Eurostar will be running a big Club Eurostar points sale next month.
It is surprisingly generous. The discounts are substantial and the travel period covers virtually all of 2024.
There’s only one snag – transfers from American Express Membership Rewards to Club Eurostar are still down. I was told on Friday that it will take another 2-3 weeks to bring them back.
Unless Amex transfers restart, the sale is restricted to those who already have enough points.
Club Eurostar has never run any sort of points sale before AFAIK, yet alone one this generous.
It is possible that it is being done in response to the ‘no notice’ points devaluation when Club Eurostar was launched last year. The sale reduces reward prices to what they were before October 2023, adjusted for the 20% points uplift everyone got as part of the restructuring.
When is the sale and when can you travel?
According to the email sent to some members:
- you can book between 6th and 16th February
- you can travel between 6th February and 3rd November
- you can also book for travel on ex-Thalys services in Europe, for travel between 6th February and 7th September
What will the Club Eurostar sale pricing be?
These are chunky discounts, especialy as you can redeem on EVERY train on every day, with no blackouts, as long as cash seats are bookable.
Standard
- 600 Club Eurostar points each way (usually 1,000 points)
- 900 Club Eurostar points each way (usually 1,500 points) for trains where the allocation of regular priced reward seats has run out
Standard Premier (‘Comfort’ on ex-Thalys trains)
- 1,200 Club Eurostar points each way (usually 2,000 points)
- 1,500 Club Eurostar points each way (usually 2,500 points) for trains where the allocation of regular priced reward seats has run out
Business Premier
- 1,800 Club Eurostar points each way (usually 3,000 points) – this pricing applies to all services
Are there any special terms and conditions?
It seems not, based on the email teaser.
The only thing to remember is that you cannot cancel a Club Eurostar redemption. You can change the date but not cancel it. It’s not clear if the redemption would reprice at the normal rate if you change the date after the offer has ended.
We’ll remind you of this deal when it launches.
Let’s hope that American Express Membership Rewards transfers can be brought back in time, since these would be good value redemptions. The transfer rate is 15:1 so you’re looking at 18,000 Amex points for a return Standard ticket.
It would be ironic if this generous promotion got Eurostar ill-will from customers because they couldn’t do the Amex transfer they needed in order to top-up their account to take part ….