Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Programs: Hilton Gold, Priority Club Platinum (until December), FB Explorer, BA Blue, M&M Pleb
Posts: 8,616
Been using Uber almost exclusively, since arriving in Kampala. I wouldn't have known unless a fellow Flyertalker I met on the flight in had told me. Points to note:
- Cars vary a lot.
- Only one of the drivers I've had, so far, has had a proper dashboard mount for his phone.
- Some of the drivers struggle with navigation.
- Quality of navigation provided by Uber is variable.
- Once you've been assigned a driver, it's best to call him and tell him where you are.
Uber itself seems buggy here (it has been up and running for five months). When the driver is on his way, instead of the smooth indication of progress I get back home the car flicks to different bits of the map.