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Club Eurostar Devaluation Coming in October
Club Eurostar has announced changes to its loyalty programme, including higher redemption costs for reward tickets and upgrades to and from London.
From 29th October, the number of Club Eurostar points required for both Anytime and Value reward tickets will increase by 10%. That gives two months to make any bookings at the current rates.
One-way increases include:
- Value Eurostar Standard: 1,100 points (up from 1,000)
- Value Eurostar Plus: 2,200 points (up from 2,000)
- Anytime Eurostar Standard: 1,650 points (up from 1,500)
- Anytime Eurostar Plus: 2,750 points (up from 2,500)
- Anytime Eurostar Premier: 3,300 points (up from 3,000)
Eurostar will also introduce separate Value and Anytime upgrade pricing on routes to and from London.
Value upgrades are cheaper but have limited availability, while Anytime upgrades cost more and have no availability restrictions. Value upgrades will cost 650 points, just over an 8% increase from the current 600 points. Anytime upgrades will cost 900 points, a 50% increase from the current 600 points.
These changes apply only to journeys to and from London. Reward prices between France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany remain unchanged, with one-way Value tickets still costing 1,000 points in Standard, 2,000 in Plus and 3,000 in Premier. Upgrades on these routes remain at 600 points.
There is potentially better news on the earning side. Eurostar says it plans to introduce new ways for Club Eurostar members to earn points, although it has not yet revealed what these will be.
Eurostar says the changes are being made so it can “continue offering valuable rewards and benefits to members in the future”. On the positive side, they have given members two months’ notice, which is far better than some of the airline and hotel loyalty programme devaluations we’ve seen introduced with little or no warning.
If you have a points balance or are considering transferring, it’s worth checking whether you want to book any redemptions before prices increase.
All other aspects of the Club Eurostar loyalty programme remain unchanged, including earning points and status.
FLASH SALE: Virgin Atlantic Holidays – Up to £400 Off
Virgin Holidays has launched a flash sale which ends on Tuesday 1st September, so you’ll need to be quick if you want to take advantage. You can save up to £400 per booking when you add the code VAHSALE at check-out based on the amount you spend, and the discount is valid for package holiday bookings departing from 1st September 2026 to 31st March 2028.
Savings include:
- £50 off when you spend £1,000-£2,499
- £100 off when you spend £2,500-£3,999
- £150 off when you spend £4,000-£5,499
- £200 off when you spend £5,500-£9,999
- £400 off when you spend £10,000+
If you were planning to book soon, it’s worth booking before the offer ends. There are also fantastic deals in the current Virgin Holidays sale, which runs until 30th September.
On top of this, Virgin Holidays also has a number of other offers ongoing, including:
- A low deposit of £75 per person for bookings before 30th September for travel after 20th November 2026.
- Free No1 Lounge Access at Heathrow for bookings to Cancun, Phuket or Seoul made before 30th September (departure dates vary). View here.
- £175 off hotel-only holidays offer until 30th September when you use the promo code hotelonly. View here.
There are some tempting discounts and deals at the moment. It’s a great time to see what’s available!
Emirates to Shorten Skywards Miles Expiry
From 1st June 2027, Skywards Miles will expire three years after they are earned, rounded to the end of the month. Any Miles earned before then will keep their existing expiry date.
Currently, Miles expire after three years but are rounded to the end of your birthday month, which gives some members extra months to use them. Your birthday will no longer affect the expiry date. For example, Miles earned on 1st June 2027 will expire on 30th June 2030 under the new rules. Under the current system, someone with a May birthday could potentially keep those same Miles until 31st May 2031 – almost 11 months longer.
Emirates says the change will provide a consistent expiry period for members, making the system fairer and easier to track. Everyone will have the same three-year validity regardless of birth date. This is a fixed expiry model, compared with ‘activity-based’ expiry in some airline loyalty programmes. Earning or redeeming miles does not change the expiry.
The exception is holding Emirates Skywards Platinum status, though if you drop to Gold, miles that would have previously expired will then expire.
If you were enjoying the benefits of those extra months, you could end up having almost a year less to use your miles, depending on your birth month.
Keep this change in mind next time you credit your flight to Emirates. Three years is still a reasonable amount of time to use your miles; just make sure you don’t get caught out once the new expiry rules take effect.
