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

lulu650

Helpful post sensar.

I should also add that by joining through Boots, the Eye test and Health check are free.

The eye test also includes Glaucoma testing = 150 extra points. This will only apply if over 35. Mine were added automatically once I'd sent the results to Pru.

I have also been told that the Boots Health check will include Glucose testing = 150 extra points. For over 40yrs. only. I will be booking this in the next couple of weeks.

QQuaver

lulu650 wrote: »

Helpful post sensar.

I should also add that by joining through Boots, the Eye test and Health check are free.

The eye test also includes Glaucoma testing = 150 extra points. This will only apply if over 35. Mine were added automatically once I'd sent the results to Pru.

I have also been told that the Boots Health check will include Glucose testing = 150 extra points. For over 40yrs. only. I will be booking this in the next couple of weeks.

Whenever I orderd the Boots Eye test voucher, I got health check one. Is both one and the same?

lulu650

no there are two separate vouchers Quaver.

Seemed to be a glitch on the website because I could only print out the eye test vouchers and not the health checks. I had to phone up in the end to get the correct voucher.

sensar

Glad that your like it lulu650,
You only get 1 Free Boots Health & Eyes check a year. (still not bad.)
Which I like to think leaves us paying for the second one in 6 months - In order to gain more Vitality points and the extras for Maintaining your health and so on.

QQuaver

lulu650 wrote: »

no there are two separate vouchers Quaver.

Seemed to be a glitch on the website because I could only print out the eye test vouchers and not the health checks. I had to phone up in the end to get the correct voucher.

I phoned up for eye test and got the health check voucher again:o
Might try again...

bachgammon

Hi
I think I can solve the Fitbug question....
Found from this website: http://www.pruhealth.co.uk/insurance...partners/polar
"You can earn up to 10 points a day and 150 points a month for any combination of gym, Fitbug or Polar Computer activities"
So Fitbug is included in the 150 points.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!
The new website is lousier than a colony of woodlice.
I can't even query my points at the moment because that part of the website is down.
I have had a close look at my vitality statement and it now appears that buying Sporting Goods from eBay comes under the "Exercise" category. My delight at bagging myself 40 points just for buying an exercise top has been short-lived. Presumably it will only contribute to the 150 points for gym membership that I use up every month anyway.
On another matter, did anyone else see a message when the new website started promising 100 points for a Vitality Review? I filled the damn thing in despite the website crashing on me every few minutes but it's not shown in the points.
Regards
Rick

TooNice_2

Is Boot really cheaper given than you could get £85 cashback with Quidco?

richchestmat

Don't forget the Polar heart rate monitors you can now get (I've opened another thread on that below)

I'm not sure why there is so much grumbing about the 150 monthly limit for 'excercise'. 150 X 12 is still 1800. That's only 200 short of platinum. Most people won't be hitting that maximum anyway.

Bargain_Rzl

richchestmat wrote: »

I'm not sure why there is so much grumbing about the 150 monthly limit for 'excercise'. 150 X 12 is still 1800. That's only 200 short of platinum. Most people won't be hitting that maximum anyway.

Not quite. The limit for the entire exercise category is 1500, so you do stop getting points eventually. Even so, with 1500 points for Exercise (which is easy to get, given that the fitness assessments also count towards this) plus the easy points you get for doing Nutrition and Stress activities (200 in total) and the non-smoking declaration (150) and the personal health review (100) and reading a couple of articles each month (up to 200 per annum), it really is very easy to achieve Platinum over the course of a year.

What is not so easy, which a lot of people are wanting to do at the moment before the rules change, is to reach Platinum in only a couple of months.

richchestmat

Doh! Forgot about that 1500 limit. Having said that the 1500 limit isn't going to matter to people trying to get to Platinum in two months.

To those people I say try your best but remember to think about the savings in year 2 and beyond. Don't give up on this scheme if you can't quite make 2000 points.

My wife is signed up via her work and got rolled over to year two according to the company renewal date and now she has only until Feb to get back to Platinum before she is affected by the new pricing. She was only gold just shy of 2000 points before the rollover but she's back to Silver after a nuffield 400 pointer health check and the usual online stuff. She's already not far off gold again.