I know that to become lifetime at the end of maintenance you must be not more than 2 pounds above or more than 2 pounds below your goal weight.
The website clearly says:
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If at your final maintenance weigh-in, you're within 2 lbs of (above or below) your weight goal.
http://www.weightwatchers.com/help/i...pageid=1028501
But that isn't what it says to maintain your free status as lifetime (doesn't talk about etools yet since that isn't announced). What is says there is:
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What are the guidelines for remaining a Lifetime member?
Once a Lifetime Member always a Lifetime Member. Lifetime Members must weigh in at their first meeting of every month. If you weigh more than 2 pounds more than your weight goal at the first weigh-in of the month, you will be charged the weekly fee, but you will not have to pay another registration fee.
http://www.weightwatchers.com/help/i...pageid=1028541
Also:
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As a Lifetime Member, when will I have to pay meetings fees?
As one of Weight Watchers special Lifetime Members, you are always eligible for Lifetime benefits, as stated on the back cover of your meetings Membership Book. This means you don't need to pay for missed meetings unless you haven't weighed in within a 1 month period or have gone over 2 pounds of your goal.
http://www.weightwatchers.com/help/i...pageid=1028561
There is no point at which there is any indication that lifetime benefits are different if you are more than 2 pounds below goal. (It is possible that individual franchises might be able to set criteria that is different from Weight Watchers' own criteria -- I wouldn't know about that).
If they are going to set different criteria for free etools then that is going to be something very different from what they have been doing for years.