So we both have Amex offers of $20 off Placie ride, which can be used to book Ola with. Putting aside the challenges of accessing Placie app from a foreign phone on data roaming (wifi worked though) our first effort saw three drivers cancel over a 15 min period before one accepted. Maybe the fare - from MEL @$50 wasn’t big enough. Or maybe dropping off wifi canceled the booking.
But today tried to book a private residence to get to a station to get a train to Geelong - and had three drivers - as little as 4mins away - cancel this time. This took about 15-20 mins - then gave it a shot at a cab which didn’t accept - at which point I gave up and caught the tram as I wanted to make sure I caught the next train - already missing one due to all the drivers cancelling.
Is this a common problem with Ola, or is it something to do with the Placie interface?
From now on Didi and Uber only for me.
But today tried to book a private residence to get to a station to get a train to Geelong - and had three drivers - as little as 4mins away - cancel this time. This took about 15-20 mins - then gave it a shot at a cab which didn’t accept - at which point I gave up and caught the tram as I wanted to make sure I caught the next train - already missing one due to all the drivers cancelling.
Is this a common problem with Ola, or is it something to do with the Placie interface?
From now on Didi and Uber only for me.