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

[Frosty]

In order to break-even with the Shoe benefit, one has to spend R2700 on a pair of shoes (or more), and complete the online Age assessment as well as the Vitality Fitness Assessment:

 

R300 - to activate the benefit;

R375 - to do the Fitness Assessment;

R    0 - Age assessment

R675 - total spend

 

 R2700 - cost of the shoes

-R  675 - cash back from the 25% for the Healthy Gear card

 R2025 - cash back after 12 months (assuming one meets every weekly goal).

 

Simple maths is: R675 (spent) - R675 (cash back) = R0

 

However, if there is a family involved, each person has to complete the Fitness Assessment (another R375), otherwise the benefit remains on 15% (assuming the Age thing is completed).

 

So to break even again, it requires buying a second pair of shoes "for your partner" - there is not limit per family like the watch. Even if her foot size is smaller, you buy a larger size to fit yourself. Ethically not right, right?

 

 

edit: my maths has let me down... R300+ R375 is R675, not R775.

Edited January 10, 2017 by geraldm24

[shaper]

In order to break-even with the Shoe benefit, one has to spend R3100 on a pair of shoes (or more), and complete the online Age assessment as well as the Vitality Fitness Assessment:

 

R300 - to activate the benefit;

R375 - to do the Fitness Assessment;

R    0 - Age assessment

R775 - total spend

 

 R3100 - cost of the shoes

-R  775 - cash back from the 25% for the Healthy Gear card

 R2325 - cash back after 12 months (assuming one meets every weekly goal).

 

Simple maths is: R775 (spent) - R775 (cash back) = R0

 

However, if there is a family involved, each person has to complete the Fitness Assessment (another R375), otherwise the benefit remains on 15% (assuming the Age thing is completed).

 

So to break even again, it requires buying a second pair of shoes "for your partner" - there is not limit per family like the watch. Even if her foot size is smaller, you buy a larger size to fit yourself. Ethically not right, right?

Hi Gerald

 

Your cash back will only be R500 and not R775.  Max spend at SW per month is R2000 so will only get R500 back from R3100 shoes.

 

 

Edit: For me the new shoes will be getting are only R2900

Edited January 10, 2017 by shaper

[Frosty]

Hi Gerald

 

Your cash back will only be R500 and not R775.  Max spend at SW per month is R2000 so will only get R500 back from R3100 shoes.

 

Besides my maths (300+375), the family benefit is R4000 per month, R1000 cash back.

[Frosty]

What you

What the HealthyGear benefit offers you

What rewards do I get when paying with my Discovery Card

How to use the benefit

I have not yet received my HealthyGear card

Your cash back and rewards

The cash back you get is based on the cash back percentage you qualify for (10% or 15% or 25%):

• For up to 15% cash back at your main partner, find out your Vitality Age online.
• Do a Vitality Fitness Assessment to increase your cash back to up to 25% at your main partner and continue to get up to 10% cash back at the other partner.
• You and your spouse (if applicable) must complete both these health assessments once every 12 months to keep your maximum cash back percentage.

Vitality High Performance Fitness Assessment

• You can also increase your cash back by completing the Vitality High Performance Fitness Assessment. This is an assessment for athletes who regularly take part in sporting activities.

Expecting Mothers

• As an expecting mother we understand that you might not be able to complete the Vitality Fitness Assessment in order to increase your HealthyGear cash back. Find out your Vitality Age to first increase your cash back up to 15%. To increase your cash back up to 25%, you must declare that you are pregnant during a Vitality Health Check. Your spouse (if applicable) will need to find out their Vitality Age and do a Vitality Fitness Assessment to ensure you enjoy the maximum cash back.

There is a monthly cash back limit:

• If you are on a membership with family members, you can get cash back on a maximum spend of R4 000 per billing cycle on the HealthyGear items you buy. The maximum cash back that you can earn in a month is R1 000.
• If you are the only person on your membership, you can get cash back on a maximum spend of R2 000 per billing cycle on the HealthyGear items you buy. The maximum cash back that you can earn in a month is R500.
• We pay the cash back at various times during a month in line with your personal billing cycle.
• Cash back is not based on a calendar month. Your HealthyGear spend that you get cash back on is also limited to the number of Vitality points you earn during the year. So make sure you keep doing healthy activities to earn Vitality points.
• Any amounts you spend that is more than the qualifying spend or the number of Vitality points you earned will not qualify for cash back.

 

['Kaze Pete]

In order to break-even with the Shoe benefit, one has to spend R2700 on a pair of shoes (or more), and complete the online Age assessment as well as the Vitality Fitness Assessment:

 

R300 - to activate the benefit;

R375 - to do the Fitness Assessment;

R    0 - Age assessment

R675 - total spend

 

 R2700 - cost of the shoes

-R  675 - cash back from the 25% for the Healthy Gear card

 R2025 - cash back after 12 months (assuming one meets every weekly goal).

 

Simple maths is: R675 (spent) - R675 (cash back) = R0

 

However, if there is a family involved, each person has to complete the Fitness Assessment (another R375), otherwise the benefit remains on 15% (assuming the Age thing is completed).

 

So to break even again, it requires buying a second pair of shoes "for your partner" - there is not limit per family like the watch. Even if her foot size is smaller, you buy a larger size to fit yourself. Ethically not right, right?

 

 

edit: my maths has let me down... R300+ R375 is R675, not R775.

Shoe benefit is capped at the first R2000. Whether that is for the year, or per pair of shoes I do not know.

 

edit: misread on my side "Cash back applies to the first R2 000 of the retail price of the running shoes."

