, comfort and then ultimately, a big thing crosses food and beverage. So making sure that it's healthy local speaks to the West Coast values that we're so proud of. >> And how do you how do you kind of get input from the customers >> is toe, You know, these are things that you guys spend a lot of time on, and there are a lot of little things that add up to a total experience. How where customers are, kind of are they get in, Or do they suddenly like, Wow, you know, I feel a little bit more arrested because of a particular type of sound or a particular type of configuration on the seat. >> How do you get feedback >> on all these different things? >> Absolutely great questions on the front end. We obviously quite a bit of guest research, both kind of online quantitative studies, but then also in person with focus groups. Now that we have a lot of product and market, our focus is kind of elevating and improving. What we have and how we get that feedback is every guest receives a survey after every flight. And so we look. >> Every guest receives a survey after every flight. >> Exactly. And so we have hundreds of thousands of response as every year, which allows us to make small tweaks around the margin, but also more material changes. >> That's pretty wild. So I'm just curious some of the more crazy things that have come come through that either good things that you could actually execute on that maybe never thought about or just just funny things to make put a smile on your face and tell you it really is a mixture >> of to tell you the truth, and a lot of things are items that we want action. So certain health restrictions where maybe we didn't realize a certain kind of food wasn't hitting the mark with a wide section of our guests. We could make tweets there, but also, when you think about maybe our in flight entertainment. Do we have the right content? Are the movies that people watch resonating? So we look at all that data to say, Well, look, this kind of movie. It does really well in flight. So people love thrillers when you think about movies and flight, for whatever reason. So we try and put more thrillers onboard. >> I thought they go, Mort. The romantic comedies in the airplane. I don't know that. What a swell. But the suspense people love, right? Right. And it really goes to this bigger question of this total experience. An engagement with the airline. So I wonder you can speak to about technology in the role of technology and how you guys are using that across all these various product. Absolutely. So being >> a West Coast airline technologies critically important for us, one of the things we're focused on is offering high spider highspeed WiFi and offer a mainline aircraft. We have about a dozen done right now, by the end of twenty nineteen will have one hundred twenty five. And so the key there is you'll be all the stream entertainment on board our aircraft. Your outlook for your core, Primo will be zippy, The real basics. When you're flying coast to coast or to Hawaii, You're super excited about that. Then we look at a couple other things as well. Mobile order and one great example. So before you board your flight, you can reserve your meal in first class with the main cabin to make sure you get exactly what you want. So there's some basics like that. Then we're also looking longer term. How do we improve the technology experience in our lounge is to maybe being ableto order a barista beverage while you're still approaching the AARP point. >> Pretty thing. And a lot of that's got to be through your mobile app, right? Absolutely. Has this very significant point of contact between you and your customers? >> That's exactly right. >> Excellent. Well, thanks for taking a few minutes of your time. Way. Looked forward to drop it on the plane and get to experience some of this. And again, congratulations on the Integrative X when it's my pleasure. Thank you, Jeffrey. Really appreciate it. All right. >> He's Brad. I'm Jeff. You're watching the Cube. Where at San Francisco International Gave fifty four b. Thanks for watching. We'll catch you next time.

Published Date : Mar 1 2019

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We look at the technology of everything from the seats to the WiFi, everything in between. Bret, great to see you. I really appreciate it. So first off, congratulations. So it's pretty interesting because I think you know, you guys are obviously thinking about this. Look at the entire journey from when you arrive at the airport to your lounge experience. Or do they suddenly like, Wow, you know, I feel a little bit more arrested because of a particular type of sound Now that we have a lot of product and market, And so we have hundreds of thousands of response as every year, which allows us to make small So I'm just curious some of the more crazy things that have come come So people love thrillers when you think about movies and flight, So I wonder you can speak to about technology in the role of technology and how you guys are using So before you board your flight, you can reserve your meal in first class with the main cabin And a lot of that's got to be through your mobile app, right? And again, congratulations on the Integrative X when it's my pleasure. We'll catch you next time.

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