Discovery Bank

twr said:
Yeah I think smart shopper is now linked to your healthy food card, as the other day I did a purchase only with my smart shopper card and on the slip it part showed my healthy card number.

But question now,last time I swiped my mom's smart shopper (not linked to anything) and my healthy card, so would I still get the healthy food cash back as her smart shopper card isn't linked to anything but I did swipe my healthy food card?
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Did the healthy food card number appear on the till slip that time too? If it did I see no reason why not. But if you don’t receive your cashback for that transaction they can always allocate it manually.
 
ies87 said:
Did the healthy food card number appear on the till slip that time too? If it did I see no reason why not. But if you don’t receive your cashback for that transaction they can always allocate it manually.
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Yeah it did show, so hard to track what purchases gave me cash back
 
ies87 said:
Check the card number on Discovery’s website. Log in, then under the Vitality tab choose ‘Rewards’. Then click ‘Learn more’ under Healthy Food. Your card number is shown there.

I see they’ve done away with the Healthy Food card for PnP though. Looks like, going forward, it’s linked to your Smart Shopper card (you can link your Smart Shopper card on the same page).
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Just linked mine thanx, now I can put the healthy food card away.
 
I'm considering getting the Discovery Bank suite - however it is purely for the discount on the Virgin Active gym membership. Unfortunately my medical is with another company and I can't change it.

Does anyone know what is required to get 100% of the gym membership?
 
twr said:
Yeah it did show, so hard to track what purchases gave me cash back
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Apparently they’re launching a new system in November that will make it much easier to keep tabs on cashbacks.
 
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scavern said:
I'm considering getting the Discovery Bank suite - however it is purely for the discount on the Virgin Active gym membership. Unfortunately my medical is with another company and I can't change it.

Does anyone know what is required to get 100% of the gym membership?
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Do you have Vitality (with Life since you’re not with Health)? Vitality gives you 75% and Bank the remaining 25%.
 
I don't have any Discovery products. From what I read though is that if you purchase the card suite you get Vitality. I was told you start off with 25% off, but I am curious to know how to get the remaining 75% off. Is it just a case of going to the gym for at least the minimum number of visits?

Also does the discount also apply to the 2 year membership?
 
scavern said:
I don't have any Discovery products. From what I read though is that if you purchase the card suite you get Vitality. I was told you start off with 25% off, but I am curious to know how to get the remaining 75% off.
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You get vitality money with bank. There are several vitality programmes (health, drive and money). In order to get 100% back at gym you need vitality health and vitality money.
 
ies87 said:
Check the card number on Discovery’s website. Log in, then under the Vitality tab choose ‘Rewards’. Then click ‘Learn more’ under Healthy Food. Your card number is shown there.

I see they’ve done away with the Healthy Food card for PnP though. Looks like, going forward, it’s linked to your Smart Shopper card (you can link your Smart Shopper card on the same page).
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Didn't realize they had changed. I see on mine I have the option to link my smartshopper - not automatically linked. I'm going to leave it unlinked though.
 
3Gee said:
I can’t seem to find it on their website.
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It seems the website has changed and now I can't find anything. was able to check the healthyfood card number on the app though. And I have the option to link it to my SmartShopper card which would mean not having to carry 2 cards.
 
t_girl said:
Didn't realize they had changed. I see on mine I have the option to link my smartshopper - not automatically linked. I'm going to leave it unlinked though.
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Yeah I also only noticed it when I was checking where to see the card number. I think for now you have the option but going forward it will be smart shopper only? I don’t see a link to replace a lost healthy food card anymore, hence the reasoning.
 
scavern said:
This is very confusing. At this URL https://www.discovery.co.za/bank/discovery-banking-suite-comparison , they state "Up to 100% back on gym memberships "

I think I am going to have to give them a call to figure this all out.
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It is rather confusing, especially to people who aren’t familiar with Discovery’s products. But you definitely need the full vitality (R259pm) linked to either a health- or a life insurance policy to qualify for gym. I don’t even think you get 25% back with bank if you don’t have vitality, since you join the gym as a vitality member and pay an activation fee unique to vitality members. But maybe call to make sure?
 
t_girl said:
It seems the website has changed and now I can't find anything. was able to check the healthyfood card number on the app though. And I have the option to link it to my SmartShopper card which would mean not having to carry 2 cards.
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I don’t see a healthy card number under my profile

Totally new to Discovery , started with their banking.
 
3Gee said:
I don’t see a healthy card number under my profile

Totally new to Discovery , started with their banking.
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Healthy food = vitality health/life. If you only have bank you won’t have a healthy food card.
 
t_girl said:
I prefer woolworths because your healthyfood card is automatically linked to your store card. so with every shop - whether you buy healthy foods or not, it will register with discovery and count towards your basket percentage. so i always make sure that at least 90% of the stuff I buy from WW is on the healthyfood list.

with pick n pay it's a separate card so i can choose when to use it - this way i won't get penalized for buying "unhealthy" food (ie full fat milk).
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You can now link your PnP smartshopper card directly to Discovery, you no longer need the healthy food card. I have no idea how it works, but it is clear on the discovery web site that you can it. Was changed about a week ago
 
Koosvanwyk said:
You can now link your PnP smartshopper card directly to Discovery, you no longer need the healthy food card. I have no idea how it works, but it is clear on the discovery web site that you can it. Was changed about a week ago
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Yep just go to rewards and look click on more under healthy food. Linked mine today
 
Discovery is all about the cross-sell. The banking benefits are mostly a furthering of the Discovery Health and Insure benefits - so clients are incentivised to take out all products and moving away becomes very difficult. It's a shrewd business tactic, but the rewards also add up nicely when one is fully in the ecosystem.

I've just signed up for insure. Can anyone guide me on how the vitality drive benefits work? It doesn't seem to reflect for me in the main app, only in the drive app. When does weekly progress reflect (for active rewards)? I don't see my progress circle moving as my event free kms add up. Also, will the dashboard on the website only update at month-end? Thanks in advance!
 
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