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Uber after games? How bad is it?
Posted on 11/4/16 at 7:47 pm
Posted on 11/4/16 at 7:47 pm
We're staying in Gonzales tomorrow night and probably going to leave the car at the hotel and call a cab (Uber won't pick up from there) to get to campus so no drunk driving after the game.
How easy/hard is it to get an Uber after the game? And what kind of surge pricing are we looking at?
We'll probably stay out a while after the game so it won't be directly after. Probably after midnight.
I tested it last night when it was 1.7x surge and it was only like $40 to get to Gonzales, but I assume it'll be worse after the game.
How easy/hard is it to get an Uber after the game? And what kind of surge pricing are we looking at?
We'll probably stay out a while after the game so it won't be directly after. Probably after midnight.
I tested it last night when it was 1.7x surge and it was only like $40 to get to Gonzales, but I assume it'll be worse after the game.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 7:50 pm to rintintin
Do you think that Uber cars magically avoid contraflow traffic?
Posted on 11/4/16 at 7:50 pm to rintintin
Posted on 11/4/16 at 7:51 pm to DCtiger1
This will be much later in the night. 1-2 am. Read my whole post.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 7:52 pm to rintintin
It'll be 5.9x rates at least (I don't know how high it can get) from 11pm to 2am. That's what it was for me after the ole piss game
I think you're looking at a $100 ride at the minimum
I think you're looking at a $100 ride at the minimum
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 11/4/16 at 7:53 pm to DCtiger1
That's what's great about Uber. Some Uber drivers will be out at the games themselves. All you have to do is request one on your phone and leave with them.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 7:54 pm to rintintin
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And what kind of surge pricing are we looking at?
Probably 5X's normal or worse.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 7:56 pm to bluebarracuda
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It'll be 5.9x rates at least
Posted on 11/4/16 at 7:57 pm to rintintin
It ain't good.
I took a $150 Uber in Houston after the bowl game last year. I'll never take an Uber again.
I took a $150 Uber in Houston after the bowl game last year. I'll never take an Uber again.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 8:00 pm to Motion Lotion
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I took a $150 Uber in Houston after the bowl game last year
How long after the game was it?
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I'll never take an Uber again.
Well that's pretty silly. I take it frequently and it's rarely over $10.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 8:07 pm to rintintin
For the ole miss game we walked from the stadium to lee road and highland and got an uber there for like 4 times surcharge. We were monitoring the app, and until you get out of the bottleneck you wont get an uber or it will be an insane bill.
Not ideal, but it worked in the end i guess.
Not ideal, but it worked in the end i guess.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 8:07 pm to rintintin
It's much cheaper if you leave at halftime. Surge doesn't start until closer to the end of the game.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 8:14 pm to MrSmith
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It's much cheaper if you leave at halftime
DIE!
Posted on 11/4/16 at 8:15 pm to PhillipJFry
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For the ole miss game we walked from the stadium to lee road and highland and got an uber there for like 4 times surcharge. We were monitoring the app, and until you get out of the bottleneck you wont get an uber or it will be an insane bill.
yeah that makes sense. I know the surge pricing is only for specific areas in order to draw more drivers there.
I wonder if we walk a good ways from campus and the bars it'll get cheaper?
Posted on 11/4/16 at 8:19 pm to rintintin
I have a guy that works for me He said he made $1000 working Thursday , Friday, Saturday night all around LSU. He said the surge will be insane Saturday night
Posted on 11/4/16 at 8:58 pm to rintintin
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I'll never take an Uber again.
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Well that's pretty silly. I take it frequently and it's rarely over $10.
not silly at all. I took Uber in Atlanta on a routine Saturday night. 12 mile trip, with surge pricing it cost $90.
No thanks. I'll just drive myself, manage my drinking, and avoid paying that absurd price.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 8:59 pm to rintintin
Leaving the bar at 12:30 or 1 will probably be 2x or 3x. Leaving at close will probably be 6x. I'm just basing that off Ole Miss weekend though.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 9:10 pm to atltiger6487
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on a routine Saturday night. 12 mile trip, with surge pricing it cost $90
Regardless, you know you can check the price before you request right? To totally dismiss a very convenient and usually cheap service based on a couple of rare expensive rides, when it tells you the price beforehand, that's indeed silly.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 9:11 pm to Nation of Buga
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Leaving the bar at 12:30 or 1 will probably be 2x or 3x. Leaving at close will probably be 6x.
Ahhhh, so you leave at halftime of the bar I see. Good to know.
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