{"id":3679,"date":"2016-09-01T07:54:55","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T07:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.carro.sg\/?p=3679"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:32:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:32:46","slug":"uber-hides-surge-pricing-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/uber-hides-surge-pricing-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber Hides Its Surge Pricing Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"Some\u00a0of the more sharp-eyed readers amongst you may have noticed a slight but subtle difference while hailing rides from\u00a0Uber recently. I am of course talking\u00a0about the changes in the Surge Pricing Alert. For Uber X customers, easily the most numerous of all types, the Surge Pricing page\u00a0no longer appears<\/strong> before searching for a ride. Instead, we are left with a thin tab above the fares stating \"fares are slightly higher due to increased demand\". According to Uber, this change was done\u00a0to make the app less complicated.\r\n\r\n\"New\r\n\r\nThe more low key alert may mean that customers who are in a hurry or drunk from a night out drinking with friends are less likely to notice the surge. However, the more serious matter may be that\u00a0the multiplier\u00a0of the surge is no longer shown<\/strong>. From personal experience, the multiplier has allowed me to assess my options. I was able to take a rate\u00a0of 10%-20%. Anything above that and I would see if GrabCar could offer me something more attractive.\u00a0If not, I would hail a metered taxi and pray to the traffic Gods. The lost of the multiplier also means that it is harder to gauge the standard price one\u00a0would pay, particularly if one\u00a0is unfamiliar with the route.\r\n\r\nDoes this change truly make the app less complicated like Uber claims or is it a clever ploy by Uber\u00a0to target\u00a0the unsuspecting consumer? Share your\u00a0thoughts in the comments section below.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some\u00a0of the more sharp-eyed readers amongst you may have noticed a slight but subtle difference while hailing rides from\u00a0Uber recently. I am of course talking\u00a0about the changes in the Surge Pricing Alert. For Uber X customers, easily the most numerous of all types, the Surge Pricing page\u00a0no longer appears before searching for a ride. Instead, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[727],"tags":[476,480,477,485,62,473,482,210,479],"class_list":["post-3679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-announcements","tag-app","tag-grabcar","tag-ios","tag-ridehailing","tag-singapore","tag-surge","tag-taxi","tag-uber","tag-uberx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16572,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3679\/revisions\/16572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}