From Status to Belonging: How Community-Driven Loyalty Wins

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For decades, loyalty programs were built on a predictable formula: earn points, reach status, redeem perks. Elite tiers and transactional reward structures dominated the landscape, often reserving the most meaningful experiences for a small fraction of customers. But the loyalty landscape has fundamentally changed. In a world where consumers belong to 16–20+ programs on average—yet meaningfully engage with only a handful—the traditional earn-and-burn model no....