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Eurostar flash sale includes €35 France-UK tickets
Dates from March through May are covered, although discounted tickets are not available on all dates
A two-day flash sale of thousands of train tickets between the UK, Paris, Lille, and Brussels has been launched by Eurostar.
The sale, which started on Tuesday (March 5) runs until Thursday (March 7) at 23:00 GMT (midnight French time).
One-way tickets between the UK and France start from €35, and between Paris and Brussels €29.
This is less than half the price of most other tickets between the cities.
Tickets can be purchased through the Eurostar website.
Some international train tickets for the summer season were recently made available for purchase in France, however tickets for Eurostar trains were already on sale.
Read more: International train tickets for summer travel on sale in France
Two months of tickets covered
Tickets between March 23 and May 25 are included, however, trains on certain dates are not included.
These are:
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Paris to London: April 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and May 6 and 8.
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London to Paris: March 28, 29, April 1, 5 and May 3, 11, 12, and 20.
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Brussels/Lille to London: April 1, 6, 7, 13, 14, 28 and May 6 and 8.
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London to Brussels/Lille: March 28, 29, April 1, 5 and May 3, 11, 12, and 20.
Discounted tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis.
It does not include tickets on the routes to Germany run by the company (formerly the Thalys service). Eurostar tickets to the Netherlands are also not included in the sale.
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