[lr]

The whole point of surge pricing is to get more drivers on the street. If they decrease it that quickly, then there is zero incentive for a driver to leave their house and get in their car and get out on the street, because by the time they do that, the prices are back down.

[asdff]

I'm fine with it. Airports are the worst sort of fares a driver could take, people could get dropped off deep in the suburbs and the driver has to take 20 mins to get back to the city where people are actually calling rides. Occasionally these distant drivers will try to snipe me too while they are out there, probably hoping I'm too drunk to notice that they will take 20 mins to arrive. It's fickle work.

[sly010]

In fact I am surprised it reacts as fast as the article describes.

[jakelazaroff]

I assume it's a combination of that and the sudden demand of a plane full of people all opening up their apps to look for a ride simultaneously.

[papln]

Uber can predict that the drivers are at the airport -- they were logged in when they dropped off a fare, possibly when they were already in line at the cab stand, and also Uber can use a bit of common sense.