By keeping your preferred currency as your home currency, you’ll pay the same fare for rides as the local currency. Prices of the rides will be shown in your home currency, with a fixed 1.5% conversion fee, so it’s easier to know how much you’re paying while abroad.
You can change your preferences to pay in the local currency at any time in the wallet.
Prices will be shown in the currency of the region you’re in. You may be charged variable conversion fees with an exchange rate set by your payment method provider, and foreign transaction fees may apply. Check your credit card or payment method terms for more information.
By default, Uber may assign your home currency as your preferred currency. The currency may be assigned to users gradually over a period of time but you can make changes to your currency preferences at any time in your Wallet within the Uber app. Your currency change will be reflected starting the next eligible trip.
If you choose to pay in a preferred currency instead of the local currency, you’ll be charged a 1.5% currency conversion fee by Uber.
If you choose to pay in the local currency, your bank or payment method provider may charge a conversion fee higher or lower than 1.5% and additional foreign transaction fees may apply.
We recommend checking your credit card or other payment method terms to learn more about fees that may apply to foreign transactions to decide which option is best for you.
Payment in your preferred currency is currently available in the United States, Canada, and the Eurozone.
Preferred currency pricing is currently unavailable with Uber Cash and business profiles. Availability of preferred currency pricing payment types is at the discretion of Uber.
Currency preferences can be used with all mobility products within the app, such as UberX, UberXL, UberBlack, and UberGreen. Split-fare, Uber Cash, Gift Cards, and Uber Eats/Delivery are not currently eligible for use with Preferred Currency Pricing.
Once booked, we can only switch the payment method used for a trip, not the currency. Charges on any new payment method will be processed in the preferred currency.
The currency conversion fee will only apply to your trip fare at the time of your trip request, and it will not be applied to your tip. This will be reflected on your trip receipt, and the exchange rate will not change in the event of post-trip fare adjustments, refunds, arrears settlements, etc.
Cancellation fees, clearing of arrears, and changing destinations will all be charged in the same currency as charged on the corresponding trip.