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My rates with a gift card balance from SFO were ~15% higher than my wife standing next to me who had our AMEX on file. It's pretty easy to verify these shady practices.I however don't see any difference ordering with uber eats. Neither of us have uber one or any other sort of discount with uber
I did the same experiment with Lyft. If multiple people from the same area try to go to another area, most times I see the next person getting a different (mostly higher) price.
By the way Uber also check your phone battery.and if Phone battery is low. Your ride prices will be higher.
So as someone said earlier, it's all dynamic pricing. It's hard to pinpoint whether it is only because of gift cards.
My rates with a gift card balance from SFO were ~15% higher than my wife standing next to me who had our AMEX on file. It's pretty easy to verify these shady practices.I however don't see any difference ordering with uber eats. Neither of us have uber one or any other sort of discount with uber
We have over a dozen business & family accounts and when we stand side by side and compare, the accounts with GC balances get lower prices. Therefore, I've proved that Uber lowers prices when you buy discounted GCs.
This logic, as well as yours, is flawed and is precisely why there are so many people who wrongly blame GC balances, Uber One, promos, and other factors for price fluctuations that have to do with supply and demand, nothing else.
If you want to see for yourself, repeat your experiment with various accounts having a variety of setups and alter the order of the requests. You'll quickly see that the pricing isn't based off GCs.
I did the same experiment with Lyft. If multiple people from the same area try to go to another area, most times I see the next person getting a different (mostly higher) price. By the way Uber also check your phone battery.and if Phone battery is low. Your ride prices will be higher. So as someone said earlier, it's all dynamic pricing. It's hard to pinpoint whether it is only because of gift cards.
Ah yes, what an evil corporation! Not only do they raise prices when your phone battery is low, but I heard that they look up your address in real estate databases and if your home value is high, they raise your price for that reason also! 🙄
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My rates with a gift card balance from SFO were ~15% higher than my wife standing next to me who had our AMEX on file. It's pretty easy to verify these shady practices.I however don't see any difference ordering with uber eats. Neither of us have uber one or any other sort of discount with uber
You're doing it wrong. Your wife should be checking LYFT at the same time you are checking UBER. Go with whatever is cheaper.
Get her the LYFT GC deal right now, so she's saving off the top also!
PS your supposed 15% higher rate is STILL 10% cheaper than hers, because you are using a 25% OFF GC.. LOL!
There is a two-unit limit that resets every 14 days. Essentially, you can get $200 worth of gift cards for $160 every 14 days.
Uber has an arbitrary limit on number of gift cards that you can redeem on their platform in a period of time.
Both the total number of gift card and the period of time are not well defined so I have run into issues where when I try to redeem, it tells me that I have reached the redemption limit and I had to try after a few days after which it worked.
Uber support is utterly useless when it comes to telling me exactly when the limit would be reset or what the limits actually are.
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By the way Uber also check your phone battery.and if Phone battery is low. Your ride prices will be higher.
So as someone said earlier, it's all dynamic pricing. It's hard to pinpoint whether it is only because of gift cards.
This logic, as well as yours, is flawed and is precisely why there are so many people who wrongly blame GC balances, Uber One, promos, and other factors for price fluctuations that have to do with supply and demand, nothing else.
If you want to see for yourself, repeat your experiment with various accounts having a variety of setups and alter the order of the requests. You'll quickly see that the pricing isn't based off GCs.
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Maybe best to just avoid Uber
Get her the LYFT GC deal right now, so she's saving off the top also!
PS your supposed 15% higher rate is STILL 10% cheaper than hers, because you are using a 25% OFF GC.. LOL!
Both the total number of gift card and the period of time are not well defined so I have run into issues where when I try to redeem, it tells me that I have reached the redemption limit and I had to try after a few days after which it worked.
Uber support is utterly useless when it comes to telling me exactly when the limit would be reset or what the limits actually are.
So be mindful of that.
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