Kim ScheinbergMar 26, 2023

Meeting a friend in Utah for vacation. I got in early, rented a car, planned to pick him up at SLC. I was tired when he landed, I checked Uber, only $27. Told him to do that, and he ordered a car as soon as we hung up.

He paid $65.

The next day: standing in the same room ordering Ubers at the same moment going to the same location, I was quoted $45 and he was quoted $75.

His home zip code is much wealthier than mine. Is Uber charging based on the assumed income of the person ordering?

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@kims and it was the same class of car (not luxury or XL?) weird
Mar 26, 2023 at 12:37pmWeb
Show threadKim ScheinbergMar 26, 2023

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It's worse than that. My kid landed from Denver at 7:45 and paid $28 for an UberXL.

They landed at 8:45 and paid $65 for an UberX.

And it was definitely not surge pricing. I checked the rate when each of them landed. Kid paid ~same price I was quoted, they paid dramatically more.

Show threadInfoSecSherpaMar 26, 2023
@kims That’s just nuts. Wow.