Uber issued plenty of advance warnings before New Year's Eve, but that didn't stop passengers from complaining about the ride-hailing app's surge pricing -- which sent fares skyrocketing in hot ...

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was stunned to find out that a 2.9-mile ride in NYC cost $51.69, including tip. He blamed the pricey fare on surge pricing and inflation.

The Devilish Change Uber and Lyft Made to Surge Pricing Customers hated the apps’ fare increases. So the companies found a craftier model. By Alison Griswold. Aug 23, 2023 2:42 PM.

A new study from researchers in the University of Oxford's Department of Computer Science has found that Uber's use of ...

A Federal Reserve official compared inflation to Uber surge pricing on Wednesday in the first formal monetary policy remarks of 2023, kicking off what promises to be a contentious year of debate ...

In July 2024, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued a statement calling on Uber — as well as its main competitor, Lyft — for more transparency in its surge pricing practices and directly ...

What 3-mile fare was enough to shock Uber’s CEO? Answer: $51. ... charged a whopping $51.69 for a 3-mile Uber ride to the company’s ... to blame it on a combination of surge pricing and ...

"I remember Ubers used to just be a no-brainer, and it would be like $20 here, $15 there, super easy. And now I mean it's $40 or it's $50, and you got to question that," Plotkin said. "I mean ...

Uber’s surge pricing has come as a rude shock to some including Sydney woman Skye Shanahan.She had a very unhappy New Year 2016 when she was stung $720 for a ride from the harbour to the city ...

That wasn't the worst of it. Levy said that when he first tried to book an Uber to get to the interview, the price was $20 higher. Khosrowshahi chalked that up to surge pricing, though as Levy ...

The price surge is a result of high demand, but many riders call the surge 'unfair.' The price surge is a result of high demand but riders say they are fed up with the fees. Skip Navigation.

Furious New Yorkers say they are growing increasingly fed up with Uber’s sticker shock after the company’s very own boss was left stunned by the eye-popping cost of a recent 2.95-mile trip.