Walking arm-in-arm with her dad up to the dank concrete building, she was a world away from her quiet, humble beginnings.
30.04.2024 - 12:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A couple from Stockport managed to bag a city break to Porto for just £20.68 thanks to Jet2holidays’ ‘Bid for a Break’ competition. With the campaign holidaymakers can win a trip by entering the lowest unique bid.
The figure they enter is then the price they pay for the holiday. In this case Paul Rylance was successful with his bid of £20.68, which is the amount he paid for a three-night getaway to the Portuguese city with his wife Jacky.
After discovering he had placed the lowest unique bid, Paul purchased a three-night Jet2CityBreak to the The Editory Boulevard Aliados Hotel in Porto. He said: “My wife Jacky and I are now retired and use Jet2 frequently. As we follow their offers closely, I decided to enter ‘Bid for a Break’ after Jacky made me aware the promotion was available again.
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“My winning bid was a combination of the current century and a random number between one to 99. I can’t believe we actually won - we’re very excited to be getting away to Porto.”
Jet2’s Bid for a Break campaign, which first launched in 2021, returned on April 15 this year and will continue to run until May 9 - so there’s still time to win a holiday. There’s a new holiday to bid on each week with bidding opening at midnight every Monday and closing at one minute to midnight on a Thursday.
Other holidays that are still available are a seven-night Indulgent Escapefor two adults to the NG Phaselis Bay LifeStyle Resort in Antalya and a seven-night VIBE getaway for two adults to the Dalmacija Places Hotel by Valamar in Split. All holidaymakers have to do is download the Jet2 mobile app, register for a myJet2
customer account and add in
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