Uber and Lyft raise the price based on number of searches & requests. Recently took Lyft to a show, about 8 miles, $15. After the show, we looked for cars on both apps, and the prices surged from first $120 to later over $200 for the same return trip! Rode with some poor sucker that had agreed to a $160 fare to his hotel, and got an $8 Uber from there (out of the surge area).