{"id":8611,"date":"2014-01-16T23:07:37","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T07:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=8611"},"modified":"2014-01-16T23:10:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T07:10:09","slug":"real-reason-uber-best-ridesharing-service-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/01\/16\/real-reason-uber-best-ridesharing-service-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Reason Why Uber Is the Best Ridesharing Service on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

I absolutely love using Uber<\/a> whenever possible. Why is it the best ridesharing service on Earth? Well, Uber gave me $20 worth of free ride credit just to sign up which was pretty generous of them. I first used them in New York City two years ago when I saw that I had $20 worth of credit on the Uber app. I took a black car and rode it from Canal St to my hotel in midtown Manhattan. At first, I was amazed to see all the little black cars on my iPhone screen move. Then, I saw the Uber<\/a> pop up with a picture of an Arab man in a turbine. I was like, this is a wicked cool app! I saw the moving black car going towards my GPS location and it was the same guy as pictured on my screen. I got my $20 credits worth and had a little bit left over, where I never used the app again until recently.<\/p>\n

Well, why didn\u2019t I continue using Uber<\/a> until this year? It\u2019s pretty expensive and I\u2019m more of a subway and bus kind of guy. Yes, call me cheap all you want. I\u2019m trying to avoid taxis at all this year if at all possible. Yes, I only used Uber because of the initial $20 sign up credit.<\/p>\n

I was at a bar in San Diego two weeks ago and my friend and I were talking about Uber and ridesharing services. I asked her if she had signed up for the program and she said no. I told her, \u201cOMG, you should totally sign up for it\u201d. In my mind, I was like yes, I am going to get that $20 referral credit when she signs up and use it. I told her that she gets $20 for signing up with my code and she happily obliged. After a long night of debauchery, we were totally inebriated and I told her to use the Uber app to take us back to the hotel which was less than a mile away. It only took me 15 minutes to walk to the bar from the Four Points by Sheraton Downtown San Diego.<\/p>\n

From what I can recall on that short trip was the driver handing me a bottle of water. I was like, \u201cThis is freakin\u2019 amazing!\u201d Free bottled water after a night of boozing.<\/p>\n

I pocketed another $20 in Uber<\/a> credits plus my leftover sign up credit from two years ago. If you guys want to help me ride Uber for free, sign up for Uber using my referral code:\u00a0 ewcvn<\/strong> . http:\/\/uber.com\/invite\/ewcvn\u00a0<\/a>You\u2019ll get $20 and I\u2019ll get $20 worth of credits. I will not pay a single dime for Uber since I think it\u2019s a complete rip-off, but this is why I think Uber is the best ridesharing service on Earth.<\/p>\n

Disclosure: I receive $20 in Uber credits if you sign up using my link\u00a0http:\/\/uber.com\/invite\/ewcvn<\/strong><\/a> . You also receive $20 for signing up as a new member. Thanks for the Uber<\/a> free ride support.<\/p>\n

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