[BramasoleATX]

First ride of the morning.

 

[Nate R]

Nice! was that like a 5 mile trip on Lux? lol

 

[ATX 22]

Very cool. I think my largest fare ever has been around $83

 

[BramasoleATX]

Nice! was that like a 5 mile trip on Lux? lol

31 miles...

 

[Nate R]

I just had a $123 Select fare from Cedar Park to the airport so I'd say my Friday got started right too

 

[Native Austinite]

Nice bait and switch, Uber. I get a message that appears to read "$35 per hour" flash guarantee. I click on it, and no, it's $35 total fares for two hours. Sneaky btards.

 

[ATX 22]

• During 9pm-11pm guarantee, 1 trip must start on campus

Dafuq?

 

[BramasoleATX]

Nice bait and switch, Uber. I get a message that appears to read "$35 per hour" flash guarantee. I click on it, and no, it's $35 total fares for two hours. Sneaky btards.

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The text said "we've got a special guarantee of $35 in fares from 6-8pm"

You optimistically read it as $35/hr but that's not the case....to be fair, my first read of the text was same as yours...

 

[Nate R]

ATX22, Uber is pushing for game pickups with that BS. Good thing I don't chase guarantees.

 

[ATX 22]

ATX22, Uber is pushing for game pickups with that BS. Good thing I don't chase guarantees.

I get that, but I'd like to see their definition of campus. Is it all the student housing area in West Campus, or on the actual 40 acres?
The game will be over pretty close to the end of the guarantee period.

 

[Nate R]

They defined it with a tiny pic in the email.

 

[BobbyATX]

What is UBER cut on LUX?

 

[ATX 22]

What is UBER cut on LUX?

If I'm not mistaken it's 28%

 

[ATX 22]

They defined it with a tiny pic in the email.

That's actually helpful. Obviously I was not looking too hard if that was in the email. It's been a long week.

 

[Native Austinite]

The text said "we've got a special guarantee of $35 in fares from 6-8pm"

You optimistically read it as $35/hr but that's not the case....to be fair, my first read of the text was same as yours...

The bait and switch is in the formatting. Its the same format with slightly different wording lol. Then in the fine print it actually said $17.50 per hour. This is the first time I read a message that said "in fares" rather than per hour.

UBER policy 137:
"Do you think they'll notice if we switch the wording..."
Some will, some wont.