Update 5/22/24: Engage_Afterchurners mentions they received this in error as they had once taken a ride in Australia and it looks like these changes only apply to Australia.
Uber is making some changes to Uber gift cards.
You can read the new Gift Card terms in full here. These changes will be effective from 20 June 2024. These new terms:
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- Clarify that Gift Cards are now a stand alone payment method and can no longer be used to top up Uber Cash.
- Explain your options once you purchase a gift card. For example you may choose to activate your Gift Card in your Uber Wallet or to transfer or gift the Gift Card to another person.
- Confirm that Gift Cards are not reloadable and that once activated, a Gift Card is no longer transferable i.e. it can no longer be gifted.
- Confirm that there is a time limit for activation. If an Uber Gift Card is not activated before its expiry date, the value standing to the credit of the Uber Gift Card is forfeited.
- Inform you that once you or your giftee has activated a gift card into their Wallet the balance does not expire.
Uber Cash Terms
In addition, we have updated the Uber Cash terms here to reflect that Gift Cards may no longer be used to top up Uber Cash balance. These changes will be effective from 20 June 2024.
Main negative change is not allowing Uber giftcards to be used to top up Uber cash.
Hat tip to Engage_Afterchurners
They’re testing in a low end market like AU first
yeah well I hope the Tractor Supply return policy on all these torches and pitchforks I just bought turns out not to be false
There goes my lawsuit
Hat tip to the guy that gave you false information in the first place and created a false panic? Ok. I’m glad your hat tips aren’t valuable currency
Though this is a false alarm, it’s technically more plausible that those changes are real, considering how Uber usually behave.
False?
It looks like these updates apply specifically to the Australia market and not for US users. The Reddit poster has updated their post to note this.
US terms, which mention no change:
https://www.uber.com/legal/en/document/?country=united-states&lang=en&name=uber-cash-terms-of-use
Australia terms, which mention the change:
https://www.uber.com/legal/en/document/?name=uber-gift-cards-terms-of-use-june2024&country=australia&lang=en-au
The whole thing is a false alarm – the change of terms is only applicable to users in Australia.
You know it’s coming post testing
Moving to Lyft then
Gonna need 30% discount on Uber gift cards to put up with this nonsense
“If an Uber Gift Card is not activated before its expiry date, the value standing to the credit of the Uber Gift Card is forfeited” what? that sounds rather illegal these days to expire a gift card