Edited January 10, 2017 by 'Kaze Pete

[Christofison]

What you

 

 

 

What the HealthyGear benefit offers you

What rewards do I get when paying with my Discovery Card

How to use the benefit

I have not yet received my HealthyGear card

Your cash back and rewards

 

 

The cash back you get is based on the cash back percentage you qualify for (10% or 15% or 25%):

• For up to 15% cash back at your main partner, find out your Vitality Age online.
• Do a Vitality Fitness Assessment to increase your cash back to up to 25% at your main partner and continue to get up to 10% cash back at the other partner.
• You and your spouse (if applicable) must complete both these health assessments once every 12 months to keep your maximum cash back percentage.

Vitality High Performance Fitness Assessment

• You can also increase your cash back by completing the Vitality High Performance Fitness Assessment. This is an assessment for athletes who regularly take part in sporting activities.

Expecting Mothers

• As an expecting mother we understand that you might not be able to complete the Vitality Fitness Assessment in order to increase your HealthyGear cash back. Find out your Vitality Age to first increase your cash back up to 15%. To increase your cash back up to 25%, you must declare that you are pregnant during a Vitality Health Check. Your spouse (if applicable) will need to find out their Vitality Age and do a Vitality Fitness Assessment to ensure you enjoy the maximum cash back.

There is a monthly cash back limit:

• If you are on a membership with family members, you can get cash back on a maximum spend of R4 000 per billing cycle on the HealthyGear items you buy. The maximum cash back that you can earn in a month is R1 000.
• If you are the only person on your membership, you can get cash back on a maximum spend of R2 000 per billing cycle on the HealthyGear items you buy. The maximum cash back that you can earn in a month is R500.
• We pay the cash back at various times during a month in line with your personal billing cycle.
• Cash back is not based on a calendar month. Your HealthyGear spend that you get cash back on is also limited to the number of Vitality points you earn during the year. So make sure you keep doing healthy activities to earn Vitality points.
• Any amounts you spend that is more than the qualifying spend or the number of Vitality points you earned will not qualify for cash back.

All this info applies only to the up front 25% cash back on purchase, not the the 12 months of earning your R1500 cash back in shoe benefit.

 

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[Frosty]

All this info applies only to the up front 25% cash back on purchase, not the the 12 months of earning your R1500 cash back in shoe benefit.

 

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I never said it referred to the 12 months of cash back. I was highlighting the R4000 limit/month for a family vs R2000 limit/month for a single member.

[Frosty]

Shoe benefit is capped at the first R2000. Whether that is for the year, or per pair of shoes I do not know.

 

edit: misread on my side "Cash back applies to the first R2 000 of the retail price of the running shoes."

Have you got a link to the cap?

 

I searched and I could find was how the benefit works, i.e. 10/15/25% cash back after purchase depending on Healthy Gear status and then 75% split over 12 months depending on meeting the 4 VAR goals each month.

 

 

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['Kaze Pete]

Have you got a link to the cap?

 

I searched and I could find was how the benefit works, i.e. 10/15/25% cash back after purchase depending on Healthy Gear status and then 75% split over 12 months depending on meeting the 4 VAR goals each month.

 

 

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www.discovery.co.za/portal/individual/vitality-news-oct16-run-your-way-to-new-shoes

[Frosty]

www.discovery.co.za/portal/individual/vitality-news-oct16-run-your-way-to-new-shoes

Thanks, would help going back before November newsletter.

[Christofison]

I never said it referred to the 12 months of cash back. I was highlighting the R4000 limit/month for a family vs R2000 limit/month for a single member.

Aha, comprende. I see a way to work the system. If you want to buy shoes that cost R2500, then make sure your wife doesn't buy her shoes in the same month.

[Frosty]

Aha, comprende. I see a way to work the system. If you want to buy shoes that cost R2500, then make sure your wife doesn't buy her shoes in the same month.

almost!

I missed the part that limits the purchase to R2k per person.

[carbon29er]

but you will be sold the wrong shoes...

 

we are talking about the shop here that tells people 26" is for short people or kids and 29" is for adults

 

and you will be overpaying at least R 600 on a pair of shoes

 

but ja that's just me

 

 

I run in GT 2000 (2E)

 

last SW I visited (BFN & EL) did not have stock so the "trained" staff members tried to sell me a pair of Nimbus and some or other salomons as alternative (shoes at the other end of the spectrum)

 

but I "assume" then that the training has not yet reached all of the stores

True story.

 

I distributed a very expensive Swiss push scooter years ago. SWH sold the scooter in their top 8 stores nationally and I did extensive training of the sales staff. Often as staff turnover was very high.

 

One day I visited the Attabury store in Faerie Glen. New salesman on the floor, doesn't know me. I pretend to be interested in a scooter for my 4 year old. He pushes the cheapest one really hard. I ask about my brand which is double the price. He replies "You don't want to buy that plastic piece of ****."  Polycarbonate, non-marking wheels with sealed bearings, modular system for parts replacement. Real quality that lasts all the kids in the family as a hand me down.  The brand is still the world's best selling push scooter and is still the most expensive in all countries.

 

I increased the sales training but still prefer to go to specialist shops for my own shopping.

[Slowbee]

someone is making money....and sure as heck is not you me

[Christofison]

almost!

I missed the part that limits the purchase to R2k per person.

You can still buy shoes that cost more than 2k and should get the R625 cash back of the R2.5k shoes. BUT Shoe Booster will only refund you a max of R125/month.

 

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[Frosty]

You can still buy shoes that cost more than 2k and should get the R625 cash back of the R2.5k shoes. BUT Shoe Booster will only refund you a max of R125/month.

 

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thanks. Makes sense now.