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The good news for anyone travelling between London and Amsterdam or Rotterdam is that DIRECT Eurostar return trains are about to start running.

Eurostar has been running from London TO Amsterdam and Rotterdam for a while now.

However, due to on-going work constructing immigration facilities, you could not travel TO London directly.  Passengers from Amsterdam needed to get off the train in Brussels, clear passport control and get back onto a different train to complete their trip.  Passengers from Rotterdam had to take a Thalys train to Brussels and change.

This nonsense is about to end.

From 30th April, trains will run directly from Amsterdam to St Pancras.  From 18th May, you will also be able to travel directly from Rotterdam to St Pancras.

If you book a ticket THIS WEEK (the final date to book is 25th February) for travel to Amsterdam between 30th April and 30th June, or Rotterdam between 18th May and 30th June, you will receive double Club Eurostar points.

I value a Club Eurostar point at 10p-12.5p as this article explains.   With this offer, you will be earning 2 points per £1 spent which means a rebate of 20p-25p per £1.

You can also transfer Eurostar points to the Accor Live Limitless hotel loyalty scheme at 1:3 (minimum transfer of 500 Eurostar points).  As Accor points transfer 1:1 to Avios in Iberia Plus, you could earn 6 Avios per £1 spent on Eurostar via this offer.  We explained how the Accor / Eurostar partnership works in this article.

How to get Club Eurostar points and lounge access from UK credit cards

How to get Club Eurostar points and lounge access from UK credit cards (April 2024)

Club Eurostar does not have a UK credit card.  However, you can earn Club Eurostar points by converting Membership Rewards points earned from selected UK American Express cards. 

Cards earning Membership Rewards points include:

Membership Rewards points convert at 15:1 into Club Eurostar points.  The cards above all earn 1 Membership Rewards point per £1 spent on your card, so you will get the equivalent of 1 Club Eurostar point for every £15 you spend.

American Express Platinum comes with a great Eurostar benefit – Eurostar lounge access!  

You can enter any Eurostar lounge, irrespective of your ticket type, simply by showing The Platinum Card at the desk.  No guests are allowed but you can get entry for your partner by issuing them with a free supplementary Amex Platinum card on your account.

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Comments (162)

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  • Dan Early says:
    17 Feb17 February 11:33

    OT: Want to book flights on Air Canada using Amex MR points. Can’t see Air Canada listed on UK Amex website.

    Any suggestions?

  • Michael says:
    17 Feb17 February 11:42

    From Business Traveller:

    British Airways has today announced a new partnership between Barclays Premier and the Avios loyalty scheme.

    Benefits of the new collaboration will launch “later this year”, and will include Barclays Premier customers being able to earn Avios through their current account “and other banking products”, as well as receiving “additional loyalty benefits and experiences”.

    Exact details of the partnership have yet to be confirmed, with BA stating that “Barclays Premier customers and British Airways Executive Club members will be able to find out more details on the new programme, including eligibility and how to pre-register, later this year”.

    According to the Barclays website, eligibility conditions of Premier Banking are “An annual gross income of £75,000 or more paid into a Barclays current account, or £100,000 or more saved or invested with us”.

    Commenting on the news Andrew Crawley, CEO of the Avios Group said:

    “We are always looking for new partnerships that will benefit members. Working with Barclays, their customers will be rewarded with Avios which can be redeemed in so many exciting ways including British Airways flights, car rental and experiences.”

    Looking forward to getting more information.

    • Nate1309 says:
      17 Feb17 February 11:46

      Thanks. Will see how that develops. I’m not one for swapping current accounts normally, had mine for 30 years but may be tempted by this carrot on a stick.

  • Don says:
    17 Feb17 February 11:48

    No

  • Tamara says:
    17 Feb17 February 12:21

    OT: Hi, how many points are awarded for adding an additional card holder to Amex PRGC? And do the points have to be offered or just posted without an offer anyway? Thanks

  • Don says:
    17 Feb17 February 12:51

    BA have two CDG flights leaving Paris within 10 mins of each other. Slot sitting? Climate change? Heathrow expansion?! No thanks! Who are they kidding with their fake measures and outrage.

  • aDifferentSimon says:
    17 Feb17 February 13:04

    This’ll be nice. Especially given loads of hfp readers signed up during the 25k promo last year.

  • Rob says:
    17 Feb17 February 13:06

    No

  • RussellH says:
    17 Feb17 February 13:06

    OT Airline Insolvency

    Report in todays Travel Trade gazette at https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/government-moves-to-formalise-repatriation-scheme-21306

    “All UK scheduled airlines could be made to offer financial protection under new government proposals – but passengers would only be covered for repatriation, TTG understands.”

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