Saturday, October 10, 2015

UberX, UberSelect, and now UberBLACK? Experience the luxury Uber experience

Not available quite yet in south Florida. This news comes from San Francisco where Uber is customizing the ride-share experience. Here's an excerpt:
     Uber uses the example of riding in a BMW Series 3 from the Marina to the FiDi on SELECT for $12.10. According to Uber, that same ride would be $17.20 with UberBLACK.
     It seems like Uber is cannibalizing its own services with this new option. But Uber tells us it simply sees the two options differently – SELECT is for fancy affairs and date nights and BLACK is for business.
Readers of this blog will know I am a big fan of Uber and wrote about my recent Uber ride to the airport (PBIA). Getting dropped off at the airport by Uber is easy but getting picked up is a bit of a problem. Understand there are some clever ways travelers are getting around that problem.