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Payment is simple and safeNeed cash faster? You also have the option to cash out your available earnings anytime—up to 5 times per day. You have access to the funds immediately. Plus, your money is safe with Mastercard's Zero Liability Protection.
In the United States, in order to request an Uber, your Uber account requires a working Debit or Credit card, or to be linked to a paypal account. In order to request a ride, the payment source is charged an initial quote for the ride. If there is insufficient funds, it will not let you request the ride.
In that case, you will receive an email with a PIN to redeem your Uber Cash balance at any time. This is valid for Uber Cash purchases. It is not valid for gift card balances, promotions and other sources. Any balance coming from other sources than Uber Cash will be permanently lost if your account is deleted.
Having “Uber cash” available in your account means they're making it more likely you will ride with them, even if their rate quote is slightly higher. They're locking you in as a customer. Uber cash eliminates the risk of a chargeback from a credit card issuer. These cost $30+ for a merchant to resolve per incident.
What looks like an extra or duplicate charge on a trip is likely an authorization hold. At the start of a trip, Uber may place a temporary authorization hold for the upfront price of the trip on your payment method. This also includes trips that are later canceled.
You can choose from a wide selection of debit and credit cards and digital payment methods to add funds. You can also load Uber Cash using your change when you pay for a ride. Just ask your driver and the outstanding change will be reflected in your account.
Generally, drivers keep 75% of the fare price for any given ride and Uber takes 25% of the fare. To calculate an estimate as to how much on average a driver would take home for a 30-minute ride, there are additional deductions to consider like the Rider Fee and other expenses (gas and vehicle expenses).
When you see a negative balance in your Uber account, it means the amount of cash you've collected from trips is more than what you've actually earned. It's easy to settle your negative balance quickly.
Accepting cash means you get paid on the spot. A part of your cash fares includes Uber's service fee. You can track any outstanding balances in the app.
The earnings that you transfer to a debit card through Instant Pay will appear on every weekly statement as Instant Payouts. Any remaining earnings, including anything you earn from referral rewards and Boosts, will be transferred to your bank account by the end of the week.
With your Uber Rewards membership, you may be able to redeem reward points for $5 Uber Cash when you earn 500 points. And you can get up to 5% off on funds you add to your balance. That means you pay less and get more. See Benefits Terms for details.
You can tip your driver once your trip is complete. Tips are neither expected nor required. After a trip has ended, you have 30 days to add a tip in the app, on riders.uber.com, or from your emailed trip receipt.