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Uber to apply upfront fares to more cities

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Fri, June 24, 2016

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Uber to apply upfront fares to more cities Upfront fares are apparently very popular among riders as uberPOOL reportedly accounted for over 20 percent of all rides globally, leading the company to expand the feature more widely (Shutterstock.com/ArthurStock )

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ber has applied upfront fares for regular UberX trips in some cities in the US and India since April and is set to introduce the same feature in other cities.

Upfront fares allow riders to know exactly how much the ride will cost prior to booking the service. 

According to a company press release on Thursday, Uber moved to upfront fares two years ago when it launched uberPOOL, in which riders enter their destinations and Uber then matches them with other people headed the same way. "This allowed us to calculate the actual fare in advance and show it to riders before they booked their ride," said Uber.

The feature is apparently very popular among riders as uberPOOL reportedly accounted for over 20 percent of all rides globally, leading the company to expand the feature more widely.

(Read also: Uber to launch ride-sharing service in Jakarta)

"So in April we began slowly introducing upfront fares for regular uberX trips in cities across the US and more recently in India, with more to follow. To date, hundreds of thousands of riders have experienced upfront fares as part of this rollout," Uber added.

Upfront fares are based on the expected time and distance of the trip and local traffic, as well as how many riders and nearby drivers are using Uber at that moment. Whenever fares go up due to increased demand, riders are said to be given the actual fare before they request their ride. (kes)

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