Eurostar Ticket News - New Classes of Travel

Hot off the press comes news that Eurostar is today launching three new/revised classes of travel for journeys from September 1st.

It is ditching first class and premium and replacing them with business premier, leisure select and standard.

Buisness premier includes a 10 minute fast-track check-in, lounge access and optional chauffeur service. Leisure select offers a larger seat pitch, a 30 minute check-in and seated meal and drinks service. (Doesn%26#39;t say if this is included in the price.) Standard offers just a 30 minute check-in and on board bar buffet.

The press release does not relate how many focus groups and PR johnnies it took to come up with the meaningless name Leisure Select!

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Hi Adam - let%26#39;s hope they%26#39;re offering reduced one-way fares, as well. I can%26#39;t belive the price variations, between one-way and return....also, from the different agencies.

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Hey Stur, your best bet is to skip the agencies and go to them directly. eurostar.com. Of course their sigth does not work with my browser, so I have to go to the SNCF sight, but it still avoids the agency fees.

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Followed your advise and booked direct and saved soooo much money.

Got $94 USD RT and booked my London tour separate.

The savings was unreal.

Thanks for the advice

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booked through http://www.eurorailways.com.

They are really great communicating and answered all questions by phone and email.!!!!

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I use the SNCF website to book my EuroStar tickets because I%26#39;ve found it to be consistantly less expensive. I%26#39;ve also found that I can almost always get an even lower fare by repeatedly trying slightly different departure times and dates (when I have that luxury). An example: my last trip to London was 47EUR. The first attempt was over 110EUR, the second was 160EUR, and the voila: 47EUR, just be changing the departure hour. The fares also change for the same departure time/date when you walk away from your PC and then try again later in the day.

I%26#39;ve also noticed that SNCF will place a %26quot;this fare is elegible for a free first class upgrade%26quot; notice on the booking page sometimes. I%26#39;ve only seen it once but an English friend who practically commutes across the channel says he%26#39;s seen it many times.

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adamhornets -

Thanks for popping over from London to give us Francophiles this info. Good to see you on this side of the channel. Hope you enjoyed your visit!

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Phread and geebee - thanks for the advice. I%26#39;ve tried all sites over time - but I%26#39;m more than happy to have another go - and to try different departure times . Previously I%26#39;d stuck to the 8.15 departure from Waterloo - I%26#39;ll revisit that one.

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Thanks Irishrovr,

I pop over to check that my favourite restaurant is still there - Thoumieux - Don%26#39;t tell anyone!

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I was able to get very good rates on Eurostar tickets on autoeurope.com. I received my tickets very quickly, and someone from the company even called me to double check something in my order.

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adamhornets -

Your secret is safe with me!!!

Just slip me a couple of tix to the National and I%26#39;ll never mention it to a soul...

:%26gt;)