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Re:Show HN: Ulaxi calculates whether UberX, Lyft, or Taxi is... by sguha on Monday April 14, 2014 @03:35PM (#7588299)
Are you taking into account the new Lyft pricing from last week? http://www.lyft.me/help?article=1263247. Comparing it to the UberX rates https://www.uber.com/cities/san-francisco, it seems like Lyft should be always $0.50 more (when there is no happy hour/surge), unless I'm missing something.
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Re:Show HN: Ulaxi calculates whether UberX, Lyft, or Taxi is... by sguha on Monday April 14, 2014 @03:41PM (#7588356)
I realized I could just look at the JS and I can answer my own question...so yes your Lyft rates need updating :). Cost per minute is now 0.3 and cost per mile is 1.5

http://www.lyft.me/help?article=1263247

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Re:Show HN: Ulaxi calculates whether UberX, Lyft, or Taxi is... by xivzgrev on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @02:17AM (#7596366)
Wow that was a huge drop on the mileage side. No I was not aware of that - I began coding this last week of March so missed this update. Thanks!
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Re:Show HN: Ulaxi calculates whether UberX, Lyft, or Taxi is... by sguha on Monday April 21, 2014 @02:19AM (#7620031)
Looks like Uber adds $1 to all rides now if you want to update your fare calculations http://blog.uber.com/saferides
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Re:Show HN: Ulaxi calculates whether UberX, Lyft, or Taxi is... by xivzgrev on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @02:19AM (#7596374)
You are correct on your comparison of UberX and Lyft. To me it's dumb - if you're going to adjust your prices, why not match, ESPECIALLY in a commodity industry, unless you're trying to be a premium player?

They'll yammer on all day about how they're community based and thus different, but they had to significantly lower their prices didn't they? What's 50 cents going to be more to match UberX exactly?

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