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SWAT, a new ride-sharing app, takes you anywhere for just $5 fixed

Do you take Uber and Grab often because of its cheap fares?

Here comes SWAT, a new ride-sharing service, that has recently launched and promises to take you anywhere for a flat fee of $5 regardless of the distance.

Too good to be true? Read on.

SWAT aims to provide low cost and convenient transport that is accessible to everyone. To achieve this, they analysed millions of commuters’ data to identify repeated group travel patterns.

The data shows that most of us travel from and to the same destinations more often than we think. SWAT technology adopts a data driven approach to pool commuters real time to achieve highest vehicle utilisation rate at the lowest cost for commuters

SWAT is an intelligent pre-book ride services that provides taxi-like services at bus-like prices.

SWAT currently uses Toyota Hiaces as its Swatmobiles and they can ferry up to 13 passengers at one time. Think carpooling.

The catch, however, is that you need to prebook your ride up to 1 day in advance or up to 30 minutes before your departure. Prebooking your ride creates reliability and reduces the stress of early peak hour commute.

In some occasions, you will also need walk to the pick up location of no more than 300m to wait for the vehicle. These are bus stops, taxi stands, lamp posts, petrol kiosks, and landmarks.

Your travelling time will be slightly longer than if you took a taxi but the difference should be no longer than 10 minutes.

How it works:

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As part of its pilot launch, the services currently operate from 7am – 10am on weekdays excluding public holidays. Routes and servicing hours will be expanded progressively.

Currently, iOS users can download the app from the Apple iTunes store. It will soon be available for download at the Google Play Store.

For more information on their services, check out their website here.

* Pre-booked rides will be free this week till 30 Sep 2016.

Uber will take you anywhere for just $5 this Friday with uberPOOL (22 Jul 16)

Here’s a reason to leave your car at home — or if you are taking the public transport — enjoy the comfort of a car ride this Friday.

Uber will take you anywhere for a ridiculous fare of just $5, irregardless of the distance traveled when you use uberPOOL — their new carpooling service.

Imagine paying just $5 for a ride from Jurong East to Changi Airport!

If your fare is lesser than $5, you’ll pay the cost of that ride. (Example, if your ride costs $4, you’ll be charged $4.)

You have almost an entire day to enjoy this one-day promotion, from 7am – 10pm.

Share a ride with a stranger and make new friends with every trip!

Some example fares you can take advantage of are:

Jurong to Raffles Place: $5
Punggol to Sentosa: $5
Bedok to Changi Business Park: $5

HOW IT WORKS

Apply the promo code POOLFRIDAY, set your pickup location and enter your destination under the uberX option
Tap on Set a pickup destination, followed by tapping left for uberPOOL
Choose how many seats you need (1 or 2) and tap Request shared car. You might get matched with other passengers riding the same way
At the end of the trip, you will be charged a maximum fare of $5
PRO TIP: Please be prepared to meet your driver as soon as the car arrives. As a courtesy to your co-rider, your driver will only wait 2 minutes

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO KNOW:

Promotion is valid on all uberPOOL rides in Singapore from Friday July 22, 7am – 10pm
Each request can have a maximum of 2 riders per pick up. You will be matched with another requester, for up to 4 riders in total in the car
Limited to 2 uberPOOL rides per rider
If your fare is lesser than $5, you’ll pay the cost of that ride. Example, if your ride costs $4, you’ll be charged $4.
Have more questions about POOL? Get your answers on our FAQ page

Here’s how uberPOOL works if you haven’t tried carpooling:

Share this promo code with your friends and loved ones and let them save on their transport!

OCBC: $5 Rebates on Your Taxi / Car Rides (8 – 14 Jul 16)

Get up to S$5 rebate on your taxi or car rides on us!

All you have to do is to be the first 2,000 to reserve this deal so as to register for the promotion. Charge any taxi or car rides to your OCBC Credit/Debit Cards with Visa/MasterCard payment method and receive up to S$5 rebate in your card account. No promo code required.

HOW IT WORKS

Step 1:
Reserve the Weekend Ride Promotion under “Limited Deals”. 2,000 mobile coupons will be released each Friday happening on 8 July, 15 July, 22 July and 29 July.
Step 2:
Take any taxi or car rides during the week you have reserved the mobile coupon for, and pay with your OCBC Credit/Debit Card via the Visa/MasterCard payment method. This includes (subjected to the acceptance of Visa/Mastercard payment on the respective operators):
– CityCab Taxi
– Comfort Taxi
– Grab
– Hailo
– Premier Taxi
– Prime Taxi
– SMRT Taxi
– TransCab
– Uber
Step 3:
You will receive a SMS from OCBC to inform you on the status of your rebate by 26 August 2016.Click here for full terms and conditions.

Share this news with your friends and loved ones!

Terms and conditions

Promotion is valid from 8 July to 4 August 2016.
This deal is limited to the first 2,000 reservations on the WowDeals mobile app every Friday (8 July, 15 July, 22 July and 29 July), while stocks last. There are 4 Reservation Periods and a total of 8,000 Mobile Coupons to be released.
– Week 1: 08 to 14 July 2016
– Week 2: 15 to 21 July 2016
– Week 3: 22 to 28 July 2016
– Week 4: 29 to 04 August 2016
The Mobile Coupon is available for reservation on the OCBC WowDeals mobile app during the promotion period on a “first-come, first-served” and “while stocks last” basis.
By way of reserving the Weekend Ride Mobile Coupon, you agree to register for and accept the Terms and Conditions of this Weekend Ride Promotion.
Rebate of up to S$5 will be awarded to registered cardmembers whom have made valid transactions in the week which they have reserved their mobile coupon.
– Week 1: 08 to 14 July 2016 (Transaction posted by 19 July 2016)
– Week 2: 15 to 21 July 2016 (Transaction posted by 26 July 2016)
– Week 3: 22 to 28 July 2016 (Transaction posted by 3 August 2016)
– Week 4: 29 to 04 August 2016 (Transaction posted by 9 August 2016)
Eligible taxi companies and/or taxi mobile apps include apps (subjected to acceptance of Visa/Mastercard payment):
– CityCab Taxi
– Comfort Taxi
– Grab
– Hailo
– Premier Taxi
– Prime Taxi
– SMRT Taxi
– TransCab
– Uber
Payment must be made with a Singapore-issued OCBC Credit/Debit Card.
Rebate will be credited to the card number ending with the last 4 digits we have indicated in the SMS.
Offers stated are subject to prevailing government taxes.
OCBC Bank shall not be responsible for the quality, merchantability or fitness for any aspect of the offers.
Notwithstanding anything herein, OCBC Bank shall not at any time be responsible or held liable for any defect or malfunction in any offer, and/or for any loss, injury, damage or harm suffered or incurred by or in connection with the use of any offer by any person.
OCBC Bank reserves the right to vary/amend the privileges or terms and conditions without prior notice.
OCBC Bank’s decision on all matters relating to offers or terms and conditions will be final and binding on all participants. For full terms and conditions, click here.

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