by PointsGuru | Jul 23, 2015 | Taxi Rideshare & Rentals
The battle for airport to and from rides is heating up with ridesharing now available at some destinations. No matter if you can get a Lyft or Uber when you land at baggage claim you can always get dropped off easily. The ridesharing service Lyft is offering $5 off two Lyft airport rides to or from featured airports. The promo codes below are valid today 7/23/15 to 9/8/15.
How to get this offer:
1. Download the Lyft App if you do not already have it. Click here for a Free $20 Credit on top of the $5 airport credit you will receive.
2. Open your Lyft app and tap the menu button in the upper left corner
Click “Payment”.
3. At the bottom, click “Add credit code” and enter any of the codes for your airports you will be using.
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by PointsGuru | Jul 23, 2015 | Capital One, Taxi Rideshare & Rentals
Capital One credit card and debit card members, including Capital One 360 customers, can get up to $25 worth of free ice cream delivered by Uber on Friday, July 24, 2015. This offer is available globally in 252 cities in 57 countries on 6 continents, including almost 100 U.S. cities as part of the #UberIceCream promotion.
How To Get Free Ice Cream:
1. Open the Uber app on Friday, July 24th, between 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM. If you are not signed up for Uber yet you can do so here and get $20 off your first ride. (more…)
by PointsGuru | Jul 23, 2015 | Taxi Rideshare & Rentals
Just Last year Nashville International Airport became the first major U.S. airport to allow Uber and Lyft pickups (legally). Although some Uber and Lyft drivers will still come pick you up at DFW, Love Field, and LAX even though they were not allowed and were threatened to be ticketed in some cases. The Uber and Lyft apps will soon allow pickups at DFW and LAX airports. Two of the worlds largest airports. The service is “cheaper than a taxi, and usually quite a bit nicer,” is normally what you get when comparing a Checker cab or Yellow cab to a ride-share service.
Uber is already dominating cabs in the competition for business trips, a trend that has only continued since the City Council’s new transportation-for-hire ordinance went into effect three months ago making it legal. The local taxi industry has been disrupted, with o
ne major exception being the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, where cabs and other older transportation companies including the limos and shuttles still enjoy the same competition-squelching protections they have always had. Uber users have been known to change their location on the app from DFW airport where you could not hail a ride to just offsite then telling the driver to meet them at the terminal.
DFW rolls out new regulations for ride sharing on August 1 that will allow these apps to compete for airport passengers. DFW is one huge taxi Eden with 63 million annual airline passengers, many of whom need rides and because it was built in the middle of no where between Dallas and Fort Worth and is far from whatever the rider’s final destination. In 2013, it collected more than $8 million in fees from taxi companies, which suggests that the taxi companies themselves are making at least in the tens of millions.
Back to LAX the typical taxi trip from LAX to downtown Los Angeles is more than $50, not including tip. In periods of low demand, Uber or Lyft rides are closer to $30, but that can rise sharply during peak periods. You can also get a Wing ride which has no surge rates for $35 one-way.
Some argue that dynamic pricing has put cab drivers at a disadvantage because taxi fares are set by city officials and do not fluctuate. Although a lot of consumers are fed up with constant scams from cabbies and rarely have problems with Uber or Lyft.
by PointsGuru | Jun 18, 2015 | Taxi Rideshare & Rentals
Father’s Day is this weekend and Curb wants to help you show a special guy in your life how much you appreciate him by doing a huge contest with lots of credits and tickets to events. Riders in Los Angeles, Portland, Dallas, Austin and Chicago can enter to win a special prize pack for that deserving father!
You only have until noon on Friday, June 19 to enter, so don’t wait! Winners will be notified tomorrow afternoon.
First, make sure you are signed up for the taxi app called Curb. and you get up to $30 in Free Taxi Rides automatically by entering promo code o91l92. Then go below to find your city and enter the promo code such as CURBDADLA to get at least $1 in extra credits and registered for a chance to win the grand prize.
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by PointsGuru | Jan 14, 2015 | Taxi Rideshare & Rentals
The best app inventions ever for the smartphones might just go to the ones that hail a cab, black car, or help carpool. These highly convenient start-ups are offering bonus credits for first-time users. If you live in a big city where they offer more than one of these services than you can get tons of free rides. Here are some promo codes to get a ride on demand in the United States and abroad:
Uber $15 – Hail-a-driver, taxi, black car, minivan, and more with your smartphone. Lots of cities. Get $15 off your first ride via this special link or promo code uberVIP4ME. UberX involves individuals driving their personal cars. The Uber Select or Black Cars are professionals. This was the first app that I used to call up a black car when it first started in San Francisco then it took awhile but it grew to Dallas and NYC and now it’s a brand all over the world. To get another $20 credit with Uber read here about their latest promotion with Facebook.
Lyft $50 – It started out as a on-demand service where you could get a car to pick you up in a pink-mustached by a private individual in their private car. Now the mustaches are not as big (mainly stickers on the side) to recognize the car. They are basically the same as UberX but not in as many cities. They are also normally more personal and cheaper! Get $50 off your first rides with promo code DJ462. If you live in a city where they are just starting out, you may also get a bunch of additional free rides for being a “Pioneer” of the app.
Curb $10 – Offering Up to $10 in Free Taxi Rides! Nation’s largest on-demand Taxi app.
Wingz Black Car $10 – Black car on-demand service who recently joined forces with TripIt to help planning even more convenient. No surge, Fixed prices to and from Portland International Airport (PDX), Denver International Airport (DEN), Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), and more. Wingz is definitely cheaper than cabs and more convenient than the hassles of buses and shuttles serving these three airports. (more…)
