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Re:Uber is charging passengers a $10 cancellation fee even w... by DrScump on Thursday March 23, 2017 @07:39PM (#13945359)
This also means that if your destination is in a bad neighborhood, you are likely to go ignored (unless there is serious surge pricing in effect).

This is the "loss leader" of the industry: long trips from city center to an area which is a) considered "dangerous", and/or b) unlikely to have a fare for the return trip. This is where licensing makes a difference: in New York, for example, a cab that picks you up at the airport was required to take you anywhere in the five boroughs you wanted to go as a condition of the medallion.

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Re:Uber is charging passengers a $10 cancellation fee even w... by thriftwy on Thursday March 23, 2017 @08:29PM (#13945601)
They can surely price in the quasi-surge for such destinations. You'll have to pay an extra $5 but get there fast. Will never even know it, as prices appear to be fairly random anyway.

Currently, you're going to be pushed to cancel the ride.

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