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Re:Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience by Julesman on Thursday June 11, 2026 @04:00PM (#48495641)
Zero value. I don't get it.

Priority Pickups: The only ostensible value. I've never waited more than 5 minutes for a car. $360 a year to save a couple minute?

Ride Savings: Pay to save money.

Early Access: Zero value.

Flexible Cancellations: Pay to save money.

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Re:Introducing Waymo Premier, an elevated rider experience by gs17 on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:30PM (#48509115)
> I've never waited more than 5 minutes for a car. $360 a year to save a couple minute?

Depends on which city you're in. When I visited Nashville, it was a 15-20 minute wait to be assigned a Waymo in what had to be off-peak hours (at least, I'm presuming a lot of the market is getting drunk people from Broadway to somewhere else). If it made it go to 5 minutes wait and I still lived there, that might be something I could write off if I used it every day.

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