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Eurostar launched a new frequent traveller scheme earlier in the year and now that things have settled down, it is worth remembering that you can convert Membership Rewards points (from your Amex spend) to secure discounts on Eurostar trips. Your need to set up a membership with Club Eurostar before you can make the transfer…
Eurostar is merging their Frequent Traveller schemes later in the year. Details have been announced, if not the date
Leaving the Hyatt I took the shuttle back to Charles de Gaulle. The first stop leaves you at Terminal 2 above the TGV station. You have to go down three floors, but there are lifts and escalators. There are machines to purchase tickets if you need to. I had collected my Eurostar ticket from St.…
From the Eurostar web site you can book a connecting but through ticket from London to Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris. Taking a little under three hours you connect at Lille from the Eurostar to a TGV which drops you at the heart of CDG. It was a busy Friday afternoon when I arrived…
Eurostar are indicating that they expect to operate a full service today, although delays are expected. Le Shuttle operated services overnight and will do so again today. They are asking people without reservations not to travel to the station.
The Eurostar Twitter account is reporting that their service is suspended due to smoke in the tunnel. Trains are going back to the departure stations which suggests that they might be expecting it to take time to sort out. They are now saying that it will be closed until this evening.
The Eurostar web site now allows connections and through ticketing to select German cities using the services of DB rather than Thalys. The cities included are Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich. You change in Brussels. The fares are not totally competitive to the airlines, but it does allow some flexibility in that you…
In December 2016 (!) you will be able to travel from London to Amsterdam non-stop. The Press Release indicates that the service will run from London to Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Schipol and then Amsterdam Central. The journey time is estimated at 4 hours. As I live close to the departure point for the Eurostar in…
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