I accidentally stumbled across a great deal for people with JUMP bikes / scooters in their city. I had purchased an Uber ride pass for $24.99 a month for other reasons. I live in San Francisco, where JUMP bikes (but not scooters) are plentiful. I’ve been playing with JUMP bikes recently, and after I got the ride pass, noticed that the app was now saying I got 30 minutes a day of rental minutes free! I ride around 6 times a week for an average of 8 minutes each. At a cost of $0.15 per minute, that ends up around $28 of JUMP costs. Plus, I get all the normal Uber ride pass discounts too, so it’s a great deal!

Free JUMP rides!

You can reserve a bike either directly from the Uber app or the JUMP app. If you reserve from the Uber app, it doesn’t display what is a service area until you get to the reservation screen, so I’ve gotten myself in trouble for riding into non-serviced areas. At the reservation screen, it will tell you how many free minutes you have left. You don’t necessarily need to reserve a bike, but it does prevent someone else from biking off with the one you held. Also, just walking up to a random JUMP bike on the street doesn’t always work, as some are reserved, some are out of service, and some don’t seem to be unlockable for reasons I haven’t figured it out.

At the end of the ride, you are supposed to lock up the bike to some fixed thing if you can, but it isn’t necessary. You also don’t have to take a photo to prove that you didn’t block a sidewalk or anything

Some other notes: I’m not entirely sure whether the time to walk to your reserved bike counts against the free time. Also, JUMP bikes don’t work very well on steep hills, and if you end up walking it, it is way worse than walking a normal bike due to the weight. Enjoy JUMPing around!