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Not sure if they are still doing this "POOL Pass" thing but possibly. https://newsroom.uber.com/us-massachusetts/july-pool-pass-ride-for-a-penny-all-month-long

• praneshp 9y ago
  Any idea why they have to charge $.01 per trip? My wife uses the unlimited flat fare package in south bay, 2.99 per pool ride or 7 per uberX ride (with caveats that apply rarely).
  • xapata 9y ago
    I have a few guesses: - Their software isn't set up to do $0 rides. Even the "free" rides show the total charge and take off a discount. - They want to do analysis on the price elasticity of demand and don't want to have a divide by zero error. - Someone thought it'd induce better behavior. Humans start getting weird with "free" things.
    • praneshp 9y ago
      Thanks for replying. I was wondering if they had to charge something to comply with a law or something (not that they would really let that get into the way of a feature).