Baggage Policy

If you're flying with Middle East airlines, you should know the airline's baggage rules to avoid any last-minute surprises or unexpected costs. This post will go through the Middle East airlines baggage Policy in depth, including the allowable baggage size and weight, over-baggage prices, and more.

Hand/Cabin Baggage Policy

Middle East Airlines (ME) allows each passenger to bring one piece of baggage as a carry-on as long as the sum of the item's three dimensions does not exceed 115 cm and the thing is not heavier than 10 kg for all flights. For more information, please visit https://www.mea.com.lb/english/traveler-info/baggage-info/travel-wholly-performed-on-mea.

Checked Baggage 

The airline permits passengers to carry checked-in baggage. However, this differs according to cabin class and route. Moreover, look at the table below for details:

FROM AND TO BEIRUT	Economy class	Business class
Abidjan	UP TO 30 KG	UP TO 60 KG
Accra	UP TO 30 KG	UP TO 60 KG
Lagos	UP TO 30 KG	UP TO 60 KG

Additional or Excess Baggage

If passengers' baggage exceeds the allowance, they can prepay for excess baggage or buy the excess baggage at the airport. Refer below to the tables for the excess baggage fee applicable-

FROM BEIRUT TO	First additional piece up to 23KG	Second & more additional pieces up to 23KG	Piece between 23KG and 30KG
	Offline / Online	Offline / Online	Online
CAIRO	150 USD / 100 USD	150 USD / 100 USD	50 USD
FRANKFURT & DÜSSELDORF	150 USD / 100 USD	150 USD / 100 USD	50 USD
JEDDAH / RIYADH/ DAMMAM /MADINAH	150 USD / 100 USD	150 USD / 100 USD	50 USD
KUWAIT	100 USD / 90 USD	100 USD / 90 USD	40 USD
ALL DESTINATIONS	75 USD / 50 USD	200 USD / 150 USD	50 USD

sports equipment fee

Passengers may transport one piece of sports equipment free of charge, provided it weighs under 23 kg. However, each extra bit of sports equipment under 23 kg will be charged at 200 USD / piece or the local equivalent.