{"id":325599,"date":"2019-10-31T09:56:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T07:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=325599"},"modified":"2019-11-01T10:41:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T08:41:26","slug":"discovery-shutting-down-vitality-rewards-here-is-its-new-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/325599-discovery-shutting-down-vitality-rewards-here-is-its-new-system.html","title":{"rendered":"Discovery shutting down Vitality Rewards points &#8211; Here is its new system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery has announced major changes to its rewards programmes, shutting down Vitality rewards points in favour of a single unified rewards currency &#8211; Discovery Miles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From January 2020, we\u2019ll be phasing out Vitality reward points to make way for one rewards currency, Discovery Miles,&#8221; the company stated on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.co.za\/vitality\/vitality-active-rewards-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If Discovery members have any Vitality rewards points left over on 1 January 2020, they will be converted to Miles at an exchange rate of 1 Vitality reward point to 6 Discovery Miles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You won\u2019t have to worry about rewards expiring anytime soon, because Discovery Miles remain valid for five whole years,&#8221; Discovery added.<\/p>\n<p>Activities that previously earned reward points will now earn Discovery Miles, with members able to earn up to 300 Discovery Miles every week by achieving all three Vitality Active Rewards goals &#8211; Exercise, Drive, and Money.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being redeemed for various discounts, Discovery Miles can also be converted to cash if you use a Discovery Bank account.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Earning Miles<\/h3>\n<p>From early 2020, Discovery Vitality Health members with a Discovery Bank credit card will be able to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.co.za\/vitality\/discovery-miles-year-end-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earn Discovery Miles in a number of additional ways<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get up to 75% back in Discovery Miles when you shop at Pick n Pay and Woolworths and up to 50% back in Discovery Miles at Clicks, Dis-Chem, Sportsmans Warehouse and Totalsports. Vitality members without a Discovery Bank credit card will still get their up to 25% back paid in cash into their nominated bank account.<\/li>\n<li>Earn hundreds of Discovery Miles through Vitality Active Rewards, for getting healthy, driving well and spending responsibly.<\/li>\n<li>As a Discovery Bank credit card holder, you\u2019ll earn up to 20% back in Discovery Miles when you fill up at BP and selected Shell service stations or catch a ride with Uber.<\/li>\n<li>Earn up to 1 Discovery Mile for every R15 on all qualifying purchases every time you shop in-store or online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Spending Miles<\/h3>\n<p>From 2020, Discovery members will also be able to spend their Miles in new ways.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Spending Discovery Miles has never been easier. From early 2020, you can spend your Discovery Miles on a range of exciting rewards,&#8221; the company stated.<\/p>\n<p>Below are a number of the ways Discovery members will be able to spend their Miles in 2020:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Through Vitality Active Rewards, you can spend your Discovery Miles at partners such as Box Office, Exclusive Books, iStore, NetFlix, Typo, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Online and in-store shopping experiences will include Dis-Chem, Loot.co.za, Hirsch\u2019s, One Day Only, Sportsmans Warehouse, Yuppiechef, Zando, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Customers will be able to use Discovery Miles to pay for flights and accommodation and will also be able to convert them to pay for travel with flight partner programmes such as British Airways Executive Club and SAA Voyager.<\/li>\n<li>Members will also be able to exchange Miles for cash or use them to pay anyone else who has a Discovery Miles account, with Discovery Bank.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The company added that kids aged between 2 to 17 years old would also be able to earn and spend Discovery Miles with Vitality Active Rewards for Kids and Teens.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/323318-goodbye-dstv-premium-and-discovery-health.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Goodbye DStv Premium and Discovery Health<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery has announced major changes to its rewards programmes, shutting down Vitality rewards points in favour of a single unified rewards currency &#8211; Discovery Miles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341028,"featured_media":319793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[60731,15844,35,61645,61294],"class_list":["post-325599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-changes","tag-discovery","tag-headline","tag-miles","tag-vitality-rewards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325599"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325847,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325599\/revisions\/325847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}