The listening to on the surge fee and alleged overcharging of Grab was rescheduled to January 10, 2023, in keeping with Joseph Morong’s “24 Oras” report on Tuesday.
The listening to set on Tuesday, December 13 was rescheduled after the legal professionals for Grab couldn’t attend attributable to COVID-19 publicity.
“Nakakalungkot, expect Grab to have higher fare sa inyo. Wala pa rin tayong parameters kung kailan dapat magsurge kasi wala pang decision,” Atty. Ariel Inton, president of Lawyers for Commuter Safety and Protection, mentioned.
(This is gloomy, count on Grab to have larger fare for you. There are nonetheless no parameters when surge fee apply as a result of there may be nonetheless no resolution (on the matter.)
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will solely determine on whether or not or to not set the instances when the surge charges needs to be efficient after the listening to.
The different points with the LTFRB can not even be selected and these embody alleged overcharging journeys which might be lower than 4 kilometers.
“Maliwanag yung matrix eh di ba, ang flagdown P40 eh sa kanila P85,” Inton mentioned.
(The matrix is evident, the flagdown fee is P40 however they cost P85.)
Based on the fare matrix of LTFRB, the flag down fee of P45 with extra P15 per kilometer and P2 per minute of the journey, it would solely value P60 per one kilometer besides when the journey is sluggish.
GMA News Online sought remark from firm however Grab mentioned they haven’t any touch upon the matter.
Grab mentioned they are going to have extra 200 models in airports, which was requested by the Manila International Airport Authority o MIAA this vacation season.
“We started discussions on this three months ago. The problem with the airport is there’s always a deluge of passengers at certain times,” Ronald Roda, Grab director for Strategy and Operations, mentioned.
The passengers can guide within the Grab app “airport to anywhere service” from December 16, 2022 to January 16, 2023.
“You only see that if you’re in the airport or the reverse, you put a pin that says you’re going to the airport,” Roda mentioned. — Richa Noriega/BAP, GMA Integrated News
