Early booking on Eurostar

hmmm I couldn't get one even that far out!

The best site i've found for train travel info and suggestions is seat61.com - a guy started it as a hobby but i use it so often as a resource its now where i book my tickets to give him the benefit. Take a few minutes to check there.... when ive had a question he's always gotten back to me quickly!

Enjoy!

Use the British site, http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en

You will be able to book up to 6 months ahead there and also take advantage of paying in GBP through your bank, rather than using the US site and paying Eurostar's fee for conversion. The closer you get to your date, the higher the ticket price gets.

And I can report this works smoothly, including picking your seat. We did this fall 2014 the day tickets became available for the date we needed in April. Tickets e-mailed and we printed them.

I'm wanting to travel by train form Auxerre-St Gervais in France to Neath in Wales via London and using the Eurostar on 25 June. I could book Auxerre to London-St Pancras right now but not on to Neath. Should I just book Auxerre to St Pancras now to get the best pricing, and add the Paddington to Neath journey when booking opens on 3 months ahead (in fact not until 2nd April)? I would not get the CIV (cross-London link) protection that way. Or should I wait until booking opens for the full journey?

Adding to my own post above: does anyone have experience of how much Eurostar prices increase over the course of a month? I can book a partial journey for late June now or right through to my UK destination if I wait until 2nd April. The latter would be an overall saving with connection protection but could be offset if Eurostar prices rise steeply in the meanwhile.

It depends very much on how busy the train is (daytime goes up faster than early morning or late evening, weekends are high demand, weekends around British or French public holidays are HUGE demand) but the cheap ones will probably be gone in a month. Unless you are travelling a very long distance in Britain, I'd book the Eurostar now.

It's not really a rule; it's whatever Eurostar decides to do. I have seen selected departures on sale as early as 9 months out, but not usually the whole schedule. These are no cheaper than starting rates for departures that are released 6 or 4 months out, just the first to be offered.