WRewards and MySchool cards will stop working

[mylesillidge]

Say goodbye to Woolworths' WRewards and MySchool cards

Woolworths is notifying customers through in-store signage that their WRewards and MySchool cards will stop working on 30 June, a change which will impact Discovery Vitality members.

South Africa’s upmarket retailer is replacing its entrenched rewards programme with a new one called MyDifference, which launched in June 2025.

 

[Progenix Oj101]

It’ll launch last year?

 

[oros]

Funny enough that their only doing now what their competition are doing all along.....

 

[sgs]

Pity - the app sign-in page is blank. Has been for some time if the play store reviews are to be believed. So they're effectively killing their rewards program?

 

[Swa]

I don't have a MySchool card and it's linked to my WRewards card but have a virtual number I've been using. I wonder how that will be impacted.

Also the Dischem card is through USSD and Whatsapp and you can download it. If you need data to access the app when making a purchase this is going to be stillborn.

 

[Randomwasavailable]

So they are replacing a thing with a similar thing that also copies the competition and adds gambling to the shopping experience. Got it.

 

[VC-1]

Wow, all these reward cards coupled to stores. Just wondering where all fits into the total picture...!
In the past we had the "Lyconess" reward cards system with dedicated app coupled to many shops, which collapsed as the Pyrimide fell flat.

We are now obligated to a "App for EVERY Shop" to benefit from these rewards from different Store Cards. Something is amiss, smells like a pyramid of using your info for marketing. Where is POPIA now.

The banks have jumped on this wagon as well.

We wait and see where it all ends up.

 

[FlashSA]

I don't have a MySchool card and it's linked to my WRewards card but have a virtual number I've been using. I wonder how that will be impacted.

Also the Dischem card is through USSD and Whatsapp and you can download it. If you need data to access the app when making a purchase this is going to be stillborn.

I have my Dischem card and WW rewards card in my Google Wallet

 

[repitah]

I need an app for this too?
The Android app seemed not to work for me. Navigating the site on Brave/Safari on my notebook requires page refreshes on each click (blank page).

At least PnP Smart Shopper has a website I can occasionally browse for more/personal discounts.
I haven't done much shopping at Checkers, lately, but that is also an easy to use system.

My only positive is the Woolworths till barcode scanners can usually read my phone so I don't need to dig/find the card.

 

[Thorium]

When I still shopped there, I refused to put one in my wallet's limited space because it was useless. These days I avoid woolworths completely, Checkers and Jacksons' Real Food Market far better.
So wake me up when the woolworths card actually does something for me.

 

[Smiggles]

When I still shopped there, I refused to put one in my wallet's limited space because it was useless.

Just use a smartwatch.

 

[SHL]