Get 15% off your next Uber ride

If you are a regular user of Uber in the UK, there is a good new offer available which can save you money on your rides.

Uber, the ever-expanding taxi / ride sharing / call it what you want car service, is spreading across the UK at a furious pace.  Once it arrived in Rotherham two years ago (and my home town is not exactly an early-adopter hotspot) it was clear it would end up everywhere.  It is now in 82 countries worldwide, looking at its website list, including places such as Cambodia and Bangladesh.

The key point is that the same Uber app works in every country.  It doesn’t matter if you are in Sheffield or St Petersburg – you book in the same way and the ride is charged to your stored credit card.

The services offered vary by country and city.  In London you can choose from four options varying from a Toyota Prius to a Mercedes S-Class.  If you really want to drive down costs, there is also the Uber Pool option where you agree to let the driver pick up another passenger heading in the same direction.  In Sheffield, there are only two options – the Prius (or equivalent) and a Mercedes E-Class (or equivalent).

How to save 15% on your rides – until tomorrow

PayPal’s digital gift card store is offering 15% off Uber digital gift cards until tomorrow, 10th September.

You need to buy via this link.

Only £25 and £50 gift cards are available and you can only buy one per transaction.

There doesn’t seem to be any limit to the number of transactions you make, however, and the website actively encourages you to also buy ‘for a friend’.

You will be emailed a code number which you enter into the Uber app.  The credit is instantly applied to your account.

The credit can only be used in the UK.  Thanks to Nick and Adam for this.

Uber is now a Tesco Clubcard redemption partner

There is another easy way of picking up Uber credit. Uber is now a Tesco Clubcard partner, at a very generous ‘3 times face value’ rate.

Follow the link above for my full article.  This is one of the most generous Clubcard redemption offers.  If you spend a lot of money with Uber in the UK, it is arguably better than redeeming your Clubcard vouchers for Avios or Virgin Flying Club miles.

Why?  Because £10 of Tesco Clubcard vouchers will get you £30 of Uber credit or 2,400 Avios.  That means you are ‘paying’ 1.25p per Avios, which is far too high in my opinion.