You could take a cab instead of uber and it would be 1/2 as much. Unfortunately, the cabs in sf are crap and the companies run by assholes. I broke an ankle,

You could take a cab instead of uber and it would be 1/2 as much. Unfortunately, the cabs in sf are crap and the companies run by assholes. I broke an ankle, was on crutches for 6 months, and took cabs daily to get to and from work. Every morning I called the same cab company -- first desoto then yellow. An honest operator once admitted they simply lie about when the cabs will come, and both services randomly gave me > 4 hour waits, from mission at valencia / 23rd, one of the population centers. Lying each and every time I called to ask where my bloody cab was. If they treat a daily customer like that, imagine how they treat randoms. So what you're really paying for with uber is to get someone who isn't an asshole or a moron who will actually come when they say they will. Alternately, you could get up 3 hours earlier and take a taxi, praying they'd actually come, stressed out the whole time about missing your flight, to save $30.