Received targeted email as follows:
Your 5th pool trip is on us
Take 4 Pool trips between now and 3 September [2023] and we'll shout you a ride with Uber Pool (up to $100, not including fees). Fees and t&cs apply.
t&cs: Promotion only available to intended recipients, in Australia and/or New Zealand where Uber Pool is available. Offer is non-transferable and expires 3 September 2023. Not valid for Uber for Business profiles or for purchases through the Uber Eats apps. The promotion applies to the value of the trip fare only and does not apply to tolls, surcharges, levies, cancellation fees, wait fees or any other fee or charge. Offer cannot be redeemed in conjunction with any other promotion.
When a rider completes 4 Uber Pool trips before 3 September 2023, we will automatically apply a promotion of $100 off on the next Uber Pool ride.
I don't own a car. I'm a big advocate for ride-sharing and think Uber Pool is a great initiative in terms of cost savings for those who rely on ridesharing as a form of transport, but also environmentally in moving multiple people from A to B in the same vehicle. Covid kind of killed Uber Pool just as it was coming into its stride, so I'm hoping it will become the norm again soon!
To maximise value, I don't see why you couldn't take 4x cheaper trips to the value of $15-20 and then save your last "free" pool trip for an expensive ride to the airport or similar.
I wonder if the $100 off expires on 3 September as well, or just have to complete the 4 share ride before 3 September.
Thinking to use the offer to get a ride to the airport, but my trip doesn't happen until December tho.