Middle East Airlines Cedar Miles

Vietnam Airlines names “Middle East Airlines (ME)” as a partner carrier on which Lotusmiles members accrue. [3] ME flights appear by name in a partner earning table, with the booking classes and coefficients that Vietnam Airlines publishes for Lotusmiles members. [3]

Facts checked: 18 October 2026

Middle East Airlines Cedar Miles
Airline	Middle East Airlines (ME), named in the Lotusmiles partner schedule [3]
Alliance context	SkyTeam's general earn-and-redeem description; the page checked names no member airlines [2]
Rules documented here	Partner earning on ME-coded flights [3]
Not documented here	The programme's name and owner, enrolment, tiers, award prices, expiry, fees [2] [3]
Data source	Official programme pages

SkyTeam guide

Key takeaways

Neither page consulted names Cedar Miles or states which airline owns or runs the programme, so this profile covers only what the two pages establish: accrual on ME-coded flights and SkyTeam's alliance-level description. [2] [3]
In Vietnam Airlines' Lotusmiles schedule, ME-coded flights carry accrual coefficients from 0.25 to 1.25 depending on cabin and booking class, with a segment coefficient of 1.00 in business class and 0.50 in economy. [3]
SkyTeam describes a general model in which a traveller joins one member airline's programme and redeems on any SkyTeam member airline, across a network of 945 destinations in 145 countries. [2]

The angle the sources take

Vietnam Airlines publishes terms under which its Lotusmiles members accrue qualifying mileage and qualifying segment credit when flying on Middle East Airlines (ME) flights, and sets out the booking classes and coefficients that apply. [3]

A coefficient of 1.25 on a J-class ME flight is a Lotusmiles accrual figure, credited to a Lotusmiles account. [3]

Earning on ME-coded flights

For Lotusmiles members, the checked schedule splits ME flights by cabin and booking class. In business class, J carries an accrual coefficient of 1.25 and a segment coefficient of 1.00, while C, D, I and Z carry 1.00 and 1.00. [3] In economy, Y carries 1.00 and 0.50; B, M, U and K carry 0.50 and 0.50; and L, Q, T, N, R and V carry 0.25 and 0.50. [3]

The schedule also defines which flights count. ME flights qualify when they are operated by ME and the ticket shows an ME flight number, and also when they are operated by Vietnam Airlines or by airlines in the SkyTeam alliance while the ticket still shows an ME flight number. [3] In other words, the condition is attached to the marketing code on the ticket rather than to the operator alone, within the two cases the page lists. [3]

Only the classes named in that table are addressed by it; the page sets out no coefficients for any other ME booking class, and it says nothing about any programme run by MEA. [3]

SkyTeam links

SkyTeam describes its member airlines as working together across a network that carries 605 million customers a year on more than 13,800 daily flights to 945 destinations in 145 countries, with 750 lounges available to travellers. [2] Its stated earning model is that a traveller joins one member airline's frequent flyer programme and then earns miles on qualifying flights, which can be redeemed for free flights on any SkyTeam member airline. [2]

That description supplies a framework rather than detail: it explains how credit or redemption can sit with a programme other than the one a traveller might first associate with a given flight, but it states no rates, no eligibility rules and no award prices, and the homepage checked does not list the individual member airlines. [2] It therefore does not establish which programme ME flights belong to, or how such a programme's members would earn or redeem. [2] Readers weighing which programme to credit should compare the specific partner schedules involved. [2] [3]

Exceptions and limits

Whose account is credited. The published coefficients accrue to Lotusmiles, Vietnam Airlines' programme; they are Vietnam Airlines' rules for crediting ME flights. [3]
Within-cabin differences. Class matters as much as cabin: in business, J carries a different coefficient from C, D, I and Z, and in economy the three class groups carry 1.00, 0.50 and 0.25 respectively. [3]
Segment credit is flatter than mileage. Every listed business class carries a segment coefficient of 1.00 and every listed economy class 0.50, even where the mileage coefficient drops. [3]
Marketing code, not operator. ME-coded flights operated by Vietnam Airlines or SkyTeam alliance carriers are covered; the page lists no case in which an ME-operated flight carries another airline's code. [3]
Unlisted classes. Booking classes outside the published table are not addressed by it, so no coefficient can be assumed for them. [3]
Alliance statements are general. SkyTeam's earn-and-redeem description applies to member programmes as a group and gives no figures that could be applied to a specific ME itinerary. [2]
No information appears in the pages consulted on the programme's name or owner, membership enrolment, elite tiers and qualification, award pricing and availability, mileage expiry, account activity requirements or service fees. [2] [3]

Sources

Sources accessed on 18 October 2026. Neither page below names Cedar Miles or states which airline owns or runs the programme; the profile therefore covers only accrual on ME-coded flights and SkyTeam's alliance-level description. It does not cover the earning rules that other partner programmes apply to Middle East Airlines flights, and the Lotusmiles schedule cited is the Vietnamese-language page for ME flights.

SkyTeam global airline alliance site, checked 18 October 2026
Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles: earning miles on Middle East Airlines (ME) flights, checked 18 October 2026