[recursivelambda]

Couldn't a higher upfront price also partly be because Uber tries to predict the travel time and need to add some error margin due to uncertainty? That would probably explain only a small part of it and certainly not why different people seem to get different deals.

[dx034]

In that case they could let you choose. If you know the trip is always around $60, you'd probably not hand over the risk to uber for a 25% higher fee.