As per a report from India Today, Uber Flex introduces a range of nine pricing choices for riders when booking a ride, departing from the conventional dynamic pricing model. Within these options, one price is designated as the default or starting price. Once a rider picks a particular fare from these nine alternatives, this selected fare is communicated to nearby drivers. In essence, riders now have the freedom to choose a fare that aligns with their comfort level for the journey.
Drivers are given the liberty to either approve or decline a ride depending on the fare chosen by the rider. If a driver agrees to the suggested fare, they will accept the ride and deliver the service at the specified price. Conversely, if the fare does not meet the driver’s approval, they have the choice to decline the ride.
Uber is currently experimenting with the Flex feature in additional nations such as Lebanon, Kenya, and Latin America. As reported by TechCrunch, Uber intends to implement this innovative operational approach in major Indian cities like Delhi and Mumbai in the near future.
Maybe it would be clean. Maybe it would be disgusting. Maybe the driver would be terrible, either as a driver or just as a person. Maybe they’d try to scam you on the meter, or say their credit card machine was broken.
I intentionally live somewhere with good public transit, but Uber and Lyft are still good options. And honestly the taxis around here don’t seem to be terrible even though I’ve never used one. Probably from competition.
Amazing how universal the “broken credit card machine” was 😅