BRX
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I read that Getlink (the tunnel operator) charges Eurostar per passenger as well as per train.
That may explain why its pricing doesn't work quite as the airlines do. The airlines will fill up seats that they reckon would otherwise go empty, with very cheap tickets on which they make a very small amount, but it doesn't really cost them anything to fill them up.
That'll not be the case for Eurostar and will explain why you never see prices below about £30 each way (which I guess is their break even point). If they sell any tickets below that price then they will make a loss, so it's better just to have them empty.
That may explain why its pricing doesn't work quite as the airlines do. The airlines will fill up seats that they reckon would otherwise go empty, with very cheap tickets on which they make a very small amount, but it doesn't really cost them anything to fill them up.
That'll not be the case for Eurostar and will explain why you never see prices below about £30 each way (which I guess is their break even point). If they sell any tickets below that price then they will make a loss, so it's better just to have them empty.