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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.

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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 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:

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.

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.

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.

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Comments (155)

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  • Ant says:
    17 Feb17 February 09:31

    OT: purchased a return ticket using Avios and £91. If I cancel after 24 hours what is the cancellation fee? Thanks

  • BJ says:
    17 Feb17 February 10:08

    Scoot business class seat is the same as the SQ regional business class seat which is to say mediocre at best . However, at the prices they charge, and for a 5h flight it is quite adeqate and good value.

    • meta says:
      17 Feb17 February 11:59

      SQ now has 787s with new seats on many regional routes. Flying it mid-April from Fukuoka. I believe I read it is also on Perth route.

    • BJ says:
      17 Feb17 February 18:04

      Service is good. With Scoot, AirAsiaX it’s better to focus on what you get for the money as opposed to how they compare to full service carriers.

  • George K says:
    17 Feb17 February 10:28

    I’ve got a question around Heathrow slots and curfew. As you say, the 4.45 arrival is curfew busting, yet a slot for that time exists. How does this work, exactly? Do you get penalised/charged extra for securing such a slot, or is there provision for limited arrivals before 6 (and if so, why call it curfew, or why have it at all)?

    I just find the whole concept behind the parallel existence of a Heathrow curfew and that of pre-6am slots… confusing.

    • Rhys says:
      17 Feb17 February 10:31

      There are a limited amount of slots permitted during the curfew

      • Lady London says:
        17 Feb17 February 12:41

        I know. I think that;s the **** aircraft that flew over my house every d*** morning at about 4.35am when I lived in Kew. Rumble… rumble… I had thought it was a third world oldfashioned jet. But the timing is right for it to have been that British Airways one.

        There are a fixed number of slots for planes to land outside of the Heathrow “curfew” (no landings no takeoffs) hours. It may be about 6. Additionally you always get planes that are late incoming and still allowed to land at G** knows what hours in the night. Making life under the flightpath a sleepless one.

        • David the 1st says:
          17 Feb17 February 13:27

          How annoying them building an airport so close to where you had your house. If only you’d known it was to be built before you’d moved there.

    • Doug M says:
      17 Feb17 February 10:38

      Pretty certain Heathrow don’t call it a curfew, it’s a restricted time slot. When the early flights from the USA East Coast where arriving near 2 hours ahead of schedule last week they got to land, there is no curfew, just restrictions that can in some circumstances be ignored in a limited way.

    • Nick says:
      17 Feb17 February 12:51

      Heathrow doesn’t actually have a curfew, it’s officially a 24-hour airport. What they do have is a ‘noise quota’ for operations between 2300 and 0600. Airlines have a certain number of points they can use, with noisier aircraft attracting more points (hence fewer 747s on the morning arrivals now) – the limited number of points acts as an effective limiter on night flights. It’s just easier for lazy journalists (!) to talk of a ‘curfew’ than explain this properly. On disrupted days then alleviation can be made which doesn’t take up more points.

      Part of the Heathrow consultation that’s out now is about the possibility of the airport agreeing to a total night ban except emergency traffic – if this happens then these morning flights will have to be retimed.

    • ChrisC says:
      17 Feb17 February 23:19

      yes it’s restrictons not an absolute curfew like some airports actually have.

      Time people started calling it what it actually is (same as nt calling carrier surcharges ‘taxes’)

      Accuracy matters

  • Ian says:
    17 Feb17 February 10:47

    OT:
    Sorry, I know this has been asked a million times before.

    To try to secure a return trip for 2 with 241 voucher can I:

    Call and book Outgoing Flights and pay full Avios for them.

    Wait a couple of weeks then call to add Return Flights and 241 voucher to the booking and just pay the extra tax? (subject to availability materialising obviously)

    Thanks

    • Spurs Debs says:
      17 Feb17 February 10:56

      You got that all wrong … either call or book online your outgoing journey use 241 then, you can’t add it retrospectively. Then call when it’s time to book return flights and they will add it to booking.

  • George K says:
    17 Feb17 February 11:17

    A Hilton related question: If I buy points during this promotion, do they keep my points from expiring?

  • BJ says:
    17 Feb17 February 11:26

    OT: 50% buy avios bonus back on IB+ if anybody needs some in a hurry.

  • Natalie Meyer says:
    17 Feb17 February 11:26

    I don’t see anything about the Eurostar deal yet online. Is there a way to activate this deal / register for it, or can I just book any tickets and it will be applied automatically?

  • 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?

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