I think the only reason you do not want to apply the promo code is when the ride costs less than the coupon. In that case, for the next promo, you will get a coupon with a lower value so it does not go to waste. This is why different people get different amount for promo, the coupon is meant to subsidize your ride, not suppose to make it free. Different people have different price point to pay for a ride, and something it's just that difference of RM5 or RM10 to make them take their first ride. After that, hopefully it becomes second to nature to think of Grab or Uber when needing a transport.

I agree that recently Uber has been losing a lot of drivers, causing the fares to shoot up and becomes more expensive than Grab. What this means is that Grab is probably playing the games right to capture the driver's heart rather than winning the passenger's. However, what is going to happen is that, Grab driver will find themselves earning less because there's now more Grab drivers on the road, so the winner is Grab and their passengers. The drivers will soon realize this and switches back to Uber. If Grab wish to continue retaining their driver,s they are going to have to consider subsidizing the drivers too, so Grab might end up losing double of triple their cash! The trick is for Uber and Grab to find the sweet spot, where they will spend enough to retain the optimum amount possible of drivers and passengers while keeping revenue as high as possible. I am sure they have the formula for it and working towards automating it. The battle continues, and whats more important is that I know what I want and I am getting the best bang for the buck from these two companies at the end of the day

I think the only reason you do not want to apply the promo code is when the ride costs less than the coupon. In that case, for the next promo, you will get a coupon with a lower value so it does not go to waste. This is why different people get different amount for promo, the coupon is meant to subsidize your ride, not suppose to make it free. Different people have different price point to pay for a ride, and something it's just that difference of RM5 or RM10 to make them take their first ride. After that, hopefully it becomes second to nature to think of Grab or Uber when needing a transport.

I agree that recently Uber has been losing a lot of drivers, causing the fares to shoot up and becomes more expensive than Grab. What this means is that Grab is probably playing the games right to capture the driver's heart rather than winning the passenger's. However, what is going to happen is that, Grab driver will find themselves earning less because there's now more Grab drivers on the road, so the winner is Grab and their passengers. The drivers will soon realize this and switches back to Uber. If Grab wish to continue retaining their driver,s they are going to have to consider subsidizing the drivers too, so Grab might end up losing double of triple their cash! The trick is for Uber and Grab to find the sweet spot, where they will spend enough to retain the optimum amount possible of drivers and passengers while keeping revenue as high as possible. I am sure they have the formula for it and working towards automating it. The battle continues, and whats more important is that I know what I want and I am getting the best bang for the buck from these two companies at the end of the day

Hi guys, I'm not sure if it's just me but today when I took Grab, the fare seemed to be cheaper. Past few weeks I always take Uber because its cheaper. But today, suddenly Grab price drop. Grab in the past month seemed to shoot up alot but now seems ok. Did anyone else experience this?

Hi guys, I'm not sure if it's just me but today when I took Grab, the fare seemed to be cheaper. Past few weeks I always take Uber because its cheaper. But today, suddenly Grab price drop. Grab in the past month seemed to shoot up alot but now seems ok. Did anyone else experience this?

U are wrong, Grab pricing is higher than Uber nowadays. And Grab driver is getting lesser comparing to few months ago, peak hour wait is much longer than before.

grab is very smart one . end of the day, riders and drivers are losing party

driver is lesser, so the remaining driver need to travel far abit to pick up
driver is lesser, so riders need to wait longer, and fare is higher

Uber, i dont comment as i dont drive uber.
but that must be a reason why the drivers numbers is reducing even faster..

in long term, drivers dont expect grab/uber will be paying more incentive/top up, and rider dont expect more promo...
just my opinion...

Mind to share location where you experience long wait and high fare? This two usually correlates with each other highly. Even for Uber. But depends on location and time of day

Uber rides, use cash. Grab, u can use credit card as u earn alot of points via credit card

Grab promocode HS60. Rm6 X 10 rides. Notify me if it works.

i have been getting them for the past one month. uber has been pretty generous on their promo codes recently