You can transfer points between Club Eurostar and Accor Live Limitless – but should you?

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 Accor option.

You can convert American Express Membership Rewards points to Club Eurostar at the rate of 15:1. This is pretty much it in terms of partner earning apart from a modest Hertz deal.

Interestingly, since the transfer rates were changed following the Club Eurostar devaluation last year, transfers FROM Accor into Eurostar might occasionally be worth it on peak dates.

How do you earn Club Eurostar points with Accor Live Limitless?

As the biggest hotel group in France and with a big UK presence, Accor was a natural fit for Club Eurostar’s first major travel partnership.

You can move Accor Live Limitless points to Club Eurostar, and Club Eurostar points to Accor Live Limitless.

Full details are on the Accor website here.

Does the maths make sense?

Accor is the only airline or hotel group which is really pushing the concept of two-way transfer partnerships.

Want to transfer Avios into Accor points? You can now move Avios into Accor Live Limitless credit (albeit at a poor rate 4,000 Avios = 1,000 Accor points, so €20 of free hotel room) via Qatar Airways Privilege Club. Other airlines which let you move their miles into Accor points are covered here.

The snag with these transfer deals is that they are never generous.  Accor Live Limitless is a revenue based loyalty scheme, with 1 Accor point worth 2 Eurocents off a hotel room.  There is no redemption chart – the number of points needed for a free night is based on the cash cost of the room you want.

What are the transfer rates between Accor Live Limitless and Club Eurostar?

Because Accor Live Limitless is revenue based, it is hard for the scheme to be too generous on transfers because it needs to make a profit both on transfers in and transfers out.

You can see what I mean by looking at the asymmetrical Accor rates to and from Club Eurostar:

• 500 Club Eurostar points gets you 1,000 Accor Live Limitless points

• 2,000 Accor Live Limitless points gets you 300 Club Eurostar points

Point transfers do NOT count towards status in either scheme.

Let’s try to put a cash value on this.  We decided in this article that Club Eurostar points are worth around 10p in Eurostar Standard, and 7p-8p in Eurostar Plus.

Going back to our original trade:

• 500 Eurostar points (value £35-£50) gets you 1,000 Accor points (value €20 / £16.50)

• 2,000 Accor points (value €40 / £33) gets you 300 Eurostar points (value £21-£30)

Moving from Eurostar to Accor is a bad deal however you want to look at it. It is a bit more marginal when moving Accor points TO Eurostar – you could lose about 1/3rd of the value but on a good day it might be acceptable.

Of course, life isn’t always that simple.

Perhaps you have a handful of Club Eurostar points you won’t use and will expire?   In this case, Accor points are better than nothing.  You can always stop Club Eurostar points expiring by transfering a small number of American Express Membership Rewards points though, and you can transfer Club Eurostar points to another person for free.

If you have 2,000 Accor Live Limitless points sitting around you could convert them to 2,000 Avios in Iberia Plus (NOT to British Airways Executive Club, which has a worse rate).  Even better, you could get €40 off an Accor hotel room.  Converting to Eurostar is probably better than moving them to Avios in Iberia Plus, but you are still losing some value compared to booking a room.

Conclusion

At the end of the day, it is always good to have more redemption options.  As is usually the case with transfers to or from Accor Live Limitless, this one involves some loss of value, especially when moving from Club Eurostar to Accor Live Limitless.

You can find out more about the Accor / Eurostar partnership on the Accor Live Limitless website here.

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How to get Club Eurostar points and lounge access from UK credit cards (April 2025)

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:

• American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 1,333 Club Eurostar points. This card is FREE for your first year and also comes with four free airport lounge passes.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

• The Platinum Card from American Express (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 50,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 3,333 Club Eurostar points. Card benefits include Eurostar lounge access.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

• American Express Rewards credit card (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 10,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 666 Club Eurostar points. This card is FREE for life.

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, 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.