Up to £15 for your first ride with Uber

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Offer for Access Card Holders – up to £15 for your first ride with Uber

In partnership with Uber, we’re thrilled to announce an exciting promotion for Access Card holders. Uber – the popular rides booking app – has expanded the availability of their accessible option and we’re giving Access Card holders a code to redeem up to £15 off their first trip.

Wheelchair users in eight cities across the UK can book an accessible licensed private hire vehicle through the uberACCESS option on the Uber app.

This expansion builds on Uber’s ASSIST option for those with reduced mobility which is now available in 15 cities across the UK.

uberACCESS – wheelchair accessible vehicles

Available in Birmingham, Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle & Wolverhampton.

Wheelchair adapted vehicles allow you to secure your chair using four-point restraints.

Rear-loading vehicles ensure easy access and means riders are always facing forwards.

ACCESS trips have an average wait time of just 20 minutes.

Fares are the same price as a trip via Uber’s affordable uberX option.

uberACCESS drivers are top-rated and have received Disability Equality Training from Transport for All. All drivers who use the Uber app are licensed for private hire by a local authority and have completed the same DBS background check as black cabs.

 

uberASSIST

Available in Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Sheffield & Southampton.

For those who need a little extra help. This product is built for riders with limited mobility, visual impairments, folding wheelchairs, walkers and scooters or other disabilities.

Fares are the same price as a trip via Uber’s affordable uberX option.

uberASSIST drivers are top-rated and have received training from Transport for All or UK Global Road Safety. All drivers who use the Uber app are licensed for private hire by a local authority and have completed the same DBS background check as black cabs.
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The relationship between the Access Card and Uber was inspired by work undertaken by the Extra Costs Commission – a commission which examined the extra costs faced by disabled people and looked at suggested ways of reducing the gap.

Martin Austin, Managing Director of Nimbus Disability, The company behind the card said;

“Our ambition with the Access Card scheme is to have a real social impact for our card holders; to introduce them to things they’ve never done and places they’ve never been – what better way to do that than to work with Uber”

“If, in the process, we can save them a little money and help contribute to reducing the extra costs faced by disabled people that that’s an obvious bonus”

 

How to redeem your £15 promotion for Uber

  • Download the Uber app and set up your account
  • Enter your promotional code – select the ‘Payment’ option in the menu and select ‘Add Promo/Gift Code’ then enter your code

 

This will apply up to £15 to your Uber account to be redeemed on your first uberACCESS or uberASSIST trip. This will only apply on one trip for first-time users only. Terms apply.

 

To book your first uberACCESS or uberASSIST trip

 

  • Open the app and select uberACCESS or uberASSIST based on your requirements
  • Enter your destination – the app uses GPS to detect where you are so you’ll only need to enter your destination. You can do this using an address, postcode or simply the name of the office, restaurant or bar you’re going to.
  • Estimate your fare – the app will provide you with an estimate of how much the journey will cost and you can even split the fare with friends who have an account.
  • Book your trip – you’ll instantly see the driver’s name, photo and car make and registration number so you can easily identify your car. The live map will show the the car arriving in real time and the app will notify you when the driver is outside. If you need to contact the driver, you can do so through the app so your number remains anonymous.
  • Get going – there’s no need for cash as the trip is automatically billed to your account so you can just hop out of the car and be on your way.

 

 

Terms and conditions apply to this offer – to read them please visit Uber directly https://newsroom.uber.com/uk/promotion-terms-and-conditions/