{"id":865423,"date":"2026-07-03T13:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=865423"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:10:23","slug":"woolworths-launches-new-cash-back-rewards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/865423\/woolworths-launches-new-cash-back-rewards\/","title":{"rendered":"Woolworths launches new cash-back rewards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Woolworths has launched a new higher-tier rewards programme through Woolworths Financial Services, which will offer customers cash back and additional perks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme, called MyDifference Plus, is a higher-tier programme for Woolies Credit Card and Store Card customers that sits on top of its new MyDifference system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woolworths launched the MyDifference rewards programme in July 2025, replacing the previous WRewards and MySchool scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cards for the older schemes stopped working at<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/863589\/end-of-an-era-for-woolworths\/\"><strong> the end of June 2026<\/strong><\/a>, requiring all loyalty customers to migrate to the new system<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Woolworths, the MyDifference Plus tier is exclusively for Woolworths Credit Card and Store Card customers and will be tied to how they shop and manage their accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, while the standard MyDifference rewards introduced discount vouchers similar to other retail-brand programmes like Pick n Pay&#8217;s SmartShopper and Checkers&#8217; XtraSavings, the new Plus tier offers cash back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cashback earn rates are achieved by completing personalised actions such as paying accounts on time, shopping regularly with a Woolies Credit Card or Store Card, engaging with the Woolies app, or setting up a debit order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond cashback, customers can also unlock personalised vouchers by achieving shopping goals tailored to their purchasing habits, Woolworths said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;MyDifference Plus promos also provide additional savings through exclusive discounts on selected Woolworths products when customers pay with their Woolies Credit Card or Store Card,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme is available through the Woolworths app, where customers can track their completed actions, their cashback earnings, view personalised actions and goals and access available rewards and promotions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woolworths has launched a new higher-tier rewards programme through Woolworths Financial Services, which will offer customers cash back and additional perks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":856880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[949],"class_list":["post-865423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-woolworths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865424,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865423\/revisions\/865424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}