Many Uber riders had more to worry about on New Year’s morning than a hangover — namely a bill for a late-night ride that might have totaled as much as hundreds of dollars.
Complaining about Uber’s exorbitant surge pricing has become something of a New Year’s tradition, alongside champagne and fireworks. The holiday is always one of the ride-hailing service’s busiest nights of the year, and rates regularly skyrocket as high as six-to-eight-times normal prices in major cities
9.9x Uber surge here in Miami Beach right now… highest I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/oX0ZxftfI7
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 1, 2016 Read more…
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