Discovery Health - Vitality & Team Vitality plus everything else you need to know

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Exactly, but they are doing away with the team reward so I will no longer have that incentive.

 

The smoothie isn't enough of a reward as I actually find it harder work to use the rewards than earning them and am often giving them to friends / family.

Oh, your friends will still see your points. You just won't get rewards for your team all meeting them

[Cyclewizz]

Oh, your friends will still see your points. You just won't get rewards for your team all meeting them

 

Now it's completely up to the individual.

 

They only thing is that if the individual doesn't achieve their target for week then the 2nd smoothie (surprise prize) is out the window for the next 2 weeks until they achieve their targets 3 weeks in a row again. (that's the way I understand it).

[shaper]

Got to love the new updated app version 6.0.1... crashes all the time requesting to retype password, does not load half the info... and have looked all over the place to try find where they now hide the digital cards for the free smoothies... le sigh!!

Edited September 20, 2017 by shaper

[HdB]

Got to love the new updated app version 6.0.1... crashes all the time requesting to retype password, does not load half the info... and have looked all over the place to try find where they now hide the digital cards for the free smoothies... le sigh!!

Just selected one of my rewards as a test, and now I can't find it either. No cards are listed under Rewards cards on the Digital Cards page, and navigating there via the notification only shows a message that the card could not be downloaded currently.

[Pieterlab1]

"Next year we'll be introducing Shoe Booster, Device Booster and Bike Booster"

 

Cannot wait!!!

[JanJan]

It is actually funny how we (myself included) get excited about smoothie rewards, even if we are paying for it indirectly.

 

https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/2017-09-19-how-discoverys-initiatives-are-paying-off/

 

This is not financial advise, but if you want to get excited about something, buy Vitality Group shares. Medical Aid providers are making a killing.

[Ratty]

Got to love the new updated app version 6.0.1... crashes all the time requesting to retype password, does not load half the info... and have looked all over the place to try find where they now hide the digital cards for the free smoothies... le sigh!!

 

I haven't had any crashes, but have already found 3 bugs.   The funniest one being that my most consecutive goals is between 23 Apr and 29 Jul - now I know that's not true as I had a baby on the 3rd June and missed 3 weeks....

[Ratty]

Oh, your friends will still see your points. You just won't get rewards for your team all meeting them

 

But they will no longer care if I make it or not.....

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

It is actually funny how we (myself included) get excited about smoothie rewards, even if we are paying for it indirectly.

 

https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/2017-09-19-how-discoverys-initiatives-are-paying-off/

 

This is not financial advise, but if you want to get excited about something, buy Vitality Group shares. Medical Aid providers are making a killing.

just a quick but important distinction. Vitality is NOT Discovery Health, nor Discovery Health Administration. 

 

DHMS (and other med aids as well) itself is not allowed to profit at ALL. The entirety of your Health premium MUST go to claims, admin costs & reserves. The real profit is in administration, which only a few companies do well. 

 

Vitality, and to a lesser extent Multiply, aim to enhance peoples' lives and make them healthier, which has knock-on effects for the premiums of the med aids the group controls (lower increases - Disco's 7.9% increase is a prime example of this) and profitability of their life companies through lower claims and higher retention.

 

Vitality and multiply itself was always going to be a loser in the beginning due to the sheer cost of the benefits it pays vs the annualised premium income, but I'm glad to see that it will shortly be profitable. And a potential winner if you invest in it directly... 

 

I for one would LOVE to see the cashflow data. They've put a white paper out on the cost benefits of Vitality, and seeing it in real life would be amazing. 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

But they will no longer care if I make it or not.....

then are they really friends?

[Oxter]

Got to love the new updated app version 6.0.1... crashes all the time requesting to retype password, does not load half the info... and have looked all over the place to try find where they now hide the digital cards for the free smoothies... le sigh!!

its where its always been (main menu button ==> digital cards), and for the first time mine actually works. have not had a crash luckily

[Andymann]

From our company communication for 2018 benefits.  I might be mistaken, but it looks like they are going to charge R60pm to be on the Vitality Active program?

[Cyclewizz]

I haven't had any crashes, but have already found 3 bugs.   The funniest one being that my most consecutive goals is between 23 Apr and 29 Jul - now I know that's not true as I had a baby on the 3rd June and missed 3 weeks....

 

Maybe they gave you major points for having the baby

Might have even got triple points if it was a natural birth

 

 

For me the new APP is working.

My rewards are loading, the digital cards are loading.

Seems they've done away with the function where you can see how many points you got for an activity (think it was called Activity racking ???)

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

From our company communication for 2018 benefits.  I might be mistaken, but it looks like they are going to charge R60pm to be on the Vitality Active program?

Vitaliyt Active is a SEVERELY watered down version of Vitality, aimed at the "millennial" crowd who are price sensitive and don't want all the benefits of the fully fledged vitality. It's confusing, seeing as it sounds as if it's being sold for the VAR segment of normal Vitality, when in fact it's a new benefit entirely. 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Here you go... 

vitality_active.pdf

[Andymann]

Vitaliyt Active is a SEVERELY watered down version of Vitality, aimed at the "millennial" crowd who are price sensitive and don't want all the benefits of the fully fledged vitality. It's confusing, seeing as it sounds as if it's being sold for the VAR segment of normal Vitality, when in fact it's a new benefit entirely. 

Aha - was just about to say - for R120pm (my Wife and I), we'll skip those smoothies thanks :-)