[nfbmi-talk] Uber Comes to Ann Arbor, 2 Weeks of Free Rides

[J.J. Meddaugh]

Correct, you do need a smartphone to generally use these services.
Lyft also just launched in Ann Arbor,, as well as Toledo and a bunch of 
other new cities.
  and of course they're a tiny bit cheaper still. You get free rides for 
the next week. Here's a referral link to get up to $25 more in credit.
http://www.lyft.com/invited/JASON4232

Best regards,
J.J.

On 4/23/2014 4:27 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
> I heard it might be a little cheaper than the current cab rates. Also, 
> you have to have an ap on your Ithone of which I don't own one. It is 
> free for 2 weeks. Don't know if I'll get the chance to use it or not.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
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>> Thanks for the clarification.  I am by no means an expert, my main 
>> point was that people shouldn't assume it is cheaper.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> At 01:17 PM 4/23/2014, you wrote:
>>> Hey Dave.
>>> There's a couple of different services that Uber offers and you do 
>>> need to do your homework. But for example, in AN Arbor, Uber is 
>>> $1.60 per mile plus 20 cents a minute. Cabs are generally $2.50 to 
>>> $3 a mile. But in New York, the most expensive city I've seen, Uber 
>>> is $3 a mile. So rates depend on the city.
>>> As for being charged ten times more, Uber and others will do what's 
>>> called Surge pricing in periods of high demand, such as weekend 
>>> nights, New Year's Eve, etc. If this pricing is in effect, you will 
>>> get an alert before you confirm your ride which will tell you the 
>>> multiplier for the surge. So you can decide whether it's worht it or 
>>> not.
>>
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