Virgin Red Rock Your World

Didoow

Daph57 said:

I was 80 points short for the final vault. Just retweeted that I had entered the competitions, to get them

I don’t understand what you mean

Gizasmum

Didoow said:

Daph57 said:

I was 80 points short for the final vault. Just retweeted that I had entered the competitions, to get them

I don’t understand what you mean

You can get up to 500 points (50 x 10 points) every month for sharing Virgin Red stuff. So that’s all Daph57 did.

nicolerose

Is it just today's  quizthat can be rolled over to tomorrow for extra August points instead of July? 

borntoshop

nicolerose said:

Is it just today's  quizthat can be rolled over to tomorrow for extra August points instead of July? 

I saved Wednesday's and Thursday's but the flash Friday expires tonight.

cornishpasty1

Capital cities quiz:
1. Bern
2. Brasilia
3. Wellington 

cornishpasty1

Continent Quiz - Asia
1. Singapore Sling
2. Thailand
3. Tenzing Norgay

english_rose

Thanks to all who post. I wonder if Virgin Red and its prizes will continue to exist soon: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53659844

nicolerose

Could be right, maybe that's why there is no other brands involved in this month's giveaways. So sad!

nvh

dobbiesloan said:

.Personally I hope all Branson's companies go burst. He rips off the NHS gets grants for his airlines, ends broadband discounts during lockdown and doesn't pay a penny in taxes in this country. I only enter to get every penny I can out of them.

Just for clarification and to provide some of the facts behind your statements.

1) The NHS Trust did not follow lawful procedure in tendering a contract. The commissioner refused to engage with Virgin. This is why they were sued (and lost!). If the Trust had behaved in an appropriate and lawful manner, they would've won the judgement and we wouldn't be talking about it. More information here (and possibly elsewhere if needed) - https://virgincare.co.uk/blog/why-its-wrong-to-say-we-sued-the-nhs-because-we-lost-a-contract-in-surrey/ 
2) He didn't get any grants for the airlines, he (and a consortium) injected the cash https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53406604 . In fact, technically, no airlines got a grant (it was a soft loan). Virgin weren't even eligible for it, but Wizz - a Hungarian company that didn't even need the money to survive the current crisis, did get it - more info here: https://www.headforpoints.com/2020/04/28/wizz-air-gets-a-300-million-uk-government-bailout/ (a very interesting read to be honest)!
3) Not aware of this issue. I doubt he gets asked to make decisions like that though
4) Indeed. He's up there with Gary Barlow, Vince Cable, Jimmy Carr and David Beckham. Wasn't Geldoff also involved in a tax dodge scheme at some point too.... all rich people basically (again, that doesn't make it right of course)

I'm not a Virgin sympathiser by any means (he's just cancelled one of my flights and I know it will be months before I get my money back!), but I feel facts are very important when presenting information on the internet for others to read (and form judgements on), hence the links provided

Of course, no offence intended, and I wont' take this thread any more off-topic and appreciate all the work you do making this thread what it is  

cornishpasty1

Continent quiz - South America
1. Buenos Aires
2. Venezuela
3. Salar de Uyuni