[rbut]

Completely anecdotal.

I feel if I open Uber ahead of a planned travel and type in a destination to get an idea on the price, the price is $X. I then open the app back later when I'm ready to travel (say 15 minutes later after packing and leaving the hotel) and the price has gone up (sometimes by quite a bit).

Now maybe I'm just unlucky and the dynamic market prices have gone up every time, but I've never seen the same price or less.

Which makes me wonder if Uber records your interest in using them to get to a destination and then increases the price when you come back after committing to using them for your trip.

I now only open the app and search when I'm ready for the trip.

[smugma]

Anecdotally, I find if I go to Lyft, then go to Uber, and back to Lyft 30s later, I often get an updated decreased price.

[remram]

It might just be a case of the price not staying high for long when it is high.

If every time you notice it's higher than usual, you do this, and notice the price eventually decreasing... but you never switch apps when the price is already normal, and you never not try the other app if you wait... in other words, might just be confirmation bias.