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

[AllAboutRides]

'for free' is actually R15 (150 miles) - once a month (we'll see if it's available again next month at that price)

 

Thanks to a few family members, my Netflix is now paid for until next year Feb...

 

 Not bad for R15.....where and how do you sign up for that?

 

I'm on Vitality from 1st of May (3month trail period) to see if its all worth it, coming over from Momentum 

[ridr]

 Not bad for R15.....where and how do you sign up for that?

 

I'm on Vitality from 1st of May (3month trail period) to see if its all worth it, coming over from Momentum 

Under vitality rewards in the app - choose the netflix option (there should also be a big picture advertising the netflix reward and the vitality smoothie reward under the rewards section that you can tap on)

[Budza]

https://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/marvel-speed-and-cadence-sensor

When using rollers/trainer/static bike

Anyone know if this or similar gets Vitality points when combined with Garmin HR watch?

IE, they'd see the HR effort + 'distance' (SpeedxTime) from this when used on rollers/trainer- should be enough to count?

[bertusras]

Why not just make use of your HR device? Time/Distance is only applicable if you don't have HR data. I only use my HR watch for Discovery on the trainer.

[webs]

31 minutes ago, Budza said:

https://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/marvel-speed-and-cadence-sensor

When using rollers/trainer/static bike

Anyone know if this or similar gets Vitality points when combined with Garmin HR watch?

IE, they'd see the HR effort + 'distance' (SpeedxTime) from this when used on rollers/trainer- should be enough to count?

That's correct. 

I use the Garmin speed & cadence sensor to get maximum 100 points.

You can use HR and get up to 300 points when you train at 70% for an hour or 80% for half an hour.

Or 200 points for half an hour at 70% HR.

[Budza]

Thanks. I'm looking for a potential 300 points. If that's possible with HR data only, that's perfect. 

Thought I'd need all data to get that many. 

[Uni]

General medical aid query. 

I'm currently a principal member on a health plan but my ex will take over and I want ti get my own policy.  Do I need to reapply as a new applicant or is there a way all my historical data can be transferred that I can bypass all the hoops and tests etc? Anyone know?

[NC_lurker]

Anyone else having issues with Virgin Active gym visits not reflecting as Vitality points events? 

Issue seems to have cropped up since Virgin's systems went offline due to their ransomware attack. They've been back up for weeks now though.

Never noticed it before as I normally don't need the gym points to meet my weekly goal, but had a lazy bike week 2wks ago & just realised I never made my activity goal. Checked back & my gym visits haven't generated points for more than a month.

[WR 1.0]

1 hour ago, NC_lurker said:

Anyone else having issues with Virgin Active gym visits not reflecting as Vitality points events? 

Issue seems to have cropped up since Virgin's systems went offline due to their ransomware attack. They've been back up for weeks now though.

Never noticed it before as I normally don't need the gym points to meet my weekly goal, but had a lazy bike week 2wks ago & just realised I never made my activity goal. Checked back & my gym visits haven't generated points for more than a month.

Yip, mine is also not showing. It's also not under the known issues on the Vitality page on Disco 

[Be4dawn]

34 minutes ago, WR 1.0 said:

Yip, mine is also not showing. It's also not under the known issues on the Vitality page on Disco 

I had to call the call centre this week and they said they are aware of the issue with VA visits and points not reflecting . Unfortunately I did not listen in detail.

[WR 1.0]

Feedback from Disco regarding Virgin Active :

 

Virgin Active’s systems are not yet fully functional. For this reason, there is a delay in allocating for Virgin Active visits. Our team is working with Virgin Active to resolve this error.

Please provide us with the exact dates you attended Virgin Active for us to manually award the points.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

On 5/24/2021 at 8:18 PM, Uni said:

General medical aid query. 

I'm currently a principal member on a health plan but my ex will take over and I want ti get my own policy.  Do I need to reapply as a new applicant or is there a way all my historical data can be transferred that I can bypass all the hoops and tests etc? Anyone know?

Hey Uni, 

Easiest way would be for your Ex to do what you're considering. Changing principal member just to take your own one out is a very messy way of doing things. 

Just remove them from your membership, they will have to apply for a new membership in their own right. It's a simple application form, no medical questions needed to be answered, just a form.

[NotSoBigBen]

6 hours ago, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem said:

Hey Uni, 

Easiest way would be for your Ex to do what you're considering. Changing principal member just to take your own one out is a very messy way of doing things. 

Just remove them from your membership, they will have to apply for a new membership in their own right. It's a simple application form, no medical questions needed to be answered, just a form.

Mon dieu ????

 

Hope you're well Captain!

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

On 6/15/2021 at 6:06 PM, NotSoBigBen said:

Mon dieu ????

 

Hope you're well Captain!

Yo, Benster!

Yeah, I'm well thanks. It's been a tumultuous few months, that's for sure, but it's all good now. Mostly. LOL. 

 

I didn't really log on when the platform changed, and TBH there was very little that I felt I lost as a result of it. I may come on more often again, but it'll only be on a few threads (like this one) which I feel add to other peoples' lives, through understanding of what they have / how it can be gamed etc. 

 

 

 

 

[Rocket-Boy]

2 minutes ago, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem said:

Yo, Benster!

Yeah, I'm well thanks. It's been a tumultuous few months, that's for sure, but it's all good now. Mostly. LOL. 

 

I didn't really log on when the platform changed, and TBH there was very little that I felt I lost as a result of it. I may come on more often again, but it'll only be on a few threads (like this one) which I feel add to other peoples' lives, through understanding of what they have / how it can be gamed etc. 

 

 

 

 

Hey bud, its nice to see you on here again, glad to hear you are ok.

The new forum takes a little getting used to, but for now its still the same place as before.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

1 minute ago, Rocket-Boy said:

Hey bud, its nice to see you on here again, glad to hear you are ok.

The new forum takes a little getting used to, but for now its still the same place as before.

Ha! It was more of a case of my existing bookmarks / shortcuts not working anymore, so meh. Move on.

Synopsis: Joined a corporate. Turned out to be professional suicide. Left. Joined a completely different setup. Turned into the best thing ever. Everything's on me. Fell in love with an old hobby again, may have found a chic that gels with my brand of crazy, and things are... excellent. Still a ways to go to get to where I wanna be, but it's full flippin steam ahead. In my own time, by my own rules. 

 

Anyway. Totally OT, but @Uni if you need some help, holla. myles@mm-fs.com