JustGrab: SMRT, Prime, Premier, Trans-Cab, HDT
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Originally posted by bowah:
It will be incentive driven, just like grabcar and uber, if you do not hit the incentives, it will be a great lost if you use JG, incentives will be the carrot, driving and using JG for long hrs will be the stick. Same same like UG, but different vehicle and uncle only.
For the past 2 to 3 years, Grab had just managed to get around 40,000 grabcars on the road, including partimer but not including grabtaxi…but introducing Just Grab, they just add another 10,000 in just a day.
Smart or not?
worthwhile to chiong for the incentives over peanuts fare? especially when there's no surge?
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after JG whats next?
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JustGrab5 for $5 off first 2 rides
and i saw the fare went up to $32 this afternoon w00h00~
peanuts?
hmmmm........................
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After JG will be JC, JUST CASKET
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Flat fare option available in ComfortDelGro Taxi app from April 10
From next Monday, commuters who make bookings for Comfort and CityCab taxis may choose to pay a flat fare on these rides, ComfortDelGro announced on Monday (April 3).
The operator, in charge of about 60 per cent of the taxi fleet here, added that it is still considering whether to provide dynamic pricing — as other taxi companies have done since last month — saying that it was “important to ensure that our street-hail customers are still being served”.
The new flat-fare option, which must be made through the ComfortDelGro mobile application, takes into account the distance to be travelled and computes a fare based on existing surcharges. Once a commuter chooses this option, there will be no extra surcharges unless he or she changes the destination point or makes unplanned stops along the way. Travel delays due to traffic jams would not add to the fare, unlike the metered-fare option, ComfortDelGro said.
Commuters who still want to use the metered-fare option may continue to do so depending on their preference.
The flat-fare option will not be available for street hail, advanced booking and premium taxi services, the operator said.
As for its taxi drivers, ComfortDelGro said it would be waiving call-booking levies for them, to encourage them to take on flat-fare bookings. Those with the most number of flat-fare bookings fulfilled will also be rewarded.
Last month, the Public Transport Council and Land Transport Authority gave approval to taxi operators to roll out dynamic pricing — or surge pricing — for trips booked through mobile apps.
Collaborating with ride-hailing app Grab, taxi companies SMRT Taxis, Prime Taxi, Premier Taxis, Trans-Cab and HDT Singapore Taxi took up this option.
ComfortDelGro said in its statement yesterday: “Dynamic pricing, which essentially allows for fares to fluctuate with commuter demand, is something the company is still exploring. It is important to allow time for our drivers to get used to flat fares and for the company to monitor our fare pricing competitiveness in the market. It is also important to ensure that our street-hail customers are still being served.”
Commenting on this latest move by ComfortDelGro, transport expert Park Byung Joon from the Singapore University of Social Sciences said that this flat-fare option by the operator would provide a competitive edge against other services offered by Grab and Uber, by continuing to appeal to commuters who are flagging taxis on the streets.
“This is the oldest strategy, which is to offer something cheaper,” he said.
However, the moment they choose to go into dynamic pricing, this could mean the end of the metered fares, given that ComfortDelgro occupies a “dominant” position, he added. This could ultimately lead to a price war among the various operators, or force the operators to come up with more creative ways to capture the market share, such as by coming up with a loyalty programme, for instance.
Economist Walter Theseira from the same university said that the market impact would ultimately depend on commuters’ preferences.
His view is that they are more likely to choose private-hire companies because of their aggressive discounting strategies, rather than flat fares from taxi firms.
Given that private-hire companies such as Uber and Grab have “years of experience” in adopting dynamic pricing compared with taxi companies, it is understandable that operators such as ComfortDelGro is taking its time to develop the right formula for dynamic pricing.
“Pricing is a difficult problem since the system must balance supply and demand, while bearing in mind that both drivers and commuters dislike volatility,” Dr Theseira said.
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Originally posted by FireIce:
Flat fare option available in ComfortDelGro Taxi app from April 10
From next Monday, commuters who make bookings for Comfort and CityCab taxis may choose to pay a flat fare on these rides, ComfortDelGro announced on Monday (April 3).
The operator, in charge of about 60 per cent of the taxi fleet here, added that it is still considering whether to provide dynamic pricing — as other taxi companies have done since last month — saying that it was “important to ensure that our street-hail customers are still being served�.
The new flat-fare option, which must be made through the ComfortDelGro mobile application, takes into account the distance to be travelled and computes a fare based on existing surcharges. Once a commuter chooses this option, there will be no extra surcharges unless he or she changes the destination point or makes unplanned stops along the way. Travel delays due to traffic jams would not add to the fare, unlike the metered-fare option, ComfortDelGro said.
Commuters who still want to use the metered-fare option may continue to do so depending on their preference.
The flat-fare option will not be available for street hail, advanced booking and premium taxi services, the operator said.
As for its taxi drivers, ComfortDelGro said it would be waiving call-booking levies for them, to encourage them to take on flat-fare bookings. Those with the most number of flat-fare bookings fulfilled will also be rewarded.
Last month, the Public Transport Council and Land Transport Authority gave approval to taxi operators to roll out dynamic pricing — or surge pricing — for trips booked through mobile apps.
Collaborating with ride-hailing app Grab, taxi companies SMRT Taxis, Prime Taxi, Premier Taxis, Trans-Cab and HDT Singapore Taxi took up this option.
ComfortDelGro said in its statement yesterday: “Dynamic pricing, which essentially allows for fares to fluctuate with commuter demand, is something the company is still exploring. It is important to allow time for our drivers to get used to flat fares and for the company to monitor our fare pricing competitiveness in the market. It is also important to ensure that our street-hail customers are still being served.�
Commenting on this latest move by ComfortDelGro, transport expert Park Byung Joon from the Singapore University of Social Sciences said that this flat-fare option by the operator would provide a competitive edge against other services offered by Grab and Uber, by continuing to appeal to commuters who are flagging taxis on the streets.
