Uber is one of the biggest ride-hailing services around the world. It lets you order a cab service to any destination immediately, schedule a ride for a later date and time, and even allows you to share ride with another Uber rider going to the same destination and split the fare.
Funny enough, a lot of people have no idea this feature exists. In this article, we will discuss how to split ride fare on Uber.
How to split fare on Uber
- First you need to make sure that everybody
- joining the ride has an Uber account. Once that is confirmed, you install and
- launch the app on your smartphoneGo ahead and order for an Uber ride to the
- destination of your choice and select the kind of vehicle you need. After
- you’re done requesting your ride, scroll up from the bottom of your screen to
- display a menu option.On the list of menu options, locate “ride with
- someone?” and then to the right of it, click “split fare.”Type in the name or the phone number of the
- person or people you want to split the ride fare with. They will all get
- notifications of the fare split request and they’ll need to accept the
- invitation before they can pay their share of the fee.
How to accept an invitation to split an Uber fare
If a person decides to share a ride with you, a fare split request will appear as a pop up on your Uber app screen asking you to accept or decline the invitation to share the ride. If you are interested, just tap “accept” and you’re set.
