Originally Posted by
moondog
I almost never tip myself, but with Didi you can pretip to make yourself more desirable. This comes in handy when the weather is bad and/or on weekend nights. One thing I have noticed about foreign cards is that the taxi options disappear from my menu when I switch to foreign cards. This isn't a huge deal because the lower priced Didi options are about the same price, but it obviously does result in a smaller pool.
You actually had trouble getting someone to pick you up with Didi when there was bad weather or on the weekend in Shanghai?
What do you mean by the "taxi options"? I don't have any Chinese payment methods and I think I was counting on some dp in the other thread as to whether I would try to open one up in SZ when I was in HK before the COVID-19 became a pandemic. If Didi accept my Chase cards (I wonder if Didi code as ridesharing with my Hyatt card?), that would solve one problem when transit isn't available (like the time I missed the last subway back to the Courtyard near PVG; fortunately I was able to use Apple Maps and followed the instructions back by bus!)