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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 .....
17 Feb 202017 February 2020 • 163 comments
What are Club Eurostar points worth? I have pondered this question – without answering it – in a couple of recent articles, including this one from two weeks ago on which is the best .....
27 Dec 201927 December 2019 • 22 comments
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 .....
12 Dec 201912 December 2019 • 41 comments
Club Eurostar launched a double points promotion yesterday as part of its partnership with Le Club AccorHotels. As we covered here, you can transfer Accor points into Club Eurostar, and Club Eurostar .....
8 Oct 20198 October 2019 • Leave a comment
Club Eurostar is announcing a change to its top-tier Carte Blanche status today. From 23rd October, you will need to earn 2,400 points or make 32 return journeys in a membership year to qualify or .....
15 Aug 201915 August 2019 • 106 comments
Club Eurostar, which replaced Eurostar Frequent Traveller and Eurostar Plus Points, is now approaching its second birthday. We don’t give it much coverage on Head for Points, mainly because it .....
11 Aug 201911 August 2019 • 26 comments
Le Club AccorHotels, the loyalty scheme for Ibis, Novotel, Mercure, Sofitel, Raffles, Fairmont, Pullman etc, has launched a promotion with Club Eurostar. Accor launched its Club Eurostar partnership .....
4 Feb 20194 February 2019 • Leave a comment
Eurostar has announced that it is launching a 3rd weekday Rotterdam and Amsterdam service on 11th June. It will depart St Pancras at 11.04, arriving in Amsterdam at 16.11. The early morning service .....
6 Jan 20196 January 2019 • Leave a comment
I have written numerous articles before about using American Express Membership Rewards points and a few pieces on how I value airline miles and hotel points. I have pulled together both of these .....
3 Dec 20183 December 2018 • 209 comments
I was in the Eurostar lounge at St Pancras yesterday for the first time since the new cocktail bar opened. Whilst it wasn’t open at 8am (!) it does look very smart as you can see below. I have .....
16 Nov 201816 November 2018 • 102 comments
Accor Live Limitless has announced a new partnership with Club Eurostar. I was a little surprised to see this but I shouldn’t have been. As the biggest hotel group in France and with a big UK .....
4 Oct 20184 October 2018 • 15 comments
Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend. It is usually a terrible deal. The price is often only modestly cheaper than buying miles outright but no new miles .....
29 Sep 201829 September 2018 • 9 comments
Following the huge success of the cocktail bar in its new Paris lounge (see our review here), Eurostar has opened another on the upper level of the London St Pancras lounge. A press photo is below. .....
7 Sep 20187 September 2018 • Leave a comment
The highlight of the huge new Eurostar Business Premier lounge in Paris is the cocktail bar, which is open every evening and serves up your choice of drink – on the house. We covered it in our .....
25 Jul 201825 July 2018 • 52 comments
