raffik From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2006, 1644 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (3 months 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1437 times:
ME hasn't abandoned CedarMiles- I am a member and the programme is highly regarded.
It is very efficiently managed and the redemptions can be excellent.
flyingalex From Germany, joined Jul 2010, 1005 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (3 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 1307 times:
Quoting Polot (Reply 5): All the them have their own frequent flier program except Tarom and KQ , who are both part of Flying Blue.
FlyingBlue is the common frequent flyer program for 4 SkyTeam members:
Air France, KLM, TAROM and Kenya Airways
It is also the program of some further non-aligned carriers like Aircalin.
All other SkyTeam members have programs of the own.
The only other big example where a lot of airlines within an alliance share a frequent flyer program is Miles & More, which serves:
Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, Brussels Airlines, LOT, Croatia Airlines, Adria Airways (all Star Alliance), plus the non-aligned members Luxair and Air Dolomiti.
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raffik From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2006, 1644 posts, RR: 4 Reply 9, posted (3 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 1289 times:
So if other Skyteam carriers have their own personalised programmes, why was it an issue for Skyteam to
get ME to discard their own programme? I imagine that there must have been some talk of integration to
allow people to redeem miles on other member airlines? Perhaps this was the issue rather than ME having
to completely abandon their scheme.
fpetrutiu From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 754 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (3 months 2 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 981 times:
RO used to have their own, but changed over once they become part of SkyTeam. I am not sure if they had to or not, but it is acctually better on Flying Blue for international travel.
flyingalex From Germany, joined Jul 2010, 1005 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (3 months 1 week 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 438 times:
Quoting raffik (Reply 9): So if other Skyteam carriers have their own personalised programmes, why was it an issue for Skyteam to
get ME to discard their own programme? I imagine that there must have been some talk of integration to
allow people to redeem miles on other member airlines? Perhaps this was the issue rather than ME having
to completely abandon their scheme.
My guess is this is your answer:
Quoting brightcedars (Reply 11): Gladly ME still have their own program! They award more miles for a given flight than if you put it toward your AF account.
In general, Skyteam frequent flyer programs are not very generous (or in some cases, not anymore). Have a look on FlyerTalk sometime, where AF/KLM's program is decried as Flying Poo and Delta SkyMiles are sometimes referred to as SkyPesos because they are worth a lot less than they used to be before Delta started handing them out like candy to credit card customers and frequent shoppers.
If Cedar Miles really is that attractive, then perhaps other airlines were worried about people jumping ship to MEA's program if it offered a viable, more generous alternative within Skyteam.
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