Uber Plus Offers Flat-Rate Uber Pricing For A Fee

This is a lot more than the DC plan for $30 a month and then $1 UberPool rides.

It makes much more sense in SF -- $20 for 20 rides or $30 for 40 rides. A normal Pool ride costs $4.75, so if Uber is your primary method of transportation it brings down the cost to $3/ride (or less on the 40 ride plan). Paired with the Quicksilver (saving free rides for SFO trips not covered by Plus), it ends up being a great deal.

In Boston and DC, I use Uber every day, using easily 50 rides a month. Its a faster method of transportation than the subway, more reliable and predictable, and at a similar cost.

Looking at the Boston Uber Plus plan, I pay $75 for up to 40 Uber Pool rides at $2 a ride. Boston does not offer UberX pricing on its Uber Plus package for September.

So each ride costs:
1. Fare paid per ride of $2;
2. Plus $1.88 ($75/40 rides);
3. Total of $3.88 per ride if you take the 75 rides.

In the Boston area, for example, you can go from downtown Boston to Dorchester in the included Uber Plus package zone. This trip, without the pass, might cost you $8 to $10 with the regular Uber Pool non package prices.

Lets also look at Washington DC:
1. Package offers $1 UberPool rides;
2. Package is $30 for 20 rides so a per ride cost of $1.50 which pays for the package fee portion on a per ride basis;
3. Total cost per ride of $2.50 for an Uber Pool ride in the DC zone.

A typical trip on Uber Pool lets say from DCA to Pentagon City or even Crystal City would run about $9 to $11 using the nonpackage Uber pool rates. So you are getting that ride for $2.50 under the package deal.

Even if you only used 10 rides out of the 20:
Per ride fare: $1
Added cost of the package over 10 rides: $3 ($30/10 uses)
Per Ride Total Cost: $4.00 which is still better than the non package rate of $9 to $11 for that Uber pool trip out of DCA.

The Uber Plus plan also protects you from surge unless the amount goes over $20 or $25 per ride; which is rare for an in zone Uber Pool ride.

So you could go out at a peak time on Friday or Saturday night and largely be protected from surge pricing; I know they don't call it surge pricing anymore but you know what I mean.

Also even if you take short trips, and there is any sort of surge, you may very well come out ahead with the Uber Plus package.

Here in DC it has been very, very helpful, especially in light of our miserable as of late Metro system. The cost is $30.00 plus $1.00 for Pool and $9 for UberX. For me, many of the Pool rides I took last month (they ran this promotion in DC in August as well) would have been nearly $20.00 each way because of Surge Pricing, and even when taking the money spent on the pass beforehand into account, the cost of $1.00 rides were less (and quicker) than taking public transit. DC a small city geographically, so you can essentially get most places you need to go (even in the immediate suburbs) with the pass (it is good for the first $25.00 of a ride). Additionally, there were many times I was the only Pool rider in the car so it was like having an UberX ride for much less than one would cost.

This whole new setup has basically caused me to ditch the subway.

This Uber Plus (used to be called Pool Pass) is one of the most exciting new product or service developments for me in 2016!

Uber has a nice groupon for first time users, look it up

..wait i thought the 40$ for the pass included the fare and that it broke down to $2 per ride ($40/20 rides) I didn't realize I had to pay $2 on top of the pass ($4 total) i have been taking uber pool in boston to and from work for the last week and a half and pay between 2.70-4.00. Definitely getting a raw deal. I wonder if they can refund me.

I, too, have enjoyed the limited area $30 DC deal, providing 20 $1 rides in DC, Arlington and parts of Alexandria. It was an August promotion and I seldom had to share an UberPool - I basically had a chauffeur. I rather suspect that Uber made no money and lost a bunch, but gained market research from the promotion.

I am certain Uber will continue promotions designed to permit them real life market data.

I don't know about other cities but here in NYC, Uber has been giving VIP riders 50% off on Pool and UberX rides for the past few weeks. While it's most definitely effective marketing psychology (I'm using Uber more than I have since winter) it's hard to beat a 2.00 ride across town during rush hour.

2.45 per ride? How the hell do drivers make any money? Is Uber subsidizing them?

@pavel I am not VIP and I have received that 50% off coupon for the last three weeks in a row.

@Jeff Yes, we still get paid the full fare amount we would have received regardless of what the rider is charged. Pool Pass/UberPlus has really helped with demand, at least in Boston 🙂

I purchased the $10 flat fare for 10 rides at $1.99 for pool or $5.99 for Uber Plus, but nothing I book is in the "qualifying area". So not working for me...

How do I sign up for a monthly pass with Uber

I would like to know if they are offering this in Atlanta, Ga

About Atlanta, do you know what the fee might be if they are offering this service?