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Getting to the airport is actually the one time that I still use a local car service, because you can actually schedule them. I can say that I want a car to JFK
by cballard 11y ago
Getting to the airport is actually the one time that I still use a local car service, because you can actually schedule them. I can say that I want a car to JFK at 5am tomorrow, and they will reliably be outside my door.
You can't schedule an Uber, and just hoping that one will be available at the time I need one (or else I miss my flight) is scary.
- dclowd9901 11y agoOn that point it's exceptionally odd to me that uber doesn't offer scheduled pickup.
- golergka 11y ago> You can't schedule an Uber Really? That's a surprise. I use Gett mostly, and you certainly can schedule it — so I don't see why Uber couldn't implement it either.
- SilasX 11y agoThey seem to believe that scheduling a future ride goes against their entire business model. I completely disagree (see comment in link): https://www.quora.com/Why-doesnt-Uber-allow-customers-to-pre-book-cabs/answer/Mark-Rogowsky https://www.quora.com/Why-doesnt-Uber-allow-customers-to-pre...
- icebraining 11y agohttps://bumperapp.co/ https://bumperapp.co/
- ghaff 11y agoScheduled car services are a pretty different business from Uber. When I schedule a ride to the airport, I'm paying a premium to have a highly reliable on-time pickup. And, coming home, I'm paying for a highly reliable pickup where I expect my service to do their darndest to work around flight and flight schedule changes. (There's also basically no Uber out where I live.)
- cballard 11y agoThe car service is actually cheaper than Uber for me - I don't do it on the way back because there's reliably 100 Ubers hovering around JFK.