Virgin Atlantic boosts services from Manchester to Barbados

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• Paul says:

  12 Sep12 September 08:56

  “Remember that you do not need to quarantine on your return from Barbados, and at present there are no restrictions on entry as long as you arrive with a negative covid test.“

  You need to add a single word……..YET

  Given 3500 cases here yesterday and probably 10,000 a day by end of month it a very brave individual that books anything now! I could understand booking in July but the failure of testing, eat out to help out and Weatherspoons cheap alcohol has sent on the path to second lock down.

  Nothing would entice me to book VS and I have just converted 250,000 miles to Hilton who I suspect will be around a bit longer.

  • Char char says:

    12 Sep12 September 09:21

    This is typical tabloid rubbish your reiterating.

    3000 cases which is about 1% of total tests vs March where it was 3000+ cases making about 30% of total tests

    The amount that test positive isn’t the issue, the percentage of total tests is.

    • John says:

      12 Sep12 September 14:37

      It is for guessing whether it will go on the UK naughty list

    • Paul says:

      12 Sep12 September 17:31

      No it’s not, news filled with members of SAGE saying we are on the brink of losing control ( if indeed we ever had any at all!)
      With R at 1.2 ( conservative estimate some suggest 1.7) the rate of infection will double every 4-5 days or 2-3 if higher. We don’t have effective testing or tracing. Test in the post is not a result and the fools are those that swallow anything that spews from the mouth of any government minister.
      I work in critical industry and we have not been able to secure a single test for 3 days leading to massive disruption to staff And their families

      • Char char says:

        12 Sep12 September 19:11

        Some people just believe everything in the mainstream news, people like your exaggerate things to fit your own beliefs

• Snorkie says:

  12 Sep12 September 08:56

  I’ve contacted Uber about this and all they keep repeating to me is that the promotion is no longer available. The promotion will still show as valid on your account but it will not deduct the £5. Uber also refused to refund me the £5 even though it’s still showing on my account .

  • IncompatibleItalic says:

    12 Sep12 September 12:45

    Likewise. They claim that they “pulled the promo” but refuse to acknowledge that it still shows as active on their app. They are trying to sucker in new riders, but avoid actually paying out any promos. Hopefully this gets picked up as it is really poor practice from a company already famous for shady underhand practices

  • Lady London says:

    12 Sep12 September 20:00

    If I were all of you I would keep a screenshot of the offer in the app on your phone and any info connected with it as Uber only has to issue an app update and bye bye your evidence.

• JDE says:

  12 Sep12 September 10:03

  Sadly the Uber code didn’t work for me – Uber are playing hard ball. I’ve screenshot the offer showing on my account with the expiry date of 4th October for two trips – but they simply say the offer is not available. Their customer service stinks and over the last 12months has certainly taken a dive.

• David Butcher says:

  12 Sep12 September 12:30

  I’m normally a Uber fan but surely this is sharp practice. Enticing you to use them with an offer of £5 off, adding the offer to your account and then saying “We’re not honouring it”.

  A bit like going into a supermarket with a valid £5 gift card and them saying “we’re not accepting it”.

  Not right Uber. Not right at all.

• Jordan D says:

  12 Sep12 September 12:54

  Think Pret is on the site of EAT, which they were shamefully allowed to take over. At least they haven’t turned it into a crap Veggie Pret, like they have done to the EAT near my office.

  • Rob says:

    12 Sep12 September 14:09

    EAT was going bust before covid, so it would have disappeared anyway.

    Strategically, the plan was to open near small Prets so that people who didn’t want to queue in Pret would go there instead. Not as good stuff but quicker. When Pret moved to opening far bigger stores, this USP fell away.

• yorkieflyer says:

  12 Sep12 September 13:23

  We found Barbados a disappointment a couple of years ago on revisiting after a gap of 8 years. Outside the all inclusives which seem to have multiplied, it all seemed rather run down and tatty. Much preferred the other leg of our twin centre, Grenada.

• Alex Sm says:

  12 Sep12 September 13:31

  Given the positioning of Barbados as a covid remote working destination, this route may soon become a commuter one!

• Alexey says:

  12 Sep12 September 13:37

  re UBER – I have added the code and it worked on first trip , few days later while I still see it in my account , booked another trip but it didn’t applied/ used this time

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