Discovery Vitality [2017]

Ancalagon said:
You know, this change also makes maintaining Diamond status pointless. The benefit from Diamond status was mostly the cashback percentage you would receive. Now, I think it affects the discount you get on flights and that is about it.

Way to go Discovery - you have nerfed the system so bad that a lot of people may drop out of it entirely.
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If you don't have a life policy with them then yes, it probably does get a bit silly.
 
Archer said:
If you don't have a life policy with them then yes, it probably does get a bit silly.
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The benefits for being on any level with them makes this reward system pointless. I got back a lot from PnP, but I get way more from eBucks and sadly, they cannot be used at the same time as eBucks is only at Checkers so I've done no effort to even get out of bronze this year where I've been on diamond for at least 4 years.
 
It is worth remaining on Vitality for the HealthyFood discount alone. I mean, I get R400 back per month for healthyfood, and Vitality itself costs R239. If not for that, I would quit it.

Therefore, the only things worth doing now is whatever I need to keep my cashback at 25%. Nothing else is worth doing, including maintaining Diamond status. Just no point.
 
Ancalagon said:
It is worth remaining on Vitality for the HealthyFood discount alone. I mean, I get R400 back per month for healthyfood, and Vitality itself costs R239. If not for that, I would quit it.

Therefore, the only things worth doing now is whatever I need to keep my cashback at 25%. Nothing else is worth doing, including maintaining Diamond status. Just no point.
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What about the boosters? Flight, gym and shoes
 
jman said:
Most people catch a (local) flight or two in a year. So if you use flight booster, and get all your goals, that could be 2-3k right there for two return flights
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Yep, did 1 return flight to Cape Town earlier in the year, and the 2nd coming up now in December. Boosted both of them.


Cost of upcoming flight: R 3 230.98

Initial Vitality Discount upon booking: R 941.64
Flight Booster Cash Back: R 1748.76

Nett cost of ticket: R 540.58

Total saving: R 2 690.40
 
jman said:
Most people catch a (local) flight or two in a year. So if you use flight booster, and get all your goals, that could be 2-3k right there for two return flights
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But you need a fitness tracker of some kind in order to meet those fitness goals. Without a fitness tracker or heart rate monitor, it is impossible to get enough points to meet your fitness goals and hence you won't get the full discount.

So, to buy a fitness tracker would cost me R2000 to R3000 for that alone. Stops being a saving.

And, to be honest, I don't want one. I don't want my workouts to be tracked and measured. I just want to keep active and healthy.
 
Ancalagon said:
But you need a fitness tracker of some kind in order to meet those fitness goals. Without a fitness tracker or heart rate monitor, it is impossible to get enough points to meet your fitness goals and hence you won't get the full discount.

So, to buy a fitness tracker would cost me R2000 to R3000 for that alone. Stops being a saving.

And, to be honest, I don't want one. I don't want my workouts to be tracked and measured. I just want to keep active and healthy.
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You can get a bluetooth HRM chest strap for far less than that which could be paired to an app on your phone which would do the job. Just saying.
 
Ancalagon said:
But you need a fitness tracker of some kind in order to meet those fitness goals. Without a fitness tracker or heart rate monitor, it is impossible to get enough points to meet your fitness goals and hence you won't get the full discount.

So, to buy a fitness tracker would cost me R2000 to R3000 for that alone. Stops being a saving.

And, to be honest, I don't want one. I don't want my workouts to be tracked and measured. I just want to keep active and healthy.
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That's fair enough then. I usually do park run and then 10k steps or gym visit every other day, but also have a device to measure heart rate for runs.

There is a device booster coming next year, which will cover 75% of the cost of the thing, depending if you meet your goals. But then again, you don't like tracking workouts
 
cfvh600 said:
You can get a bluetooth HRM chest strap for far less than that which could be paired to an app on your phone which would do the job. Just saying.
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Yes, < R800 for the Wahoo tickr on takealot or R995 for a Polar H7 (R745 after 25% healthgear/care cashback).
 
TomTom Bluetooth HRM strap is R800 at Sportsmans Warehouse (R600 with the 25% off Healthy Gear benefit). Works perfect with the S-Health app.
 
anyone used the dischem surprise reward and know what you get with it?
 
Hi guys, I need 1500 points to maintain gold or even to move up to platinum as this my third year in gold. I have maxed my fitness points and have done all the tests etc. my blood pressure and something else failed this year so i didnt get the 10k points for those two checks.

My question is, can i go and do those tests now and will i get the points that i did not get the last time?
 
Deanoblado said:
Hi guys, I need 1500 points to maintain gold or even to move up to platinum as this my third year in gold. I have maxed my fitness points and have done all the tests etc. my blood pressure and something else failed this year so i didnt get the 10k points for those two checks.

My question is, can i go and do those tests now and will i get the points that i did not get the last time?
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Yes you can
 
Deanoblado said:
Hi guys, I need 1500 points to maintain gold or even to move up to platinum as this my third year in gold. I have maxed my fitness points and have done all the tests etc. my blood pressure and something else failed this year so i didnt get the 10k points for those two checks.

My question is, can i go and do those tests now and will i get the points that i did not get the last time?
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Done the HIV test? That's 5000 pts. Dental check up?
 
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