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Bits: Heathrow drops threat of Christmas flight caps, Eurostar commits to...
News in brief: Heathrow pulls back on threat for Christmas capacity caps Heathrow is attempting to calm concerns from airlines and passengers over short notice capacity caps over the busy Christmas...
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What is the best use of American Express points?
What are American Express Membership Rewards points worth? What is the best way to use American Express Membership Rewards points? I have written numerous articles before about using American Express...
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Bits: new £100 Amex Travel cashback offer, new Eurostar logo – and new...
New in brief: New £100 Amex Travel cashback offer – for some According to a handful of reports from HfP readers, a new Amex Travel cashback offer has launched on some cards. This seems to be a very...
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How does Club Eurostar work?
This is our review of Club Eurostar, the Eurostar loyalty scheme. We don’t give Club Eurostar much coverage on Head for Points, mainly because it doesn’t run many promotions and we are generally...
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Earn 3,000 Accor points (worth €60) WITHOUT a hotel stay – and double points...
Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Mercure, ibis, Pullman, Raffles, Fairmont and many more brands, has launched an interesting new promotion. I don’t think anyone at Accor would be...
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Get 10% off Eurostar bookings this week – and 10% back via Uber after that
Eurostar has launched a discount promotion for Earth Day. You can save 10% on bookings in Standard and Standard Premier using code EARTH2023. (EDIT: the code has stopped working – it is not clear...
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You can swap points between Club Eurostar and Accor Live Limitless – but...
Accor Live Limitless has a little known partnership with Club Eurostar. As there are very few ways of earning Club Eurostar points apart from taking a trip, I thought it was worth a closer look at the...
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Eurostar trains to Amsterdam and Rotterdam to be suspended for up to 11 months
Eurostar train services from London to Amsterdam and Rotterdam will be suspended for up to 11 months whilst major rebuilding work at Amsterdam Centraal is undertaken. The Dutch transport minister...
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Can you convert Club Eurostar points to Avios?
I get the occasional reader email asking if you can convert Club Eurostar points into British Airways Avios points. The answer is yes, you can, but there are two snags: it is a bit fiddly, and more...
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Can you transfer Club Eurostar points to someone else?
In response to a reader email, I wanted to look at whether you can transfer Club Eurostar points to a friend or family member. A bit of background …. Club Eurostar replaced Eurostar Frequent Traveller...
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Bits: Club Eurostar will get a new top tier, Norse trims Barbados, Hampton...
News in brief: Club Eurostar relaunching in October Members of Eurostar’s Club Eurostar loyalty programme were given a very brief outline of the new loyalty programme yesterday. Following the merger...
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Club Eurostar: Are you a winner or a loser in the new programme?
The Club Eurostar programme relaunched on Sunday after a short closure of its website. At first glance it may seem that little has changed – all of the old ways to earn and redeem are still there,...
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What are Club Eurostar points worth after the scheme relaunch? We do the maths
What are Club Eurostar points worth? After the Club Eurostar relaunch this week, which doubled the cost of free trips – albeit with a higher earning rate going forward and a status bonus for elite...
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What is the best use of American Express points (updated for Eurostar changes)?
What are American Express Membership Rewards points worth? I have written numerous articles before about using American Express Membership Rewards points and a few pieces on how I value airline miles...
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Review: St Pancras Renaissance hotel and its new ‘Suite to Seat’ Eurostar...
Earlier this month, I was invited to stay at the St Pancras Renaissance hotel to experience the hotel’s new Suite to Seat programme for guests booked on Eurostar the following day. Guests of the hotel...
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Bits: Virgin Group to run Channel Tunnel trains?, we try Wheely’s ‘Perfect...
News in brief: Virgin Group to run trains through the Channel Tunnel According to a report in the Telegraph last weekend (paywall), Virgin Group is preparing to announce a new rail service to break...
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Get TRIPLE Club Eurostar points with Accor Live Limitless
This article has been sponsored by Accor Following Eurostar’s merger with Thalys and the launch of the new-look Club Eurostar loyalty programme, ALL – Accor Live Limitless and Club Eurostar have...
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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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Eurostar’s impressive iProov.me scheme let me bypass UK passport control (and...
A few weeks ago Sinead reviewed the new ‘Suite to Seat’ service offered by the Renaissance St Pancras hotel and Eurostar. Suite guests at the hotel now get fast tracked to their Eurostar seat with all...
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Review: the Eurostar lounge at Paris Gare du Nord station
This is our review of the Eurostar Business Premier lounge at Gare du Nord in Paris. It’s been a couple of years since we last looked at this lounge so I thought it was worth covering it again after a...
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