Uber, the SF-based super-premium car aggregator, recently launched in India, with their first Indian outpost being Bangalore. They’ve been testing their service since the past month or so, and now rolled out in the city. At the heart of the Uber experience is your smartphone, which you can flick out, and order for a car in the neighborhood using the Uber app (available for iPhones and Android), and the car will turn up at your door within a few minutes.
In Bangalore, they’ve started with the Original Uber, which means a Mercedes E220 or an Audi A6 or another similar car. The pricing during the test phase was a base fare of Rs. 150 and Rs. 20 per kilometer, which has now been changed to Rs. 80 base fare and Rs. 18 respectively. There is also a charge of Rs. 2 per minute of drive time, however this does not add significantly to the bill if you are thinking short distances. You don’t pay cash, because you need to mandatorily have your credit card on file with Uber who will charge you directly from your credit card. No hassle of change of notes as well!
Now, the beauty about Uber is not just the luxury cars, but the training imparted by the company to make the car travel an experience that stands out. Chauffeurs get to rate the passengers as well, to define the passengers’ acceptability as well to others in the ecosystem who would want to respond to that passengers call for a cab the next time. Also, from a recent Mint article,
Ramesh rattled off the training the cabbies had received from Uber: shave every alternate day (at least); be polite; drive slowly; open the door for the fare; if you are dropping a lone woman late at night wait till she is safely home, walking her to the door if necessary (if she demurs, walk 10 steps behind her)…
To celebrate their launch and get people to experience Uber’s services, they are also out offering the Uber launch promocode, which is BLRLaunch, and on applying this code, you get Rs. 250 credit in your Uber account which you can use against your next trip. Additionally, if you want more credits, you could always use my signup link, where you and me both will get $10 worth of credit each on your first ride with Uber. Don’t worry, the $ are automatically converted to Indian Rs. while settling the transactions.
Amongst other places, Uber is expecting to launch in Delhi, and Hyderabad maybe as well. Pity they are not looking at Mumbai for the moment, because if they did, I could move my business from OlaCabs to them, where I’ve had some pretty ruining experiences as well due to untrained drivers.
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£30 Off First Ride With UBER!!!
Use code g3cu2 at sign up to get Rs 1200 credit for first ride.
Join using
https://www.uber.com/invite/lap0y
and get Rs 600 ride free.
Use below link to get 500 off on your first ride
https://uber.com/invite/7pz2s
Awesome service..Advisable to use.
Use the below link to get Rs 300 Credited to your account and further you can use their service “Get Free Rides” to increase your Credit balance. Very good service for Frequent cab users.
https://uber.com/invite/mr3yh
Coupon Code:- mr3yh
Hi Friends
This service is very good, User promo code AB2R6 to get 600 rs credited to ur uber account
FREE £30 UBER CAB CREDIT STARTED ON FEBRUARY 1ST ENDS SOON HURRY! PROMO CODE: UBER30CREDITFREE
If some one like to travel for first ride.. use promo code of Hxnbk for free ride of rs.600/-
http://bit.ly/LQpI76
get upto 1400 rs on joining ubercom with the following link https://uber.com/invite/xzoc9 or using couon code xzoc9.
use the following code to get extra 800 rs MOTORBEAM and HELLOHYD
Use code gnl6o for free rs 600 Uber credit!!
you will get first ride upto 500rs free and additional 600 rs whcih can be used for later rides.
use below link to register
https://uber.com/invite/0g8v6
Once registerd under promotions tab type code “motorbeam”
I have been using uber since sometime now and prefer using promo codes to pay less
Use szg0j in India to get 600rs credit without expiry ( for new a/c ) or else you can always make few a/c in name of your family members for future use
use ROLLLIKEBOSS to get 20pounds which will expire in sept 2014
In order to get Rs. 600 FREE CREDITS in your wallet, use the promo code: ubersave600
Valid for new users
If you see their careers website, i spy positions in Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad. Looks like those 5 will all have service some time.
Hi AJ, y it is asking for Creditcard info including CVV number ? is it safe?
Ok, When I click on your sign up link, it asks me to put my phone number and it will send a text- which I havent got yet.
Any chance you can tell me- that if I register myself- what PROMO Code I should use for both of us to get that 10$
select india, i just signed up and got 10$ , thanks
*without a US number
How does one signup via your link with a US number?
Ola Cabs is absolutely horrendous in Mumbai – I fail to understand why you use those guys.