Price lock
You can lock in a price for rides you frequently take from the same pickup and drop-off locations at a similar time of day.
Once you sign up and pay $2.99, you can secure the price of regular and scheduled rides during your chosen pickup time for the next month. You’ll always pay your locked-in price or less as long as your price lock pass is valid. If the market rate is lower than your locked-in price at the time of request, you’ll pay the market rate.
You can reach up to $40 in savings per month per pass before having to pay the market rate. Your pass is automatically renewed every month. Your locked-in price may vary each month.
Price lock is only available in Lyft-operated cities in the US.
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Signing up
To sign up for a price lock pass, go to ‘Price lock’ in the main menu of the Lyft app, then:
- Confirm your pickup and drop-off locations.
- Select a one hour window each day for when the price lock pass is active.
- Check out.
Once you pay the $2.99 price lock fee, you’ll receive a locked-in price that will automatically apply to any standard or scheduled rides requested during your set 1 hour pickup window.
Note: The locked-in price may not appear until your selected request window.
How it works
When you request a ride, you’ll see your locked-in price. This price is calculated based on the historical average price of your route.
From the day you sign up, you’ll pay your locked-in price as long as your price lock pass is valid. The pass is valid until you reach $40 in savings each month.
If you’re being charged more than your locked-in price, your pass has either expired or you’ve reached the $40 maximum savings limit on that specific pass.
If you’ve reached the $40 maximum savings limit, you can choose to renew your pass early. When you do this, your pass will automatically renew a month from the day you renew early. The locked-in price for the pass may change.
Price lock can be used with other Lyft benefits and coupons. You can have up to 10 price lock passes at any given time.
Note: Using a price lock pass won’t affect how long it takes to get a ride.
Managing your price lock pass
You can manage any existing price lock passes and sign up for additional passes by going to ‘Price Lock’ in the main menu of the Lyft app. From there, go to any existing passes to view pass details and auto-renewal settings.
To sign up for additional price lock passes, select ‘Add a price lock pass’ and follow the prompts to create a new price lock pass.
You can also edit your payment method on the pass details page. You are allowed to use a different payment method for each pass.
Something wrong with your route?
If your route information is incorrect, you can edit your route in the Lyft app before using your Price Lock pass for the first time.
To edit your route:
- Go to the Price lock pass details page.
- Tap ‘Edit price lock pass.’
- Edit the pickup, drop-off and/or request window.
- Tap ‘Update pass’ once you’ve filled in the correct information.
Note: Your locked-in price may change after you update the route.
Need to cancel your pass?
If you haven’t used your pass yet, you can cancel it for a refund.
- Go to the Price lock pass details page.
- Tap ‘Edit price lock pass.’
- Tap ‘Cancel pass for a refund.’
If you’ve already used your pass you can cancel it, but you won’t be eligible for a refund.
- Go to the Price lock pass details page.
- Tap ‘Manage.’
- Tap ‘Cancel pass.’
Auto-renewal
Your price lock pass is automatically renewed every month.
The fee will remain $2.99 per pass, but the locked-in price may change each month. We’ll send your new locked-in price per pass 7 days in advance. For example, you could pay the $2.99 monthly fee and a $15.49 locked-in price for the first month and the $2.99 monthly fee and $16.49 locked-in price for the second month.
You can cancel auto-renewal at any time by going to the ‘Price lock’ tab in the main menu, selecting the pass details page, and selecting 'cancel' next to the renewal date.
Once auto-renewal is canceled, the price lock pass can still be used until the specified expiration date.
If your primary payment method doesn’t work upon renewal, Lyft will charge your backup payment method. You’ll have 7 days to update your primary payment method before having to repurchase a new pass for your route.
Pause your pass
You can pause your price lock pass for 1-2 weeks. Your locked-in price will stay the same until your pass renews. You won’t be billed until after you resume.
To pause your price lock pass:
- =Go to the pass details page.
- Select ‘Manage’ next to your renewal date.
- Choose how long you’d like to pause your price lock pass.