Cedar Miles - our unit of free travel
Every time you fly MEA (ME flight number), you earn Cedar Miles - the more you travel, the more you collect. These miles accumulate in your mileage account until you can use them to travel free with the comfort and hospitality of MEA or its Cedar Miles partners. The amount of Cedar Miles you collect each time depends on the distance you have flown. For example, if your flight from point A to point B covers 2,000 miles, you automatically get 2,000 miles on your account. A trip between Beirut and Abu Dhabi, therefore, will immediately add 1,312 miles to your account because the actual geographical distance between Beirut and Abu Dhabi is 1,312 miles.
Important: To ensure automatic recording of your miles, you or your travel agent must quote your membership number every time you make a reservation and check-in for your flight. Furthermore, please keep all your original airline tickets and boarding passes in the outside pocket provided with the member guide, until you see them credited on your account.
Minimum Miles
Because some flights cover small distances, MEA will credit you a minimum of 500 miles per flight.
For example: Even if the distance between Beirut and Cairo is of 351 miles, you will still earn 500 Miles for your departure flight and another 500 Cedar Miles for your return flight.
Qualifying Miles
Qualifying miles, or "Q-miles", are the miles you earn by flying with MEA or MEA code-share flights (ME flight number) only,
within one calendar year (01 Jan – 31Dec). Qualifying miles count only towards your privilege status, raising it from Blue Cedar to Silver Cedar, or from Silver Cedar to Golden Cedar. Please note that using your miles for reward tickets do not decrease your Q-miles count.
Class of Service Bonus
If you purchase Cedar Class fares on MEA or MEA code share flights, then Cedar Miles credits you
double the mileage covered by your flight. If you purchase full fare Economy tickets (Y or K class), then you receive a 25% bonus on your miles. What's more, class of service bonus miles count as qualifying miles also.
Bonus Miles
You can earn even more Cedar Miles, in addition to those you earn when you cover any distance with MEA.
For example: Cedar Miles give you 3,000 free Bonus Miles if you travel within six months of your joining the program, on MEA or MEA code share flights (ME flight number).
Other examples are found in special promotions that MEA will decide to launch, from time to time, and inform you accordingly in your Cedar Miles newsletter or MEA’s website. However, as they are not Q-miles, they do not count towards your privilege status.
Validity
Your Cedar Miles are valid for a period of 5 years, i.e miles earned on April 3rd, 2006 will expire on Dec 31, 2011 (N+5).