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As it's noted in the article, surge prices may be up to 8x higher, and it's unlikely that car pool means 8 people in a car.
by krasin 12y ago
As it's noted in the article, surge prices may be up to 8x higher, and it's unlikely that car pool means 8 people in a car.
- dnautics 12y agoUber typically locks surge down to 3x and only lets it go higher if there is a specific reason to think that demand will be unusually high. My understanding is that the surge can only tick up if there has been a accepted request at the lower level in the timeframe, e.g., you can't get to 3x unless someone requested a ride a 2.75x. I've heard that surge once went to 11x. But that means that someone wanted a ride a 3.25x, 3.5x, 3.75x, etc. and so on including 10.5x, 10.75x, etc.