“This is the oldest strategy, which is to offer something cheaper,� he said.
However, the moment they choose to go into dynamic pricing, this could mean the end of the metered fares, given that ComfortDelgro occupies a “dominant� position, he added. This could ultimately lead to a price war among the various operators, or force the operators to come up with more creative ways to capture the market share, such as by coming up with a loyalty programme, for instance.
Economist Walter Theseira from the same university said that the market impact would ultimately depend on commuters’ preferences.
His view is that they are more likely to choose private-hire companies because of their aggressive discounting strategies, rather than flat fares from taxi firms.
Given that private-hire companies such as Uber and Grab have “years of experience� in adopting dynamic pricing compared with taxi companies, it is understandable that operators such as ComfortDelGro is taking its time to develop the right formula for dynamic pricing.
“Pricing is a difficult problem since the system must balance supply and demand, while bearing in mind that both drivers and commuters dislike volatility,� Dr Theseira said.
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So long msg for wat. Flag rates mean cheaper fares to rider translate to lower income for td. Where is the rental reduction? Time to throw key. -
No choice lah, today, plying business on the road, hate it or like it, it is going to change, firstly, call charges will be diminishing, secondly, fares will reduce, thirdly, less and less bidding job, more of a accept the job or not accept the job. So, if you want to continue to drive, you must expect all these to happen, but there will be lots of calls, it is up to individual on how they want to look at it, but at the end of the day, for the drivers, especially those in their 40s and 50s, it is a serious matter of earning a living and sustainability. If you find you cannot sustain to all these kind of new fare structure, you can thrown key, it is your right and absolute power to do it, but if you are rising a family, think thrice before thrown key (can go for cheaper rental cab), and make sure you have a job in hand before throwing key, because outside employment market is also not looking good, more so if you are in your mid life.
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I saw the interview of a taxi driver, she said if see JG fare is $4 where can take? If run meter press only already $3.90 sure better fare to take pax than JG
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then take flag-down loh
see? there are choices now
but if she cruise around for 10 mins without finding a flag-down while she could have picked up the $4 and drop off in 5 min (tts why $4), then who lugi leh?
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Yes better to take job than nothing at all, but I guess she meant that she rather take the chances to sweep and get a street job. Its still up to individual choices no right or wrong.
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hows the CDG one?
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Bahru start...how to know, I got one from St George to Geyland, non peak, $8 FR...I think lower than cab, cab can get $9 or $10 if go longer road. I think flat rate will make the driver toh ti ti
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i heard my comfort friend said 9.25am seng kang to anson $16.00. cheap?
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Originally posted by bowah:
Bahru start…how to know, I got one from St George to Geyland, non peak, $8 FR…I think lower than cab, cab can get $9 or $10 if go longer road.
I think flat rate will make the driver toh ti ti
U never on 25cj scheme? It is still one job. Who care about fares for the 25 jobs per week. -
I need private taxi to fetch my child to school from west coast crescent to west view primary school at bukit panjang everyday morning from mon to friday and back to student care centre. I really need help. If there is email me at [email protected]. Thanks.
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Originally posted by peterpan212:
U never on 25cj scheme? It is still one job. Who care about fares for the 25 jobs per week.
I no scheme one lah, $30 net cabby still need smlj scheme...smlj 25CJ for them, lanjiao give them suck better, knn, cdg driver high rental already kenna conned, to be conned again by such scheme is really a gong kia + budoh kembeng. -
I regret going for the recent Grab online training, I am automatically sign on for JustGrab, which there is no way for me to opt out this fixed fare option, I requested for a button to turn off JustGrab as I think this fixed fare pricing is a FARE CHEAT to taxi drivers.When I got a JustGrab job, I always on the taxi meter (covered) to compare the metere fare with fixed fare and found that the difference is about $4 to $12, even though I followed the route suggested by the GPS. The difference may be due to the timing (peak or non peak hour), location (CBD or location charge), traffic condition, and the route that I took (sometimes pax want me to use a longer route with smoother traffic). Base on 10 rides, I actually lost $40 to $120 a day.As all Grab jobs are forcefully push to me, if I ignore/cancel those JustGrab jobs, it affect my AR/CR, which also affect my incentive for standard taxi, since I am not going for JustGrab incentive, I think JustGrab incentive is a SCAM. Base on 7 days & 70 jobs, I already lost $280 to $840 just to get $300 incentive/50 JustGrab jobs.Grab told me that I could get more jobs with JustGrab but before all this competition between the booking companies, I use to get about 10 to 18 standard taxi jobs a day, but nowaday, I still get 10 to 18 jobs a day but 30/70% to 40/60% of standard taxi/JustGrab jobs. Furthermore, Grab is aggressively promoting JustGrab/Grab car and taxis are treated unfairly with no Grab Taxi Promo, that's why the comsumer preference changed.I really wish to turn off JustGrab as I don't wish to provide my premium taxi services with experienced driver and insurance for a low fixed fare pax.
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you can still choose not to use the app and take std taxi cj right?
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Earlier morning 5.30am, FF from taman jurong to yishun $27...can take or not? I take lor..if not, also nothing to take liao..then from yishun chiong until now..now at st George open 2 bottle with my Viet gf
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my friend took Just Grab
first trip = $7 (fix price)
second trip = free
she loves this so much
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Originally posted by Pandanchen:
my friend took Just Grab
first trip = $7 (fix price)
second trip = free
she loves this so much
I am sure she loves this. Many do. Ask her how much she spends on Grab each month?