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Eurostar cancels services to the south of France – Lyon, Avignon, Marseille –...
Eurostar has announced that it is dropping its direct Summer service to Lyon, Avignon and Marseille. What was more surprising is that, as well as cancelling all trips for 2020, it has also wiped the...
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Eurostar cancels its dedicated ski services to France for 2020
Eurostar has cancelled its dedicated ski services to France for 2020. Last month, we reported that Eurostar has cancelled its services to the south of France. These were the trains heading to Lyon,...
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Lounge news: Aspire lounge at Luton Airport opens 4th August, Eurostar...
News in brief: Aspire’s Luton Airport lounge due to open on 4th August The Aspire lounge as London Luton Airport is due to re-open on 4th August. The good news is that the lounge has been completely...
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Club Eurostar is adding a £32 fee to all points redemptions
Club Eurostar is making some changes to how it operates in response to the hit to the business caused by coronavirus. The good news, from a loyalty perspective, is that Club Eurostar will be extending...
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What are Club Eurostar points worth? We do the maths – adding in the new fees
What are Club Eurostar points worth? I had pondered this question – without answering it – in various articles, including this one on which is the best American Express Membership Rewards points...
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Eurostar finally starting direct trains from Amsterdam and Rotterdam to London
At long last, there is a date for direct Eurostar services from Amsterdam and Rotterdam to London. Direct services TO Amsterdam started in 2018. Anika travelled on the launch London to Amsterdam...
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Eurostar to withdraw from Ashford and Ebbsfleet
Eurostar has announced that it will not be reinstating services from Ashford International or Ebbsfleet until at least 2022. Eurostar has continually been the most pessimistic / realistic of the...
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Eurostar resumes a full catering service
Eurostar has, belatedly, begun to offer on-board catering again. The buffet has returned for Standard Class passengers, whilst at-seat meals have returned for Standard Premier and Business Premier...
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Eurostar delays the introduction of the £32 redemption fee
Today was meant to be the day that Club Eurostar introduced a £32 ‘network charge’ per return reward ticket. The ‘network charge’ is a flat-rate and not tied to your class of travel, status or...
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Which airlines let you convert OUT of their air miles and into Accor hotel...
Once upon a time, it was not unusual for airlines to offer transfer options out of their frequent flyer miles and into hotel schemes. Over the years this changed, creating a pyramid of sorts: Hertz...
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Bits: excellent Accor / Taste of London redemptions return, Eurostar reopens...
News in brief: Accor brings back its excellent Taste of London redemptions Long in the tooth HfP readers may remember when British Airways was lead sponsor of the annual Taste of London food festival....
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What are Club Eurostar points worth in 2022? We do the maths
What are Club Eurostar points worth? I had pondered this question – without answering it – in various articles, including this one on which is the best American Express Membership Rewards points...
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Review: the Eurostar London St Pancras Business Premier lounge
This is our review of the Eurostar Business Premier lounge at London St Pancras station. For me, it was my actually my first ever proper visit – and, shockingly, my first ever Eurostar trip –...
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Review: I try Eurostar Standard Premier from London to Amsterdam
This is our review of Standard Premier on the Eurostar rail service from London to Amsterdam. Despite living in the catchment area of Eurostar for many years – including when it used to stop at...
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Review: Eurostar Business Premier from Amsterdam to London St Pancras
This is our review of Business Premier on the Eurostar train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras. After spending a long weekend in Amsterdam it was time to return home, this time in...
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Eurostar: Standard Premier vs Business Premier – what’s the difference?
Eurostar offers three classes of travel on its services from London to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and beyond, all the way from Standard to Business Premier. In this article I want to look at the...
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Which airlines let you convert OUT of their air miles and into Accor hotel...
Once upon a time, it was not unusual for airlines to offer transfer options out of their frequent flyer miles and into hotel schemes. Over the years this changed, creating a pyramid of sorts: Hertz...
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Bits: triple Club Eurostar points from Accor hotels, good Liverpool hotel deal
News in brief: Earn triple Club Eurostar points from an Accor hotel stay Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty scheme for Ibis, Novotel, Mercure, Sofitel, Raffles, Fairmont, Pullman etc, has launched a...
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As Eurostar fares go sky high, are ‘Amex to Club Eurostar’ transfers now a...
Some recent press coverage elsewhere (eg Business Traveller here, by the ever-excellent Alex McWhirter) has drawn attention to the huge spike in Eurostar ticket prices since the pandemic eased. This...
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How I put together my most complex redemption ever, using nine programmes
We’ve just returned from 12 days in the Middle East over half term. This turned out to be the most complex ‘miles and points’ trip I’ve ever arranged, coming together over a number of months as...
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