We did look at going from manchester, but for the dates we could travel did not match with flights available from Man.
WHBM
We could get a refund and book with a different carrier, but to be perfectly honest I do not have the spare funds to pay the current fare with BA. The way I read the followign from both EU regs & the Virgin Atlantic website:
To take an alternative flight, under comparable transport conditions, to your final destination, where seats are available, at the earliest opportunity.
I honestly feel that I should not have to. The EU Regs are there to protect the travelling public. I do not feel like we are asking for anything that does not meet with that statement. If Virgin understand EU Regs differently to me then I am more than willing to to proceed to the small claims courts & I will let somebody else decide who is right.