News: £30 of free Uber credit for NHS staff, Virgin pulls Manchester to Delhi and Mumbai
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News in brief:
Free Uber rides and Uber Eats meals for NHS staff
Uber is offer 200,000 free £10 rides to NHS and HSC staff over the Christmas period, from 23rd to 27th December.
You can see full details on this page of the Uber website. You need to change the email address on your Uber account to an NHS or HSC one by 20th December, so that on 22nd December you can be emailed a promotional code worth £10 off two rides over the following five days.
There are also 80,000 £10 free meals codes available through Uber Eats. Follow the same process in the Uber Eats app and you will be sent a £10 voucher.
You can sign up for both offers, meaning a total of £30 credit.
You can find out more on the Uber site here.

Virgin Atlantic cancels two Manchester services
Virgin Atlantic has cancelled its upcoming services from Manchester to Delhi and Mumbai. The two routes, after various bits of jiggling, were finally due to launch in January but Virgin has now pulled the plug.
On the positive side, the new Manchester to Islamabad route launched successfully last week. There were rumours that the service was struggling to get clearance from the Pakistan Government but this seems to have been unfounded.
How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards (January 2021)
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You can choose from two official Virgin Atlantic credit cards (apply here, one has a bonus of 15,000 Points):

Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard
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Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard
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You can also earn Virgin Points from various American Express cards – and these have sign-up bonuses too.
Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Virgin Points.
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