No, it's not a typographical error. It is indeed I, not the driver, who kept the change. But before you let your creative mind do its job, let me explain first. You see, I had been longing to go to Noel Bazaar located at the World Trade Center, which is just a few kilometers away from where I live. I already knew that today is the last day of the event and if I miss this chance, I will have to wait for another year. Hence, I googled and checked its FB page, and voila! This ad caught my attention:
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I have never used the GrabTaxi before although I had the app downloaded to my phone about a year ago when I joined the 2013 Blogapalooza last year. So, as a first time user, I dialed their customer service contact no. at 845-0943 and inquired on how to avail of the promo. I was instructed that, upon arrival at the venue, the driver should drop me off in front of the GrabTaxi booth. Accordingly, the GrabTaxi in-charge will be the one who will facilitate with the payment and I could just walk away without paying anything since my estimated taxi fare would be less than the P100 refund.
Hence, when we arrived, we immediately looked for the booth, which were nowhere to be found. We were already about 15 meters passed the entrance door when we chanced upon the security guard who told us that the booth is, unfortunately, inside the building. I had no choice but to walk back to the entrance door while the poor driver was being hushed to park at the far end of the area. When I approached the booth, the in-charge then requested me to show her the online booking. I was a bit impatient at first as I was concerned of the running taxi meter but I immediately relaxed when I realized that my taxi fare is just a few pesos more than half of the P100 refund. To my surprise, the in-charge handed me the P100 bill without even asking how much my taxi fare was! I was so happy that I did not bother "dancing" my way back to the taxi for another 15 meters, gave the driver the exact amount of fare PLUS a tip, and of course, I kept my change. :)
What more, I got a free GrabTaxi t-shirt for downloading the app:
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And did I not mention that I availed of the free entrance to the Bazaar because of GrabTaxi?
And as if that was not enough, I was not charged of the P70 booking fee. I was just instructed to type the word, "hohoho" in the promo code space of the app and got a confirmation of the zero booking fee.
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Also, true to the front text print of the Grab Taxi t-shirt, I should say that the taxi was fast enough that it was already parked beside the gate when I hurriedly went out of the building. I was wrong when I thought that getting a taxi through a taxi app would take much time, which was the reason why I was not able to avail of GrabTaxi last year.
I missed that chanced. Nonetheless, I am just one happy GrabTaxi rider, for now.
