Uber Freight on Wednesday, March 21, rolled out a new rewards program aimed at helping small fleets and carriers in its capacity network to reduce operating costs.
The Uber Freight Plus program includes fuel and maintenance discounts, discounts on cell phone plans, as well as rebates on the acquisition of additional equipment.
“The discounts are some of the same – or even better – that you would find around the industry,” says Uber Freight Senior Product Manager Eric Berdinis.
The Uber Plus program includes a Comdata-backed Uber Freight Fuel Card, good for 20 cents off diesel retail rates at TA and Petro truck stops nationwide. A smaller discount is available from members of the Roady’s network of independent truck stops.
A discount of up to 30 percent on Goodyear tires – bought at any sales location — is also built into the program. Julia Zaga, Uber Freight’s senior business development associate, says the tire discount is applied at the time of purchase, adding tires can be bought from any Goodyear-authorized dealer.
Carriers don’t need to use the card to buy the tires, Zaga says. They simply must be an active enrollee in the Uber Freight Plus program, and the card “could be your proof of membership when you take it to the TA Petro” not only for tires but parts as well.
To be eligible for enrollment in Uber Freight’s rewards program, a carrier must book at least one load per month through the Uber Freight platform or risk having their fuel and tire discount privileges suspended. Carriers utilizing Uber Freight can apply for the fuel card “while you’re taking your first load,” Berdinis says.
