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I've never experienced significant (higher than 1.5x) surge pricing on Lyft but have frequently with Uber. The last time I was in New York the surge was 6x on U

I've never experienced significant (higher than 1.5x) surge pricing on Lyft but have frequently with Uber. The last time I was in New York the surge was 6x on Uber. This lasted for hours. The entire weekend I was there it never dropped below 2.1x. This was not during a holiday or bad weather. It was just the weekend.

untog 12y ago
In my experience both Lyft and Uber use surge pricing in NYC. I've seen Lyft as high as 2x, Uber much higher. But I usually launch both apps to see what level they are at.