Uber / Lyft
 

I have used rideshare apps hundreds if not thousands of times all over the globe from Boston to Cambodia and never had a problem with the drivers or chargers. While you did have one bad experience that may, or may not, be due to the rideshare apps you used; I believe most people would just call your experience really bad luck.

Is the charge per rider? Or one charge if it was my wife and myself?

The charge is per trip. The number of passengers only matters in selecting a class of vehicle that can hold them all. Any Uber vehicle can hold you and your wife but if you had six people then you would request a van which would cost more.

NOTE: There *may* be a way to share a ride with another passenger heading to a different destination. I have never tried this but if you did then I would expect there to be separate charges for each passenger. This would be a choice, not forced on you in any way, and would definitely not be the typical Uber ride.

Just to be on the safe side, I think I will get 2 different Dedicated CC's, with a $100 max limit. Should there be a discrepency on my bill, that would help. Thanks all who responded.

So you just take the word of an internet stranger that they don't have a phone number when a simple google search tells you that the phone number is 1-833-USE-UBER.
See how simple that is?

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Not true. You can create an account with a prepaid debit/credit card that is reloadable so you can add funds to it...as long as there is enough money on it to complete your trip.

Agreed. That has also been my experience...

How will I know a uber car when I see it, are they marked?

The app will tell you the make, model, and plate number

Some have a light on the dashboard visible from the outside.

When you are assigned a car, the App will give you the name of your driver, the make, color and model of the car and the LP number. The driver will have your name and will address you by that name.

Not only do they send you the make model number license plate and drivers name, you also get a map showing the drivers location and yours. You see him/her approaching on the map.

The map is an important innovation by UBER (and Lyft). You don't mind a wait nearly as much if you can see where your ride is. You can see that the ride is coming (or not) when he/she is stopped in traffic etc.

One of the nice aspects of the UBER/Lyft system is that, unlike a taxi, the drivers have no access to your credit card information.

Exactly. No more risky to use Uber/Lyft than any other CC vendor...

I've used Uber countless times and never had a problem. You can add a tip at the end of the ride and it will show up as a single charge.

They're noy sure how Uber/Lyft work and you expect them to navigate Grok? :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

P.S. No disrespect to the OP intended. Everyone is a newbie to new technology (to them) at one time or another...