New Improved Taxi Saver

[Rat Catcher]

Junk mail from Free Now

Our updated GTCs
We’re updating how you earn on our saver fleet. In our December survey, 64% of you said a percentage-based model feels fairer than either; 1) removing the booking fee (current model), or 2) implementing fixed fares. We’ve listened.


Saver Fleet
You will no longer have to remove the €3 booking fee. Instead, we’re moving to a 75:25 revenue share. Unlike fixed fare models that reduce transparency, this ensures your earnings are tied to the meter. This will leave you better off than before.

• Better earnings: on a €15 saver fare, you will earn €1.50 more than the current model.
• More demand: our tests show a 19% increase in passenger bookings.
• Less waiting: the meter now starts after 2 minutes (not 5), adding up to €2.34 to your fare if passengers are late.
• Choice: you will be able to join or leave the fleet at your own discretion.

Trips From Dublin Airport
Airport trips are high value and a top priority for growth. Our airport marketing investment is already driving more trips from Dublin Airport than ever before. To keep demand high, we’re moving to an 80:20 revenue share. You will no longer have to remove the €3 booking fee.

On top of this, we’ve committed a significant investment to wider passenger incentives, all designed to get you more bookings and better earning opportunities than ever before. We will also continue to fund passenger discounts from Dublin Airport.

The legal bit
These changes start 27 January 2026. You’ll need to accept the updated GTCs in-app on this date. View the full terms here.

[John m]

  ::fdsfella on   roys

[Bob Shillin]

Apart from the money, it's the sense of powerlessness, when yanks take over complete contol of our working conditions, and this all aligns with the mindset of the republican terror state that is the USA, disruption of businesses, didroption everyone's livliehoods but their own, regime change etc. The USA's sense of entitlement is horrifying. At least 30% of my posts on social media are not forwarded.

[Octavia1]

Junk mail from Free Now

Our updated GTCs
We’re updating how you earn on our saver fleet. In our December survey, 64% of you said a percentage-based model feels fairer than either; 1) removing the booking fee (current model), or 2) implementing fixed fares. We’ve listened.


Saver Fleet
You will no longer have to remove the €3 booking fee. Instead, we’re moving to a 75:25 revenue share. Unlike fixed fare models that reduce transparency, this ensures your earnings are tied to the meter. This will leave you better off than before.

• Better earnings: on a €15 saver fare, you will earn €1.50 more than the current model.
• More demand: our tests show a 19% increase in passenger bookings.
• Less waiting: the meter now starts after 2 minutes (not 5), adding up to €2.34 to your fare if passengers are late.
• Choice: you will be able to join or leave the fleet at your own discretion.

Trips From Dublin Airport
Airport trips are high value and a top priority for growth. Our airport marketing investment is already driving more trips from Dublin Airport than ever before. To keep demand high, we’re moving to an 80:20 revenue share. You will no longer have to remove the €3 booking fee.

On top of this, we’ve committed a significant investment to wider passenger incentives, all designed to get you more bookings and better earning opportunities than ever before. We will also continue to fund passenger discounts from Dublin Airport.

The legal bit
These changes start 27 January 2026. You’ll need to accept the updated GTCs in-app on this date. View the full terms here.

Who wrote that ? I taut cannibal lecter was a fictional character...

[Octavia1]

Apart from the money, it's the sense of powerlessness, when yanks take over complete contol of our working conditions, and this all aligns with the mindset of the republican terror state that is the USA, disruption of businesses, didroption everyone's livliehoods but their own, regime change etc. The USA's sense of entitlement is horrifying.

