Eurostar sale starts with hundreds of £35 return tickets to Paris, Lille, Brussels, Amsterdam and Rotterdam available
Eurostar has started an autumn sale which has many tickets available at huge discounts.
Where tickets to France can cost nearly £200 over the summer, from now until December 17 there are places going for just £35 return.
While tickets at this price can be used for travel until mid-December, the sale is only open for a week and they must be booked by September 11.
How to book £35 Eurostar tickets. Is there a promo code?
There is no promo code - the tickets can be booked directly from Eurostar’s website.
Eurostar’s Entry/Exit system
It comes after Eurostar’s boss today said that passengers at London St Pancras will face “no queues” after the introduction of new EU border checks next month. The Channel Tunnel train operator insisted it is fully prepared for the launch of the Entry Exit System (EES) on October 12.
Concerns have been raised for a number of years that EES will lead to long delays for UK travellers needing to complete EU border checks at St Pancras station, the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel’s Folkestone terminal. The process will involve people from non-EU countries – such as the UK – having their fingerprints registered and photograph taken to enter the EU, which will eventually replace the need to stamp their passports.
All children must register, though under-12s will be exempt from fingerprinting.
Eurostar will not ask passengers to arrive at St Pancras earlier than the current time, which ranges from 60-75 minutes before their train departs. The operator expects passengers will take an average of 90 seconds to complete the kiosk process, which includes scanning their passport, recording their facial image and fingerprints, and answering four questions about their trip.
The machines are self-service but staff will be on hand to help passengers who need assistance. After a passenger has used a kiosk, checked in and passed through security and UK exit checks, they will still need their EES registration to be completed by French border officers.
Eurostar chief safety and stations officer Simon Lejeune told the PA news agency: “We are ready. We have a seamless and smooth experience for our customers that will have to do EES in the months ahead.”