Uber Mumbai’s driver partners are having trouble sticking to the brief on collecting the new charges imposed by the Mumbai Airport. They either want cash, or they want to trouble you. Not cool!
I’m giving Uber Mumbai a miss at Mumbai Airport
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Uber goes big in India, 22 cities strong
Uber India just grew 4 more cities to now be 22 cities strong in a short period of less than two years! Here is how to get your first ride free!
50% off on self-drive cars by Myles across India
Myles, the self-drive car rental service from Carzonrent, is offering a 50% discount on hiring cars using their service. The promotional offer is valid till August 31, 2015. You can also get a voucher for another INR 500 off on your next ride.
Savaari’s attractive 20% referral offer
Savaari.com is offering a 20% discount (upto INR 1000) to new customers who use the referral of an existing customer. Here are the details of how you could get yourself discount on rides with Savaari.com
Availing the yQ Now complimentary Airport Assistance & Limousine service with Citi Prestige
Citibank offers 2 complimentary Meet & Assist Services and 2 airport transfers per annum to members of Citibank Prestige CC in Asia Pacific. Here is what to expect and how to book yours
Uber offering INR 600 for signup via referrals till February 1
Uber has been my favourite local travel solution for about a year now. Uber has been on an expansion spree across India, having operations in 10 cities across India now. One of the best parts about using Uber is their on-demand app, which shows you the location of the nearest cab and you can order it. There are mostly enough cars on the road to bring you one within ten minutes. The UberBlack service usually has Toyota Innovas and premium cars around India, while the UberX service has midsize economy sedans. UberX usually prices at a slight premium to local transport options such as cab, but I find it reasonable enough to have made a switch to UberX in Mumbai…
Mumbai: INR 150 Amazon voucher for booking a cabride via Olacabs
One of the new things that Ola has taken from the Uber playbook is to help hail regular licensed cabs via their app. A few weeks ago, they started to offer the ability to hail black-yellow cabs which are licensed cabs in Mumbai, via the app. Ola has apparently seeded the market with a lot of devices with taxi drivers that help the taxi drivers get a ride via their app. Except, in this case, the ride is metered like a regular cab ride, and paid for in cash. Ola has gone about town popularising this service, and putting in a good amount of cash in the hands of drivers to make sure they accept rides via the Ola app.…
#FreeUberWeek across India: 5 Free Uber rides
Uber has been on the rise in India. Just last week, they activated a new city in their portfolio, making it 11 Indian cities in 13 months of operations here. Recently, they added the capability to pay with a digital wallet in India, and this week they are all out to promote it across the country. Here is what you need to do… Step 1: Add an UberWallet (via Paytm) to your payment account. Step 2: Add at least INR 100 in funds to your payment wallet. Step 3: Select your wallet as your payment method Between now and November 30, 6 pm IST, whenever you get a ride via the Uber app and choose to pay with Paytm, you…
Uber adds digital wallet to allow use of debit cards & netbanking in India
Uber sees India as its fastest growing market outside of the USA. However, ever since they launched in India a year ago, Uber had a big hiccup in their growth, which was the non-acceptance of debit cards. For those of you who are not in the know, Indians love debit cards and not credit cards as much, and they want to use money from their bank accounts to the extent possible. With RBI’s notification to Uber to stop using their payment gateway in India without 2-factor authentication, Uber had to solve this problem quickly because they’d have to shut down operations by end of October 2014 (later extended to November 2014). Anyhow, they’ve now added a new digital wallet from…
Uber drops prices across India for Diwali
Uber has been on an expansion spree across India, having operations in 10 cities across India now. One of the best parts about using Uber is their on-demand app, which shows you the location of the nearest cab and you can order it. There are mostly enough cars on the road to bring you one within ten minutes. The second most favourite aspect for me about Uber, is the hassle-free transactions. You feed in your credit card details, and then Uber charges your credit card every time you make a ride with them, so no hassles of carrying cash around. Third most important aspect, they are across price points. The UberBlack service usually has Toyota Innovas and premium cars around…
Uber may need to Indianise payment solution sooner
Trust your competitors to bring you down. I would file this under the dirty tricks department. Uber has been expanding pretty fast around India, and now offers services around ten cities. Cashless transactions and on-demand services are their differentiators, and I love the fact that I don’t have to deal with cash when I get out of the car, and it goes automatically on my credit card. In India, all credit card transactions are supposed to go through a 2-factor authentication. For offline purchases, this is Chip+PIN (+Signature as well, yet!). For online purchases, this means a One Time Password or Visa/MasterCard online authentication. Uber bypassed it by using a gateway based in the Netherlands. All the homegrown services such…
