Pruhealth scrapping its free/discounted gym loophole in November. Discussion

brownbabygirl

whowants2brich wrote: »

PS I wonder if we could organise a MSE Platinum Pru Health Reunion at a Champneys near us soon... Maybe on the Sunday of a bank holiday weekend... I wouldn't be surprised if we'd all go along without knowing who else was there, not knowing that we're all reading the same threads here on MSE...

I would love that as well! I am aiming to hit platinum later this year and first thing would be to book a nice time at Champneys! I plan to go alone so meeting other MSEers would be great!

whowants2brich

brownbabygirl wrote: »

I I plan to go alone so meeting other MSEers would be great!

Nothing better than sitting alone at dinner, sharing the lovely relaxing environment and a lettuce leaf with a glass of water (or fruit juice).... I can imagine by day it'd be heavenly to be alone, but meals and relaxing after dinner might get a bit boring when spent alone...

whowants2brich

For those needing some extra points, the following may help but may not be suitable for all

Flu jab - 100 points
Pap smear - 150 points
Read the self-help sites, 30 points per month
Stress zone - 50 points
Meal plan - 50 points
Basic health assessment - 200 points (may cost £25-£45 but if it reduces your gym membership faster then it'll be worth it )
I'm looking forward to turning 35, I can then get a cholesterol screening once every 5 years and get 150 points per year... hopefully the screening won't show up anything worrying!

PS If anyone can join the Vitality Med programme, not that you would want to - I'd rather be fit and healthy than suffer from asthma etc - but if you can, then join, cos you get 50% more points for whatever you do...

brownbabygirl

whowants2brich wrote: »

Nothing better than sitting alone at dinner, sharing the lovely relaxing environment and a lettuce leaf with a glass of water (or fruit juice).... I can imagine by day it'd be heavenly to be alone, but meals and relaxing after dinner might get a bit boring when spent alone...

Def agree with you. Should we start a thread.....?

aliharris

Can a 19yo Male get a pap screen? If not, i'm suing them for sexism..

What's the deal with taking guests to Champneys? The prices on pru website are 'per person when sharing' which I'm guessing means two pruhealth members. Theres a number to call to get prices on guests.. has anyone done it before/have any idea what kind of price a guest should expect to pay? Don't want to phone them, as only going to go after November sort of time, once i'm on at least gold.

I may stop going out drinking at weekends and spend the £50 on an over-night stay at Champneys to pamper myself!

Bargain_Rzl

I think I read (either on this thread or the other PruHealth thread) something about a £90 rate for guests, though I don't know whether it varies between Champney's locations or whether it is more if the member taking the guest is less than Platinum.

harbinger13

Question on Meal plan.
Max we can score 100 - but I recently did one meal plan for 50 and another one after a week - I expected another 50 - but it did not show up - what is the minimum 'wait' period before preparing the second plan so as to gain the full 100 points.

Thanks in Advance

Bargain_Rzl

The Vitality Points guide (pdf doc on PruHealth website) states that the meal plan is a once per half year activity - you can do the meal plan as often as you like, but after getting points for the first one it'll be six months before you can do another which counts for points.

whowants2brich

The Pru Health website page for the Champneys deal says that there is a specific price for guests, and that Pru Health members can take up to 3 guests at a time and pay a set rate.

http://www.pruhealth.co.uk/insurance/vitality/vitality_partners/champneys_health_resorts

Click on the link in the middle of the page for "guest prices".

mark36

Hi, just made Platinum - so am I correct a 3 night stay at Champneys would be £120 for a single room with all meals? That's better than a Travelodge deal if it is.

Anyone been? What's the food like and do they have a bar, I deserve a drink after hitting platinum !:beer:

I'm nearly 38 and my new premium is £35.75 total for the year. On top of my all London Virgin gyms membership (but not the real fancy ones) at £25 that's £28.75 per month. A friend of mine with the same gym membership at Virgin is paying £70 per month.

It has been expensive tis first year, fortunately I joined at the right time, need to keep up the gym and vitality stuff to keep the price low. Shame the Quidco payment doesn't appear to have materialised.

Mark