I see a lot of anecdotal evidence that people claim Grab has South East Asia in the bag and Uber is doomed. I beg to differ.<\/p>\n
I take a Grab or Uber from KLIA quite a bit. I always try the Grab app first. Take yesterday (Friday night\/Saturday morning). I landed at 1am and tried the Grab app twice: one for GrabCar and another for JustGrab. It found no rides.<\/p>\n
Contrast that to Uber. Tried for UberX once and I was in a car within 5 minutes. This is generally my experience when it comes to using Uber versus Grab at the airport.<\/p>\n
I try to speak to drivers for a bit before delving into reading on my tablet. Today my driver whom has completed 840 trips on the Uber platform in the 9 months he has been on it told me he is Uber-exclusive. He knows Grab exists but he’s all in on Uber.<\/p>\n
Some drivers do drive for both platforms. But it is clearly not all.<\/p>\n
So my experience so far has been that I’m doing better with Uber even though I try Grab first. And I estimate my data points from KLIA are approximately 3 rides per month.<\/p>\n
Of course, not having to use Alm Cabs “airport limousine” is clearly the bonus here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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