EUROSTAR FLASH SALE: £29 TICKETS TO 5 TOP DESTINATIONS
Winter is coming, but if you want to put a spring in your step during these cold, dark months, a European city break might just do it.
So, if you fancy a getaway before 2025 is over, we bring good news: Eurostar has launched a flash sale across all of its destinations.
Tickets to city-break favourites including Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Lille, and Rotterdam will have a 25% discount, with the discount automatically applied online, so you don’t need to faff around with any codes at check out.
But you’ll have to be quick, as the Eurostar flash sale 2025 is only on for two days, between November 4 and November 6 at 11.59pm.
Which destinations can you book tickets to in the Eurostar flash sale?
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The sale offers discounted fares for travel to all of the destinations across the Eurostar network, that offer a direct service, to and from London St Pancras.
Therefore, the cities eligible for the 25% single tickets include Paris, Brussels, Lille, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam, but not those slightly afield, such as Cologne and Düsseldorf, for which you’d have to get a connecting train.
How cheap are tickets in the Eurostar flash sale?
The tickets for the Eurostar flash sale each have a 25% discount one way, valid on adult Eurostar Standard and and Eurostar Plus.
As it’s a discount, rather than a set price, there is some variation in pricing.
At the time of writing, the cheapest tickets could be found in January and February, where tickets to all destinations were as little as £29 — including trains on the weekend.
The cheaper tickets aren’t available every single day, and only on select trains, though.
For example, if you were travel to Paris on Saturday, January 17, 2026, there is only one £29 fare, available at 16:31 arriving into Gare du Nord at 19:59. However, the most expensive train on that day is currently only £56, thanks to the sale, so you can still pick up a bargain.
What travel dates do the discounted fares apply to in the Eurostar flash sale?
The discount is applied automatically to fares for travel between November 24, 2025 and March 11, 2026.
There are some ‘blackout dates’, though, where passengers won’t be able to get a discount. These are:
- London St Pancras International to Paris, Brussels, Lille, Amsterdam and Rotterdam: November 30, December 7, December 20, Boxing Day, December 27, December 28, December 30, January 2, January 3, February 13, February 14, February 22.
- London St Pancras International to Amsterdam: Novemer 29, November 30, 12 December, 13 December, 14 December, 6 February, 7 February, 8 February.
- Amsterdam to London St Pancras: December 12, December 13, December 14, February 6, February 7, February 8.
- London St Pancras to Rotterdam December 12, December 13, December 14, March 7, March 8.
- Rotterdam to London St Pancras: December 8, December 9. December 10, December 12, December 13, December 14, January 10, February 6, February 7, February 8, March 7, March 8.
Eurostar trains are also not running on Christmas Day.
Are there any other ways I can get cheap Eurostar tickets?
Eurostar Snap is a spur-of-the-moment service where you can bag leftover tickets based on whatever seats are available last-minute.
You pick travel dates and a time slot (either before or after 1pm to or from London, or 2pm for all other destinations), then Eurostar picks the specific train times, which are sent to you via email 48 hours before travel.
Eurostar can get up to 50% discount, and you can even book tickets for up to three other people – although you’re unlikely to be sat together.
Bookings can only be made up to 14 days before travel on routes to and from London, or up to eight days before on all other routes. Routes include London and Paris, Brussels, Lille, Amsterdam, and Paris and Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne.
It’s worth bearing in mind, though, but if plans change, you’ll lose out on the cash. Snap tickets are non-exchangeable, non-refundable, non-transferable and non-cancellable.
A TikTok travel influencer also recently shared their hack for getting Eurostar tickets for free.
Competition for the Eurostar
For three decades, Eurostar has held a monopoly on passenger trains in the Channel Tunnel since it opened in 1994. But this year, new potential rivals have emerged, which could turn the game on its head.
Last week, Richard Branson’s Virgin Group announced reached yet another major milestone in its £700million rail project to operate cross-channel trains.
The company received confirmation from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) that Eurostar’s Temple Mills maintenance depot could be used by Virgin’s own fleet, a crucial step in their journey to offer high-speed train journeys to customers.
In March, Gemini Trains unveiled their own plans to connect London St Pancras with Paris and Brussels. The firm said it planned to offer seats at prices that would rival Eurostar, and would include services from Ebbsfleet in Kent. It’s also since announced a partnership with Uber, who would co-brand the trains.
And Italy’s national state-owned railway company, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS Group) has also said it will launch a new high-speed rail service between London and Paris by 2029 that would compete with Eurostar.
The group, which is a co-owner of Avanti West Coast, could extend the route to Marseilles, Lyon and Milan, and is also looking at a possible reopening of Ashford International in Kent.
Soon, travellers will also be boarding sleek, high-speed double-decker Eurostar trains through the Channel Tunnel, the first of their kind in the UK.
Rolling out in 2031, Eurostar said that in order to meet growing demand, the cross-Channel rail operator will deliver at least 30 – and potentially up to 50 – new trains from manufacturer Alstom.
The fleet, named Eurostar Celestia, will start running in 2031, and will travel across all five countries in Europe served by Eurostar, plus two new destinations: Geneva and Frankfurt.
A version of this article was first published on June 3, 2025.
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