Eurostar sale and new Loganair route

A summer trip out of Britain just turned into a race against the clock. Eurostar is selling one-way seats from London for £35 to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Lille, but the sale shuts on April 13, 2026, at 22:59 United Kingdom time. (eurostar.com) The cheap seats are not for all summer. Eurostar says the sale covers trips from April 22 to July 8, 2026, which means the booking window is only three days long even though the travel window runs for more than 10 weeks. (eurostar.com) This is the cross-Channel version of an airline flash sale, except the train goes city center to city center. Eurostar’s direct network from London links St Pancras International with Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Lille, so the offer is aimed at short breaks that do not need a car or an airport transfer. (eurostar.com) The details change depending on which side of the route you start from. Eurostar’s Belgium and France sale pages show their own local fares, including Brussels-to-Paris from €25 and Paris-to-Amsterdam or Rotterdam from €32, which shows this is a network-wide push to fill early summer trains, not just a London promotion. (eurostar.com 1) (eurostar.com 2) At the same time, a much smaller carrier is making a very different bet on summer travel. Loganair said on April 10, 2026, that it will start a new direct Jersey-to-Bordeaux service, giving the Channel Island a nonstop link to southwest France. (loganair.co.uk) The route starts on May 30, 2026, and runs twice a week on Mondays and Fridays until September 11, 2026. That schedule is built for long weekends and week-long stays, with a Friday outbound and a Monday return fitting a classic leisure trip. (loganair.co.uk) Loganair is not trying to compete with Eurostar on volume. It is a regional airline that says it flies to more United Kingdom destinations than any other airline, and this Bordeaux route is part of the same strategy: use smaller airports and thinner routes that bigger carriers often ignore. (loganair.co.uk) The two announcements point at the same summer traveler from opposite directions. Eurostar is using discounted rail seats to pull people from London into big mainland cities, while Loganair is using a niche nonstop flight to connect Jersey with a wine-region city that is harder to reach directly. (eurostar.com) (loganair.co.uk) If you live in Britain and you are flexible, the rail deal is about speed and price. If you live in Jersey or want Jersey as part of the trip, the Bordeaux flight is about convenience, because two flights a week can save a connection through London or another hub. (eurostar.com) (loganair.co.uk) The catch is that one offer disappears almost immediately and the other only works on two days each week. By the end of April 13, 2026, the Eurostar sale is gone, and from May 30 to September 11, 2026, the Jersey-Bordeaux option exists only on Mondays and Fridays. (eurostar.com) (loganair.co.uk)