SMS Booking
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Passengers can now look forward to "cashing"in on their free SMSes and save on "talk-time" when booking a ComfortDelgro taxi with the new SMS taxi booking mode .
With the latest technology , simply key-in "BOOK", along with the postal code of their pick-up address to 71222 to book a taxi .
Currently on trial , SMS taxi booking is expected to be available to all commuters by the first half year of this year .
So far , trial users has been happy with the result .
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Do not underestimate the power of booking, that is what luring me to switching over to ComfortDelGro Taxi Business.
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helo chong, can share how many calls with premier you get usually in your shift? 9pm to 1030pm in town sure got got within 5 min?
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so what's the cost of the SMS..
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FREE ! Unless ur handphone sms service is chargeable .
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Originally posted by ALN:
helo chong, can share how many calls with premier you get usually in your shift? 9pm to 1030pm in town sure got got within 5 min?
Alvin , Premier calls in town within 5 minute ? U wait long long ar .....Premier will only have calls if customers cannot get Comfort .
Right ? David ?
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Oh yea..and then when the whole thing goes public - there'll be a special version for tourists.
Instead of BOOK,tourists have to text TOURIST<space>HOTEL or current location.
And instead of normal taxis like Crowns to pick them up,premium "special" Mercedes will be used.
Special as in overcharging a flat charge(meters will not be installed lol) of $50 to the tourists for anywhere and $200 to airport/Sentosa
If this method is used,the touts now have a luxurious business liao
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I seldom take call in town as I just go for the $3 CBD surcharge, Silvercab is rather low tech using walkie-talkie, where got time to go and bid for call unless I am on the way back to town, the most booking I took in town is 2 calls usually bid for 10 minutes arrival.
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no need to make until so high-tech
waive the booking fee better. -
Originally posted by FireIce:
no need to make until so high-tech
waive the booking fee better.
wait long long .... -
With SingTel, MobileOne and StarHub giving 500 free SMS per month for most of their plans, I see great potential in SMS taxi booking!
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good lah... hope it means for booking.... nowadays i sense bookings drop liao ... must be cos train service better now....
I have yet to try prime taxi... wanted to try but no chance.... took citycab sonata and silver crown recently.... both drivers sounds more friendly than previous cabbies with comfort.... their faces like i owe them $500 never pay up... some cabbies really spoil image lah... no need to chit chat but at least smile once mah correct... some more i purposely flag for a comfort cab to give fellow colleagues business...
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Since this trial went on since a month ago, 2,350 passengers have tried this mode of booking..
The total number of SMSes sent was a total of 10,500 & about 94% of the calls were successfully matched with a taxi..
This service will be very useful for the deaf or mute..