Search Results for ‘dynamic pricing’

... Most people associate surge pricing with ride-hailing, travel, and event ticket companies, but more businesses are using the strategy to charge customers extra at certain times. Movie theaters have started using it for blockbusters, as was the case with The Batman. AMC is seemingly taking...

This is the highest amount that I've seen a customer pay for similar distance and time where no surge is in play. It's also the single most profitable trip for distance and duration that I've accepted in at least a couple years. And I'm pretty sure that I know precisely why this customer was...

Uber has notified drivers by email on Tuesday 1 May 2018 as follows: Small changes to paid wait time Hi Jack We're making some small changes to paid wait time. Based on feedback received from riders and drivers, we are changing paid wait time to a flat rate, instead of it being subject to...

At today’s rideshare lunch, three of the drivers at the same time checked the Uber app to see where it might be surging. Driver 1 had a surge showing in Belconnen. Driver 2 had a surge showing in Woden. Driver 3 (aka Jack Malarkey) had no surge showing. Go figure.

[message addressed to emdeplam deleted] Uber Corporate: What really concerns me are apparent unfair business practices: Dynamic up front pricing that is calculated to be essentially stealth surge rate fares that are NOT passed on to drivers, regardless of how they may be described as dynamic...

Have you noticed that Uber is now referring to 'surge pricing' as 'dynamic pricing' and its 'commission' as a 'service fee'? I regard all four terms as accurate in a technical sense. 'Dynamic pricing' is the general term used for pricing that varies according to demand. It is used, for...

Received an email regarding dynamic maps in the lincoln nebraska market earlier this week. Today is game day (first game since new maps), normally huge surge pricing. Got up to 6x 2 weeks ago. Normally see 4x most game days getting people to tailgates. Been driving all morning. Zero surges...

Received an email regarding dynamic maps in the lincoln nebraska market earlier this week. Today is game day (first game since new maps), normally huge surge pricing. Got up to 6x 2 weeks ago. Normally see 4x most game days getting people to tailgates. Been driving all morning. Zero surges...

I received an email Wednesday, 9/28/16, from Uber (all excited they were...!) that dynamic pricing would begin in Lexington on Thursday, 9/29/16, and the pre-defined surge areas would no longer show up. Sure enough, sometime around mid day the pentagons of varying color intensity replaced the...