2 Eurostar tickets for £90 with the Telegraph

MSE_Martin · 6 March 2007 at 11:32AM

What's the deal?

In conjunction with the Daily Telegraph, Eurostar is offering two return tickets to Lille, Brussels, or Paris for £90. Some tickets are more expensive if you travel between Friday and Sunday. There is VERY severe competition to book the tickets though so you need to be quick.

How can I get them?

To qualify, readers need to collect four passwords printed in the paper between 10-19 March.

To get your tickets, go to the booking page on the Telegraph website. It's best to book this way else you'll have to pay a booking fee. However, if it's not an option you can also book over the phone on 0870 1602010- if you do, be sure to quote the 'Telegraph and Eurostar offer'. It's also possible to book additional tickets for others there (though you have to pay for them of course).

Details of the travel

When to book. Bookings will be taken between 13 March and 13 April, for travel between 27 March and 30 June '07. Unless you plan to visit Lille, weekend travel (Fri-Sun) will cost more. At the weekend, short break returns to Brussels are £100 for 2, and £110 gets you to Paris and back.
Book at least 14 days in advance. You'll need to book at least 14 days before you travel, and the earlier the better since availability is all but non-existant on many of the morning and sunday journeys.
Dates you'll really struggle to find tickets. Specifically, according to the Eurostar website, tickets are very scarce on "5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15 and 16 April, 4, 7, 25, 26, 27, 28 May and 1, 2, 3 June 2007." Also, there are fewer tickets available for journeys to Paris than there are for Brussels or Lille.
Always check in at least 30 minutes before hand. You're expected to check in at least 30 minutes before departure, or you may not be allowed to board the train, so don't be late!

An alternative way to get Cheap Eurostar Travel.

If you're an avid Tesco Clubcard points collector you can also book Eurostar tickets through Clubcard deals. £25 worth of Clubcard deals vouchers is redeemable for one adult leisure return ticket. Full info on loyalty schemes

Thanks to dagger_meerkat for the original post below.

dagger_meerkat · 8 March 2007 at 2:51PM

Eurostar is offering two return tickets to Paris, Brussels or Lille for travel between 27th March 2007 and 30th June 2007 inclusive.

Catch is you have to enter four passwords gathered from the Daily Telegraph for four days starting Saturday.

Deal is on here!

richardw · 8 March 2007 at 4:18PM

Very restricted

"BOOKING TIPS
• There is extremely limited availability for this promotion on 5, 6, 7,10, 13,14,15 and 16 April, 4, 7, 25, 26, 27,28 May and 1, 2, 3 June 2007.

In addition, certain trains are more popular than others, and so the earlier you book, the better chance you will have of obtaining seats on the train of your choice.

TRAINS DEPARTING TO AND FROM PARIS HAVE RESTRICTED AVAILABILITY
There will be extremely limited availability on outbound trains to Paris between the hours of 07.00 and 13.00 from Monday to Saturday and extremely limited availability after 10.30 on Sundays. Inbound trains from Paris will have extremely limited availability between the hours of 07.00 and 10.00 on Monday to Thursday, no availability after 10.00 on Friday and Sunday and no availability on trains between the hours of 10.00 and 18.00 on Saturday"

richardw · 8 March 2007 at 4:19PM

posted twice, sorry

bitoclass · 10 March 2007 at 2:49PM

This looks quite a good offer, as long as we can book early enough on Tuesday to have a good selection.

Last time the Telegraph were doing a Eurostar offer (late summer), someone here very kindly posted all the passwords on the forum to save us buying the paper! Is anyone prepared to do that this time or do I need to sneak a peek each day in the newsagent's?

(I'm a Guardian man myself, rather than Telegraph, and it feels very wasteful to be recycling two lots of newspaper, particularly when one would be unread!)

blue_monkey_2 · 10 March 2007 at 3:48PM

Do you think that it will include fares to EuroDisney, or just Paris?

Jamp · 10 March 2007 at 4:00PM

Do the two tickets have to be for the same trains?

pogster · 11 March 2007 at 10:48AM

Has anyone got Saturday's password?

Thanks in anticipation

Sans_Pareil_2 · 11 March 2007 at 9:54PM

Seems this is going cold? Is this because people arent bothering to collect the passwords (this offer was much cheaper in previous years) or is it just people arent sharing them because they fear losing their seat to someone else as such......

This offer isnt 2for 1 as in previous years its a slight discount on cheapest fare (£59 each return) and the discount is variable based on day/destination:

- £45 for a weekend or weekday day trip return or short break return travelling Monday to Thursday to Paris, Brussels or Lille;
- £45 for a short break return travelling Friday to Sunday to Lille; or
- £50 for a short break return travelling Friday to Sunday to Brussels (& any Belgian station); or
- £55 for a short break return travelling Friday to Sunday to Paris.

Note there is more small print to this offer than in previous years too.
http://www.eurostarpromotions.com/telegraph_promotions_07/termsandconditions/?&cid=emailtelegraphpromotions07

emmedi · 12 March 2007 at 8:21AM

sunday's code: WINE

stratford_2 · 12 March 2007 at 8:59AM

emmedi wrote: »

sunday's code: WINE

saturday's password: discover

2 Eurostar tickets for £90 with the Telegraph

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