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| Subject: LOL, outrage over $100 fares amid OZschwitz siege prompts Uber to offer free rides Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:37 pm | |
| Taxi and private hire car app Uber will offer free rides out of Sydney's CBD on Monday following criticism for charging passengers more than four times the usual rate while a siege is underway at Martin Place and the city is in lockdown.
The increase was due to "surge pricing", which sees the cost to use the app rapidly increase when supply is limited. It's designed as an incentive to get more drivers on the road.
Some users reported a minimum of $100 being charged by the app as the siege unfolded. The increase in cost is based on a computer algorithm and not determined by staff.
Following outcry, the company said in a statement to Fairfax Media that it was "in the process of refunding rides".
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