On our trips to New Orleans and New York, we chose not to rent a car. We knew we’d be able to use public transport or get a ride to where we were going. In addition, car rental prices are insane.
We soon found out that prices for ride-sharing services have also gone through the roof. I always checked both Uber and Lyft and the latter almost always was less expensive. So we’ve been using Lyft for the majority of our rides, even scoring Lyft Black rides for just a few dollars more.
I was willing to grab an Uber, even if it was a little more expensive, because I have a $20 monthly AMEX credit. I’d rather use it for a ride I’m taking instead of ordering food I don’t need just to use the credit.
I finally found a ride where Uber was charging about the same. The first driver went back and forth for about 10 minutes before canceling the ride. We were assigned another driver who was 12 minutes away. We spent 25 minutes standing outside while the app went back and forth, saying the driver was 2 min away and 10 min away.
With Lyft, we never had to wait more than a few minutes for a ride.
It wasn’t until I got home that I remembered two other reasons I like using Lyft instead of Uber. With Lyft, you earn 3X Hilton Honors points per dollar spent and 10X Ultimate Rewards points when paying for the ride with a Sapphire Reserve. You can earn 1-2 Delta Skymiles per dollar instead of Hilton Honors points if you want.
I’ve managed to pick up some additional Hilton points over the last few months.
With Uber, there are no partners for earning miles and no special bonus for using your AMEX card, just the monthly credit.
I’m not going to pick Lyft over Uber because of the bonus miles. 550 Hilton Honors points aren’t going to get me very far. But if Lyft offers better prices and provides the same or better service than the competition, I have no reason to avoid them.
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