It should just be a matter of time, but Uber has somewhat dug in its heels as far as Uber requiring the drivers get county business licenses rather than just sending the drivers an email saying that they need to and not checking that they actually have done so in order to drive for them.

Why can't Uber drivers with the license pick up at airport and without the license get a ticket?

Because both the the contractor (Uber) and the subcontractor (the driver) need the business licenses.

For now, they are letting Lyft drivers do airport runs without the county license until they finalize the business license process for the drivers.

Can Uber drop off at the airport?

You are ****ing with me, right?

I've been driving Uber part time and I drop off everyday at least 3 times. Just take my sticker down, have my passenger sit up front and we exchange goodbyes like friends when I drop them off. No issues to far, no threats, no citations. And even if I was to get a citation, I can just scan the ticket and email it to Uber and they reimburse me on the following payout.

Not every driver is smart enough to do that.

Thanks Foatie, thats what I was curious about.

Mick if you picked up a passenger and they said McCarran is it a no go?

pretty sure mick drives standard cabs and not uber. he has no restrictions.

Some of the drivers accept the ride and others cancel. Kind of like how some cabbies will pick people up on the street (we aren't supposed to and can get a ticket) and others won't.

It should be moot soon unless Uber decides to drag its feet more.

Slightly off-topic: San Jose cab drivers have decided to protest the uberlyft invasion by not picking up anyone at the airport. I believe uberlyft drivers are in limbo at the moment wrt city licensing, so there may be some irate travelers flying in to San Jose.

San Jose: The Littlest Big City in the World.

so as a protest, they're going to make it perfectly clear just how much of a monopoly they currently have and how little competition there is in transportation.

gotcha.

The protest in Vegas over Uber coming to town attracted upwards of 15 cabbies.

This is exactly how it was in DC when Uber came in. Sadly that was 5 or 6 years ago. The DC Cab commission insisted they were going to come up with all sorts of new standards for cabs as well as their own mobile app. Shockingly, neither of those things has happened.

I'll be doing a couple of off strip trips next month, will be glad to have Uber available for the trips back.

Or the protest will go largely unnoticed since people will just Uber or find other transportation instead. Beating themselves at their own game.

Any idea if lyft-line or Uberpool will be implemented here? That would be beyond awesome for us degenerates that live in the Summerlin burbs to affordably party on the strip without a DD.

Ummm. You live in Summerlin or not-really-Summerlin?

http://judgmentalmaps.com/image/82916342074

Lol Summerlin, 89134. TPC summerlin is my backyard. But I'm saving that amazing picture.

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wondering how this is working out? any unexpected issues with insurance or anything thanks

bet some good money was made on new years eve eh

had a couple weird experiences with uber on Friday. took cab to Chinatown for lunch ($32) altho we did get stuck in a cluster**** on the way there. took uber back to linq ($13).

later that Eve tried taking uber back that same way for Kabuto dinner and there was some weird rate multiplier of like 3.7x making the estimated price $33-$36. like an idiot I order the uber anyway. there is some uber/lyft pickup spot by the shuttle staging in between harrahs and linq. it's a little obscure but clearly labeled. it says my driver is 6 min away. 20 min and 2 phone calls later the driver has no idea where the hell I am. there is some young lady on and off the phone with a driver also who apparently can't find her. finally I just tell the driver to forget it, walk to the taxi stand and get to Kabuto for like $16.

tldr; seems like the drivers should know where their designated pick up spots are. and F whatever the hell that rate multiplier was.

and guessing the waitress at Kabuto asked you at the appropriate time if you needed to call a cab, and it was waiting for you outside right when you needed it.

yes. everything bout that place is on point.

Surge pricing. Well documented piece of their pricing system. It is designed to get drivers to swarm around places with higher demand, until the supply and demand level out. Then it will return to regular pricing. It is always temporary.

As for drivers' level of knowledge, you'll find it to be generally lower than that of cab drivers (although I've had my share of moron cab drivers). You get what you pay for.