What's your Uber experience?

[Aeryn]

Maybe its only on some locations like Airport or City or in the evenings?

I took an uber in Sydney this morning and invoice shows Transportation service fee, booking fee, nsw government passenger levy and nsw CTP charge - no seasonal surcharge.

 

[Brissy1]

Maybe its only on some locations like Airport or City or in the evenings?

I took an uber in Sydney this morning and invoice shows Transportation service fee, booking fee, nsw government passenger levy and nsw CTP charge - no seasonal surcharge.

Link posted above shows the "season" is only some times on some days.
I found this on the internet about uber driving in Brisbane so to answer my own question, no it doesn't all go to the driver, my $2.20 charged=$1.60 for the driver.

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We’re rolling out a temporary Seasonal Surcharge during high-demand occasions from 28 October to 21 December 2025
How does the Seasonal Surcharge work?

Earn more per trip in Brisbane

You will earn an additional amount for every trip you start in Brisbane (including Brisbane Airport) during the set occasions specified below.

All days: 9 pm - 9 am (the next day)
$1.10

Monday - Thursday: 2 pm - 7 pm
$1.60

Friday - Sunday: 9 am - 7 pm
$1.10

Service fees have been applied to figures stated above

 

[FishFood]

Thought I'd chime in with an anecdote, upon arriving in Perth it was $50 to get home on Uber due to surge pricing, and I'd normally never see above $20. I caught the train from Airport Central one stop to Redcliffe and the Uber dropper to $16.

While many wouldn't deal with the complexity of a multi stop itinerary heading home, it was well worth it to me to save around $30.

 

[dajop]

I found this on the internet about uber driving in Brisbane so to answer my own question, no it doesn't all go to the driver, my $2.20 charged=$1.60 for the driver.

It would be naive to think otherwise, that a tech company doesn't take about 1/4-1/3 at every opportunity they have to do so!

 

[hwy]

Uber puts taxis out of business, and now they are profiting because of no competition. When DiDi is 15-20% cheaper than Uber, no driver picks up the ride request as they all operate on both platforms.

Uber are their own worst enemy sometimes and no amount of govt regulation is going to make the product more efficient. Sad as I used to like supporting the honest taxi drivers back last century.

 

[dairyfloss]

Uber puts taxis out of business, and now they are profiting because of no competition. When DiDi is 15-20% cheaper than Uber, no driver picks up the ride request as they all operate on both platforms.

Uber are their own worst enemy sometimes and no amount of govt regulation is going to make the product more efficient. Sad as I used to like supporting the honest taxi drivers back last century.

Eventually there will be Waymo here to keep Uber honest and competitive I just hope they can sort out their issues with keeping passengers locked up in the back, or driving them in a circle for hours!

 

[openseat]

I waited for over 10 minutes for a response to an Uber request at Adelaide airport last week. I gave up. I had also been previously ghosted by three Didi drivers. I got a taxi that was $10 more than the Uber and $20 more than Didi. The hassle is not worth it at airports.

 

[Aeryn]

Ubers haven't put Taxis out of business.

Poor (in some cases criminal) behavior of taxi drivers (such as over charging, reckless driving, poor personal hygiene, coughpy app, need to direct drivers) has a lot of people favoring ride share where the price is known up front, as is the identity of the driver, plus safety features of a friend/relative being able to track your ride in real time.