Eurostar reopened the cocktail bars in its London and Paris lounges this week, as well as bringing back its lounge canape collection. Both bars had been closed since the pandemic broke out although .....

Eurostar reopened the cocktail bars in its London and Paris lounges this week, as well as bringing back its .....

7 Apr 20227 April 2022 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

Is it possible to transfer hotel loyalty points to a friend or partner?  Can you transfer the points for free?  In most cases, the answer is ‘Yes’. Airline schemes are not like this.  .....

Is it possible to transfer hotel loyalty points to a friend or partner?  Can you transfer the points for .....

6 Dec 20216 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

In response to a reader email, I wanted to look today at whether you can transfer Club Eurostar points to a friend or family member. A bit of background …. Club Eurostar replaced Eurostar .....

In response to a reader email, I wanted to look today at whether you can transfer Club Eurostar points to a .....

5 Dec 20215 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

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 .....

I get the occasional reader email asking if you can convert Club Eurostar points into British Airways Avios .....

4 Dec 20214 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

If you have an Accor Live Limitless hotel account, you may have been emailed this week about a 20% conversion bonus if you transfer points in from Club Eurostar. Is this a good deal? Let’s take .....

If you have an Accor Live Limitless hotel account, you may have been emailed this week about a 20% conversion .....

2 Dec 20212 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

This is our review of the Eurostar lounge at Gare du Nord in Paris. It is part of our small Eurostar series this week. You can see our review of Club Eurostar here and our review of the Eurostar .....

This is our review of the Eurostar lounge at Gare du Nord in Paris. It is part of our small Eurostar series .....

27 Sep 202127 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

This is our review of the Eurostar lounge at London St Pancras station. It is five years since we last reviewed this lounge, even though I use it at least once per year, so I thought it was worth .....

This is our review of the Eurostar lounge at London St Pancras station. It is five years since we last .....

26 Sep 202126 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

This is our review of Club Eurostar, the Eurostar loyalty scheme. I took a Eurostar trip last week and wrote fresh reviews of the lounges at London St Pancras and Paris Gare du Nord. I thought I would .....

This is our review of Club Eurostar, the Eurostar loyalty scheme. I took a Eurostar trip last week and wrote .....

25 Sep 202125 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Club Eurostar doesn’t run many promotions, so it was surprising to see them come out with a very impressive offer yesterday. As it happens, I am in the middle of a Eurostar trip as I write. .....

Club Eurostar doesn’t run many promotions, so it was surprising to see them come out with a very .....

22 Sep 202122 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Should you be using your American Express points to book free Eurostar train tickets? Since Avios and Nectar became partners, there have been a few casualties.  Many of these were amongst .....

Should you be using your American Express points to book free Eurostar train tickets? Since Avios and Nectar .....

1 Mar 20211 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

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: There .....

Once upon a time, it was not unusual for airlines to offer transfer options out of their frequent flyer miles .....

8 Dec 20208 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

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, .....

Today was meant to be the day that Club Eurostar introduced a £32 ‘network charge’ per return .....

6 Oct 20206 October 2020 by Rob Burgess

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 .....

Eurostar has, belatedly, begun to offer on-board catering again. The buffet has returned for Standard Class .....

9 Sep 20209 September 2020 by Rob Burgess

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 .....

Eurostar has announced that it will not be reinstating services from Ashford International or Ebbsfleet until .....

5 Sep 20205 September 2020 by Rob Burgess