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It's a Privilege: Jet's frequent flyer programme carries on as spinoff

As JetPrivilege outlives Jet, it challenges prevalent notions about brand loyalty while opening the door to a new engagement with old customers

Jet Privilege has launched a campaign for its frequent flier programme, JP Miles, allowing customers to earn and redeem their miles with other airlines
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Jet Privilege has launched a campaign for its frequent flier programme, JP Miles, allowing customers to earn and redeem their miles with other airlines

Aneesh Phadnis Mumbai
Last week the company managing Jet Airway’s lucrative frequent flyer programme, JetPrivilege, splashed its way into the media with a print campaign that said ‘JPMiles. More powerful than ever’. Privilege it implied was more powerful than the product. And as Jet’s customers scramble to cash in on their frequent flier miles, many are reading this as a big shift in customer-airline relationships in the country. 

For one, it is a sign of the extreme commoditisation of the airlines business where loyalty too has become brand agnostic. JP Miles can be used on other airlines, including low-cost airlines such as IndiGo and