Bob .... the Yanks arnt responsible for allowing lyft or uber to  do what they want in ireland ? .... the government are . They are the legislators.... at least they are supposed to be . They cud / can stop it today if they wanted to ....... the same way the irish government could stop goldman sachs from buying every apartment block  being built in ireland and excluding them from the market . Thers deals being done in this country by senior politicians, so called businessmen and bankers the mafia wud be proud of .... it started with sutherland  and goes all the way up to wto wef and the united nations blackrock  yu fukin name it .... Meanwhile theyve taken everything away from our kids . The right to a home and a  living standard above the poverty line and  Now they're  talking neutrality isnt a thing abymore . bringin in conscription across Europe and bankrupting the countries of Europe with illegal immigrants and human trafficking profiteering on a scale that makes  the deep south look like a corner shop .....
Meanwhile ther distracting you and everyone else with free palastine  a war organised  and started by the islamic terrorism state of iran and telling you trump is a pedo cause he was photographed wit epstein 40 yers ago .....
Your being hoodwinked ... youll see it in time trump is the  great scapegoat

 

[watty]

In our December survey, 64% of you said a percentage-based model feels fairer.

Instead, we’re moving to a 75:25 revenue share. 

This will leave you better off than before.

The English language is a wonderfully flexible thing!

I wonder how many would agree to a 25% commission rate if asked outright?

Actually, does that 75 of the 75/25 revenue share go to us or FN?

[Punter]

Softening the Fleet up to an oncoming 20 % flat rate overall--

20% on one offer 25% on another---next will be 20% overall with 25% and 33% on their promotions---

Too make matter worse Diageo are jacking up Pint in Feb!

DOOMED we are --

[John m]

Punter your Wrong they want 40% .Thats their European Average .

[Wingnut]

Punter your Wrong they want 40% .Thats their European Average .

It won't stop at 25%, they will bleed us dry. The only thing is there isn't enough of a churn of drivers to drive prices down enough, if there was no rentals this wouldn't happen.

Sent from my V2454A using Tapatalk

[Belker]

In our December survey, 64% of you said a percentage-based model feels fairer.

Instead, we’re moving to a 75:25 revenue share. 

This will leave you better off than before.

The English language is a wonderfully flexible thing!

I wonder how many would agree to a 25% commission rate if asked outright?

Actually, does that 75 of the 75/25 revenue share go to us or FN?

I gotta agree with Watty, it was a very ambiguous email by FN.

Two Questions I have;

Is it actually 25% commission on Taxi Saver jobs ?

And Secondly of what Benefit is it to the customer if the full E3 PUC is reinstated ?

[Wingnut]

It's pretty simple just peel your stickers off.

Sent from my V2454A using Tapatalk

[Rat Catcher]

You can't do that, Wingnut. If it doesn't have a roof sign and door stickers and window stickers it's not a taxi.

The example given in the email suggests Free Now get the 25%, Watty and Ken. On a €15 job @ 25% you only pay €3.75 commission compared with €5.25 commission/discount under the current system i.e. under the new system the driver gets paid €1.50 more than under the current system.

Conversely, on a €70 job the driver gets paid €4.25 less under the new system.

On a €30 DAP pickup the driver gets €19.95 under the current system after all deductions (Discount, DAA Fee*, commission). Under the new system the driver will get €21.00 for the same job.

* excludes annual subscription fee.

[Rat Catcher]

Sorry, my mental arithmetic isn't what it was... on a €70 job the driver will get €4.45 less under the new regime, not €4.25 less as suggested above.

[Rat Catcher]

I guess we'll have to wait until it's implemented to see what the riders are charged, Ken.

What I've heard suggested is that the riders will get the same discount as now i.e. €3/job with the firm using the extra commission on higher fares to subsidise the extra discount on lower fares.

It seems to satisfy what drivers' prefer, at least 64% of them. In fact, BS suggested on another thread that he (for one) doesn't care how much commission is charged provided he gets the maximum metered fare before deducting said commission.

[Rat Catcher]

The other obvious benefit to riders is not having to rely on drivers to allow the agreed discount. It has been suggested on here and elsewhere that a lot of (immigrant) drivers accept Taxi Saver jobs and adding the PUC as they would on a full fare job. In fact, I did that myself by accident on a Taxi Saver job I accepted by mistake on NYE. That's the sort of thing that costs Free Now and the drivers who work for the firm repeat business.

... although I'd say some will still add the DAA fee that's not allowed. Maybe they should have made DAA jobs 25% as well and allowed drivers charge the DAA fee?