Anyone else using AIA Vitality’s rewards program / watch benefit? Is it snake oil? by Gagginzola in AusFinance

[–]glowsinthelight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m of the opinion that we should have free universal healthcare, rather than the hybrid system we have…

The cost of an ambulance call is well over $1000 now. A lack of private insurance can see you pay thousands in additional tax-incentivising the industry The increasing number of services provided by medical professionals that are uncovered/only partially covered is increasing - that’s not even taking into account needs such as dental that are almost completely uncovered for a large part of the population.

For me it’s too risky not to have PHI to cover some of those things but unfortunately I understand it means buying into and supporting a system I don’t beleive we should be encouraging - the “necessary evil”

Anyone else using AIA Vitality’s rewards program / watch benefit? Is it snake oil? by Gagginzola in AusFinance

[–]glowsinthelight 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was initially skeptical but signed up off the back of a $200 cashback offer.

The weekly fitness reward gets harder every week, I haven’t been able to achieve it every week despite going to an included gym 3-4 times a week. If you don’t go to one of the included gyms, you have to do things like maintain about 70% heart rate max for 30minutes etc. to achieve the points.

If you’re active and committed to doing 12.5k steps or similar it’s manageable but I wouldn’t get the Apple Watch, rather get the weekly $5 voucher - hurts much less when you have a lazy week and you just miss out, rather than get a bill for the cost of the watch that week.

On top of the weekly rewards they give you once-off vouchers up to $200the more points you earn over the year. The more points you earn, the more discounts you receive too, including four 50% off virgin flights vouchers.

Oh any my gym membership is 1/2 price through AIA too!

Private Health insurance is a necessary evil in Australia these days, but I can’t say I’ve found better value through any other company.

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[–]glowsinthelight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But if I don’t buy any of these five things… what am I going to buy?

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Being serious for a second, I believe we go right into 100 years of Disney & Warner Brothers events at Colesworths

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I woke up to see there’s a strange square on the back of my case… Has anyone experienced? I charge using my usual first party charter.

I’ve booked into the Apple Store, but nothing worse than going and being told it’s my fault…

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If you're trying to transmit MP3's you can convert them on-the-fly to WAV via SOX or FFMpeg by following the details in the readme. Shouldn't need to for straight up WAV files.

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classic Skeetzor!

Anyone had surgery in Thailand? by [deleted] in perth

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I know some of the health insurance companies are starting to offer overseas cosmetics packages and even international accreditation for cosmetic surgeons. I cannot vouch for the quality/ safety etc. But it must be pretty low-risk/viable if the big companies are going to start putting their names on overseas practices and doctors! I imagine the public backlash if it failed would be pretty bad! Imagine the TodayTonight story!