Originally Posted by
platbrownguy
I am diamond and have had a similar experience. No upgrades at all, but the platinum-level perks of priority airport pickup and price protection have been useful. The price protection is nice because it actually works for a several-block radius around the home and destination address. I frequently save $7 or $8 per trip. But "UberX Diamond" seems to get me the same sorts of drivers I had before, so I'm not seeing any benefit of diamond over platinum. Maybe I should use the "phone support" benefit to complain about the lack of upgrades...
Finally got one upgrade in Charlotte from an UberX to a "black car"... but yikes was this car anything but an acceptable black car, must have been a 2005 town car with torn up seats. Fitting as my lone upgrade but I would not have been happy paying full freight for the ride as a Black fare.