How To Find Mobile Numbers In Bangalore?

How exactly does Uber combine the "time" and "distance" fares to obtain the total fare? If the policy differs from city to city, how does one find out their policy for a particular city?

• For a given city and car type, Uber specifies three numbers which determine the price of your ride: The base fare, bbb. The fare per unit of time, ctctc_t. The fare per unit of distance, cdcdc_d. (there's also the minimum fare and cancellation charges, and there could be surge pricing, but that doesn't concern us here) For a given ride, these numbers are combined to obtain the final price. But the question is, how exactly? I see two reasonable ways of doing this: If your ride lasted for time TTT and you rode a distance of DDD, the total cost is simply b+ct∗T+cd∗Db+ct∗T+cd∗Db + c_t*T + c_d*D. That is, both the time and distance fares are applied directly to the entire trip. For future reference, I'll call this the PLUS method. OR Suppose the amount of time for which your vehicle was moving at a speed below a certain threshold is SSS. Suppose the distance covered by the vehicle while it was moving at a speed at or above the same threshold is GGG. Then the total cost is b+ct∗S+cd∗Gb+ct∗S+cd∗Gb + c_t*S + c_d*G. That is, at every instant of time, either the time fare is being applied, or the distance fare, but never both. And the threshold is likely to be the speed at which the distance and time fares are equal, that is, ct/cdct/cdc_t/c_d. I'll call this the MAX method. Note that always SSS is at most TTT and GGG is at most DDD. Does Uber use the PLUS method or the MAX method? Or something else? Does it vary from city to city? How does one find out what they use in a particular city? Their city-specific pages such as https://www.uber.com/cities/bangalore typically DO NOT answer this question. Getting a clear answer from Uber's customer support is hard. For one, one can only submit support requests specific to a particular city, while this question is about the entire network. Here's the information I've collected so far: Neva Kares Talladen from Uber San Francisco (or Uber USA perhaps) says Uber uses the MAX method, and that this applies "more or less" worldwide, except for UberTAXI. Akshay BD from Uber Bangalore (or Uber India perhaps) says Uber uses the PLUS method. This was specifically in the context of Bangalore. A sample http://imgur.com/QUnyk8Y suggests that the PLUS method was used (bbb = Rs 50, ctctc_t = Rs 1/min, cdcdc_d = Rs 15/km, compare with numbers on the receipt). A sample http://imgur.com/arsAnrj suggests that the PLUS method was used (bbb = 1€, ctctc_t = 0.15€/min, cdcdc_d = 0.95€/min, compare with numbers on the receipt). I corresponded with Remi from Uber Paris about the policy in Paris. They first said that Paris uses the MAX method. Then I pointed out the above trip receipt, and explained how the numbers indicate how the PLUS method was used. I asked that if the intended policy was to use the MAX method, the fare should be recomputed. Remi responded with something irrelevant, saying that the driver took a suboptimal route, and to adjust for this they have adjusted the fare from 45 euros to 42 euros. I pointed out that the route was fine, and I was asking for the difference between the fares computed by MAX and PLUS to be adjusted. Remi then said this is exactly what they had done, which is blatantly false - they had adjusted for a suboptimal route. I pointed this out and asked that they should not pass on Uber's fault and lack of transparency to the driver. Remi then said "To calculate a ride you take the distance of the trip and you multiply  it with the specific fare of the option that you have selected in the  app. You add to this the amount of time for this trip and you will  multiply it with the hour rate fare of the selected option" , which means they use PLUS, directly contradicting their earlier statement. I was intending to pursue this further but got occupied with other things. As you can see, Neva's answer "more or less" contradicts the other bullet points. *** The rest of this text can safely be ignored, but for the more mathematically inclined amongst you, this rephrases the MAX and PLUS methods and explains why I chose those names. Suppose your ride lasted for time TTT, and let f:[0,T]→[0,∞)f:[0,T]→[0,∞)f : [0,T] \to [0, \infty) be the distance covered as a function of time (technically the [0,T][0,T][0,T] has the dimensions of time and the [0,∞)[0,∞)[0,\infty) has dimensions of length). f(0)=0f(0)=0f(0) = 0. Let f′f′f' be its derivative (assumed to exist). The MAX method computes the total fare as b+∫T0max(ct,cdf′(t))dtb+∫0Tmax(ct,cdf′(t))dtb + \int_0^T \max(c_t, c_df'(t)) dt The PLUS method replaces the max with addition: b+∫T0(ct+cdf′(t))dt=b+ctT+cdf(T)b+∫0T(ct+cdf′(t))dt=b+ctT+cdf(T)b + \int_0^T (c_t + c_d f'(t)) dt  = b + c_tT + c_df(T)

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  as I understand it, the system is a bit of both. Different levels of service have it differently in different areas at different times. Only way to know, is to look at the app. It will typically say $x.xx base fare + $0.XX per mile and $x.xx per minute. Sometimes it will say  $x.xx base fare + $0.XX per mile or $x.xx per minute under 11mph.   When I was active, I saw the rates for UberX use both schemes. Uber plays a bit fast and loose with the fares, as when I started it was $x.xx per mile OR $x.xx per minute, not both. After some fare changes, it became $x.xx per mile AND $x.xx per minute, regardless of speed.   So to answer your question, there really isn't one. Uber sort of does what Uber wants, when Uber wants to do it. Both of your formulae are accurate, and liable to be in use at any time, anywhere.