Uber has introduced this new feature – it’s going to melt your hearts away.
Today, Uber already has the Prepaid Passes, designed to make your daily commute costs less heavy and taxing.
Daily commute costs
Daily commute costs are a nuisance around the world. According to recent data, commute times in cities like New York increased by a bit over four percent year-over-year, which indicates that commute costs would also increase.
Furthermore, New York likewise has the longest work commute in the country, according to this FOX 5 New York report.
The Big Apple is also listed as one of the cities with the worst commute costs, alongside San Diego in California, Houston in Texas, San Francisco in California, Tampa in Florida, Orlando in Florida, Colorado Springs in Colorado, Flagstaff in Arizona, Wichita in Kansas, and Louisville in Kentucky.
Thus, this new feature by Uber is definitely a blessing, more than what you could possibly imagine.
Uber’s Prepaid Passes
Uber’s new feature that’s Prepaid Passes allows you to book rides in advance and even save some money along the way.
With Prepaid Passes, passengers could book five, 10, 15, or 20 rides on their daily routes in advance. Think of Hong Kong’s Octopus Card, but on steroids. The more rides you buy, the bigger the discounts you get. For instance, there are passengers who got five percent savings on five rides and up to 20 percent savings on 20 rides.
It’s easy to access this new feature. Once it appears on your app, simply set the route, choose a one-hour window for ride requests, select the number of rides you wish to book, and complete the payment.
These Prepaid Passes are available for a month from the time you purchased them. Plus, you could even share them with your family members and relatives, too.
Even more, these Passes come with surge protection features. That means you never need to worry about paying hefty fares if your one-hour request window falls during peak hours.
In addition, if the actual fare turns out lower than the price you locked your passes at, you will only get charged the lower amount. Quite stunning!
At launch, Uber’s Prepaid Passes are available in over 75 cities, which include: Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Seattle, St. Louis, and Tampa Bay. More cities will be added soon. Some of those cities are also those with the worst daily commute costs, as outline earlier.
Moreover, Uber is likewise making these Passes available for Teen accounts. This means students could pay for several rides to school, sports, and other outings in advance using Prepaid Passes, or at least lock in the fare using the price-lock passes feature. Parents could also make the purchases on behalf of their teenage kids.
Pet dogs
Meanwhile, in other Uber news, on a lighter note, this Uber driver is taking away the fears of some passengers during rides by handing them a dog to comfort. Unless you’re also afraid of dogs.
Thomas “Blysk” Kopankiewicz recently posted a video to prove on their TikTok account, @heythomask.
In the video, he stated how the passenger was “scared of the highway,” and how the dog comforted her.