£400 Cheaper Gym Loophole: Works for Cannons/JJB Gyms Article Discussion

teoanne

mobfant wrote:

You get a £7,000 fine and 6 points on your licence. Think they expire after 7 years though.

haha!

don't worry, u won't get fined anything...they said in the email they sent to me that they 'reserve the right' to ask for the membership fees back...but in my case, i am leaving the country after about 8 months, so i don't see how they can chase me...and i'm also a prudential (their company) member back home, both life insurance and personal accident insurance, so hopefully that'll be brownie points for me and they won't end up charging.

On a more assuring note, when i spoke to the guy on the phone (from Pruhealth) to activate my gym membership in Cannons, he said that there will be no extra charges except for the 25 quid activation fee that i'll have to pay if i cancel after 6 months. 30 days notice required. hope that helps.

benreade

Hi All

I signed up to this offer and made my way over to Manchester and signed up. I've since gone back to Pru, because they need your membership number. However quite righly the call centre has said this particular gym is not one of those included (I've since checked the link that lists specific JJB gyms allowed).

So I'm in a bit of a pickle now! I'm currently attending Manchester Trafford for free, but the pru won't take my memebership number.

I've got a couple of options

1. Lie to Pru and give the name of a inclusive gym and hope no one notices
2. Carry on regardless and don't give pru my membership number
3. Take it up officially as in my opinion there is no cannons locally so this is my only option. In which case any one know how to contact someone at pru outside the call centre?

I think I've falen between the gaps here. Interestingly Manchester JJB did not bat an eyelid when I went to join, they even had a special Pru application pack.

benreade

PMISpecialist wrote:

As far as i am aware its participating gyms only.

I signed up to this offer and made my way over to Manchester to sign up, so far so good. I've since gone back to Pru, to give my new membership number, however quite rightly the call centre has said this particular gym is not one of those included (I've since checked the link that lists specific JJB gyms allowed).

So I'm in a bit of a pickle now! I'm currently attending Manchester Trafford for free, but the pru won't take my membership number.

I've got a couple of options:

1. Lie to Pru and give the name of an inclusive gym and hope no one notices
2. Carry on regardless and don't give pru my membership number
3. Take it up officially as in my opinion there is no cannons locally so this is my only option. In which case does any one know how to contact someone at pru outside the call centre?

I think I've fallen between the gaps here. Interestingly Manchester JJB did not bat an eyelid when I went to join; they even had a special Pru application pack.

katskorner

I want to continue with Cannons after my 6 months which ends this month. I was wondering if I cancelled my policy with Pruhealth and then started a new one whether I would be able to start the six months again. I would need to do this very very soon so any feedback that would help me would be appreciated.

teoanne

i thought its only available to new pruhealth members?

katskorner

That is what I am trying to figure out. I don't know if it would work second time around. Has anyone tried?

its_okay

Mmm, I'm seriously considering this as a 19 year old non smoker, I've managed to get a policy with JJB membership for £15.52 pcm.

Will have to disscuss with OH because it means we'll have to cancel our membership with the council's gym.

katskorner

its_okay wrote:

Mmm, I'm seriously considering this as a 19 year old non smoker, I've managed to get a policy with JJB membership for £15.52 pcm.

Will have to disscuss with OH because it means we'll have to cancel our membership with the council's gym.

Do it - that is a no brainer. If you include OH on the policy he will get free membership too.

teoanne

by the way, has anyone gotten their cashback from quidco?

katskorner

teoanne wrote:

by the way, has anyone gotten their cashback from quidco?

Yes, got it two months after applying for the policy. £115.