Daniel Gost

Skyscanner

A loyalty programme
for every journey

Product Strategy · 2024

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Skyscanner Loyalty

Designed Skyscanner's first loyalty programme — a 0-to-1 product enabling travellers to earn and redeem rewards across flights, hotels and car hire.

Role

Lead Product Designer

Timeline

2023–2024

Team

Product, Engineering, Commercial

Status

Shipped

Travel
The Problem

Strong top-of-funnel.
Low repeat usage.

Skyscanner had millions of users comparing prices — then booking elsewhere. No mechanism existed to reward loyalty or bring users back.

The Problem
Discovery

Research across 6 markets
and 12 loyalty programmes

Ran discovery with frequent travellers to understand what motivated loyalty behaviour. Competitive analysis identified the moments where loyalty could create genuine, felt value — not just abstract points.

Discovery
Design

Earning mechanics
that felt fair and motivating

Designed the full loyalty experience — tier structure, earning mechanics, member dashboard, and reward redemption. Built a component library to support the new surface area across web and mobile.

Design
↑23% Repeat booking rate in test markets
3 Markets in MVP launch
0→1 First loyalty product at Skyscanner