Editing Eurostar (section)

===Fares===
[[File:Eurostar at St Pancras Jan 2008.jpg|thumb|Eurostar trains in the renovated train shed at [[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras International]]]]
Eurostar's fares were significantly higher in its early years; the cheapest fare in 1994 was £99 return.<ref name="savtrav">{{Cite news |last=Trend |first=Nick |date=29 October 2004 |title=The savvy traveller: Training makes a difference |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/731565/The-savvy-traveller-Training-makes-a-difference.html |access-date=14 May 2009 |archive-date=4 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504142148/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/731565/The-savvy-traveller-Training-makes-a-difference.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2002, Eurostar was planning cheaper fares, an example of which was an offer of £50-day returns from London to Paris or Brussels. 
By March 2003, the cheapest fare from the UK was £59 return, available all year around.<ref name="savtrav" /> In June 2009 it was announced that one-way single fares would be available at £31 at the cheapest. Competition between Eurostar and airline services was a large factor in ticket prices being reduced from the initial levels.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Frary |first=Mark |date=12 September 2008 |title=Scramble for seats as Eurostar remains suspended |work=The Times |location=London |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/business/article4741666.ece |access-date=14 May 2009 |archive-date=30 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130014003/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Andrew |date=18 November 2007 |title=St Pancras is a start, but it takes more to stop us flying |work=The Independent |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/andrew-martin-st-pancras-is-a-start-but-it-takes-more-to-stop-us-flying-400796.html |access-date=14 May 2009 |archive-date=20 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420175200/http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/andrew-martin-st-pancras-is-a-start-but-it-takes-more-to-stop-us-flying-400796.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Business Premier fares also slightly undercut air fares on similar routes, targeted at regular business travellers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rodgers |first=Paul |date=17 May 1995 |title=6.57 office to Paris |work=The Independent |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/657-office-to-paris-1601420.html |access-date=14 May 2009 |archive-date=2 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302110637/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/657-office-to-paris-1601420.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2009, Eurostar greatly increased its budget ticket availability to help maintain and grow its dominant market share.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} 
The Eurostar ticketing system is very complex, being distributed through no fewer than 48 individual sales systems.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Calder |first=Simon |date=20 October 2007 |title=The cost of the Eurostar train in Spain falls way below the plane |work=The Independent |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/the-man-who-pay-his-way-the-cost-of-the-eurostar-train-in-spain-falls-way-below-the-plane-397334.html |access-date=14 May 2009 |archive-date=26 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126182826/http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/the-man-who-pay-his-way-the-cost-of-the-eurostar-train-in-spain-falls-way-below-the-plane-397334.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Eurostar is a member of the [[Amadeus CRS]] distribution system, making its tickets available alongside those of airlines worldwide.<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2006/05_07_2006_eurostar_on_gds_systems.jsp |title= Eurostar available alongside airlines on the GDS systems |publisher= Eurostar |date= 5 July 2006 |access-date= 28 December 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081202011705/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/press_archive_2006/05_07_2006_eurostar_on_gds_systems.jsp |archive-date= 2 December 2008 |url-status= dead}}</ref>

Eurostar has two sub-classes of [[First class travel|first class]]: Standard Premier and Business Premier; benefits include guaranteed faster checking-in and meals served at-seat, as well as the improved furnishings and interior of carriages.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurostar – Classes of Travel – Business Premier |url=http://www.raileurope.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=395 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502210949/http://www.raileurope.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=395 |archive-date=2 May 2008 |access-date=14 May 2009 |publisher=Rail Europe}}</ref>
The rebranding is part of Eurostar's marketing drive to attract more business professionals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurostar means Business |url=http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/business/10_reasons.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312093119/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/business/10_reasons.jsp |archive-date=12 March 2009 |access-date=14 May 2009 |publisher=Eurostar}}</ref> Increasingly, business people in a group have been chartering private carriages as opposed to individual seats on the train.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 June 2009 |title=Private train carriages 'become more popular' |url=http://mediacentre.laterooms.com/news/19216144-private-train-carriages-become-more-popular/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723142623/http://mediacentre.laterooms.com/news/19216144-private-train-carriages-become-more-popular/ |archive-date=23 July 2012 |access-date=21 January 2016 |publisher=laterooms.com}}</ref>