thalysSince a few weeks, with the number of trips I make every month between Brussels and Paris, I decided to register to the Thalys loyalty program: Thalys TheCard. Au menu, des miles, des avantages divers, plus besoin d’imprimer mes billets, … un bon plan ! Pour le moment, je suis un membre Silver, la catégorie la plus basse. Mais vu le nombre de mes trajets, je vais bientôt devenir Gold et pouvoir doubler le vitesse d’acquisition de mes miles ;-). Bon, je ne vais pas continuer ce Goodsender en vous racontant ma vie, mais ce mardi, j’ai reçu un email de Thalys intitulé « Accédez à toujours plus de privilèges… ». Dans cet email, Thalys m’explique que d’ici deux voyages, j’aurai accès à la carte Gold. Coincidence ou pas (Mesdames, Messieurs de Thalys si vous me lisez, n’hésitez pas à commenter), j’ai reçu cet email dans le Thalys, quelques minutes seulement après avoir été contrôlé. Bon, sauf preuve contraire, je crois tout de même que c’était une coincidence, mais si ce n’est pas le cas… chapeau. Quoi qu’il en soit, I love this email :
  • It's transactional! It is the consumer who indirectly triggered the sending of the email. The attention is therefore at its maximum.
  • Great for upselling! I won't hesitate long before spending my next trip to get the gold card.
  • Good for commitment! Thalys is very attentive. They think of me, and I'm happy.
Well, as much as I love this email, that's not why it's perfect ! Some small remarks:
  • The subject line of the email is not ideal ("Get access to more privileges..."), it would have been even more effective to talk about the transaction, for example: "Only two more trips to get access to our Gold card" (or something similar).
  • The visual is, uh, corporate, but soulless, and the link with the content of the email is not obvious.
  • The call to action ("Discover all the privileges of the Thalys TheCard Gold...") could have been better highlighted. Here, no button, no underlining, very long, ...
  • The train is a 100% mobility service ! So it's time to adapt this email so that it can be displayed correctly on a smartphone.
  • The design is gone, but like the whole Thalys TheCard site, it's time for a big update.

Identity card

Generic email information:
  • Subject of the email : Access to more and more privileges...
  • From : Thalys TheCard
  • Preheader : If this e-mail is not displayed correctly, view it in your browser.
  • Email Router : Neolane
Checklist :
  • Link to privacy : KO
  • Link to unsubscribe : OK
  • DKIM : OK
  • Text version : OK
  • Text to Image Ratio : OK
  • List-unsubscribe : KO
  • Friendly reply : ??
  • Mobile ready : KO

Screenshot of the email

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