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CUSTOMER SERVICE

For several years, I've operated a customer service wiki, an underground website which contains the contact details of executives.

What they don’t want you to know can hurt you

January 26, 2024March 5, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

For several years, I’ve operated a customer service wiki, an underground website which contains the names, emails and addresses of company executives who can help consumers like you.

Categories Problem Solved
It's true, social media fatigue is starting to set in across the Internet. Consumers say they're tired of receiving useless information.

3 reasons social media matters more than you think

January 23, 2024August 28, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

It’s true, social media fatigue is starting to set in across the Internet.

Categories Problem Solved
I mentioned the second-generation form letters many consumers were getting. Turns out there's a little more to the story.

Are you being fed a line? 5 secrets for breaking through the script

January 23, 2024July 3, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

Talk to me. That’s all customers like you want when they call a company. They want someone to talk to them.

Categories Problem Solved
It was just a matter of time before corporations created the perfect form letter, capable of fooling a veteran consumer advocate. Or you.

Is your complaint being “form lettered”? Here are three ways to tell

January 23, 2024June 26, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

It was just a matter of time before corporations created the perfect form letter, capable of fooling a veteran consumer advocate. Or you.

Categories Problem Solved
One day "it just stopped" working. "It won't turn on. The red power button light blinks over and over." She says.

What makes you happiest? Your TV — and here’s why

January 23, 2024June 19, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

Jessica Beeman paid $779 for her 50-inch TV, a purchase she was pleased with, until one day “it just stopped” working. And then she wasn’t.

Categories Problem Solved
Arthur West's 50th anniversary trip to Venice was "extremely enjoyable" — except for one little issue: the British Airways flights.

Is this British Airways flight bad enough for you?

January 22, 2024February 5, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

Arthur West’s 50th anniversary trip to Venice was “extremely enjoyable” — except for one little issue: the British Airways flights. All of them.

Categories Should I Take The Case?
The experience like Nina Boal makes me optimistic about the future of air travel. Can airline customer service rise to new heights?

Can airline customer service rise to new heights?

January 22, 2024January 21, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

The experience of passengers like Nina Boal makes me optimistic about the future of air travel.

Categories The Navigator
Here's part two of my interview with Allison Ausband, Delta Air Lines’ vice president for reservations sales and customer care.

Delta’s Ausband: “Customer service is very important to the bottom line”

April 22, 2024December 21, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

Here’s part two of my interview with Allison Ausband, Delta Air Lines’ vice president for reservations sales and customer care.

Categories Commentary
I’ve thought United Airlines was a lost cause. The Continental Airlines merger couldn't have gone worse, from a customer service perspective.

Looks like United may not be a lost cause after all

January 22, 2024September 27, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

For the better part of the last year, I’ve thought United Airlines was a lost cause.

Categories Commentary
It's hard to find anyone who likes the new United Airlines. Even at United Airlines. Can it fix itself? Can it do better?

Can United Airlines fix itself?

November 29, 2023August 14, 2012 by Christopher Elliott

It’s hard to find anyone who likes the new United Airlines. Even at United Airlines.

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