Uber drivers seeing Surge Amt. on their maps but what is Uber really charging the rider? Where is all that money going? I can tell you.

I've seen this on 2 other occassions when my kids call me for a ride.  This all started back in the Summer of 2018 possibly further back. This past Saturday night my son & his gf were at his Christmas party in CC Philadelphia an area that frequently surges on the weekends. I get a phone call asking me if I was in the area because Uber wanted $65.71 for the ride.  The ride down was $24.48. When surge went off the ride was $23.98. The drivers app showed a surge of $6.50 with a 3 for $3.50 consecutive ride bonus. Driver roughly was being paid $7.65 extra for the ride. Ride without surge approx $24+7.65= $31.65 to driver Uber's take should've been approx. 9.27 to $10.85 depending when driver signed up. Lets go with $10 on Ubers cut $31.65 + $10 = 41.65. Where did $23.86 go that the rider paid? Not in the drivers pocket. Remember we were being shown a 6.50 surge & $1.15 for consecutive ride trip.  Uber took the $23.86 for a total of $33.86. Driver only made $31.65. What happened to 80%/20% or 75%/25% forgot that went out the door with upfront pricing. What happened to transparency? Apparently Uber doesnt understand the word. Drivers can click "fare details" it gives us what we were pd., what Uber took for themselves, and what rider paid. Funny thing is $23.86 will not be showing up anywhere in the driver app. It's floating in Cyber Space right into Ubers bank account. I would be willing to bet this happens all the time. Its not a glitch. This is the 3rd time I have caught it and its rare I look for it. Uber is not being transparent with its drivers (although we all know that) but riders how do.you feel about it? Do you assume t…

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I've seen this on 2 other occassions when my kids call me for a ride.  This all started back in the Summer of 2018 possibly further back. This past Saturday night my son & his gf were at his Christmas party in CC Philadelphia an area that frequently surges on the weekends. I get a phone call asking me if I was in the area because Uber wanted $65.71 for the ride.  The ride down was $24.48. When surge went off the ride was $23.98. The drivers app showed a surge of $6.50 with a 3 for $3.50 consecutive ride bonus. Driver roughly was being paid $7.65 extra for the ride. Ride without surge approx $24+7.65= $31.65 to driver Uber's take should've been approx. 9.27 to $10.85 depending when driver signed up. Lets go with $10 on Ubers cut $31.65 + $10 = 41.65. Where did $23.86 go that the rider paid? Not in the drivers pocket. Remember we were being shown a 6.50 surge & $1.15 for consecutive ride trip.  Uber took the $23.86 for a total of $33.86. Driver only made $31.65. What happened to 80%/20% or 75%/25% forgot that went out the door with upfront pricing. What happened to transparency? Apparently Uber doesnt understand the word. Drivers can click "fare details" it gives us what we were pd., what Uber took for themselves, and what rider paid. Funny thing is $23.86 will not be showing up anywhere in the driver app. It's floating in Cyber Space right into Ubers bank account. I would be willing to bet this happens all the time. Its not a glitch. This is the 3rd time I have caught it and its rare I look for it. Uber is not being transparent with its drivers (although we all know that) but riders how do.you feel about it? Do you assume the driver is getting all the money - 20%/25%?  How many riders out there dont tip when hit with a high surge figuring the driver is making all that extra $? Just curious. Would love to hear frim riders. 

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