Uber has expanded its rewards program UberCLUB to 7 Indian cities: Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kochi and Coimbatore. A year ago, UberCLUB was launched in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi NCR and Uber planned to expand it to other cities in the coming months, but seems to have done that now. UberCLUB is an extension of the global Momentum Rewards Program (which was launched in November 2014) and will let Indian drivers avail rewards and discounts on car insurance and maintenance, lifestyle and health and wellness services. In India, depending on driver performance and quality, there will be 3 tiers: Silver, Gold and Diamond. Uber does not elaborate on the parameters or the tiers of program, but says that drivers will be updated on how to move to the next tier and access more of the CLUB rewards. It does not state who its partners for the rewards are. Last month, Uber tied up with Toyota Kirloskar Motors to provide a supposed 90% on road financing package for first time drivers. In September, Uber said it would lease over 200,000 cabs to drivers in India under the UberShaan initiative. Ola driver rewards program Ola Stars In March 2015, Ola launched its driver rewards program called Ola Stars and was, like Uber, performance based. Ola Stars would offer benefits like medical insurance, scholarship for children, skill development training to fuel discounts and car-servicing benefits. Recently, Ola tied up with Mahindra & Mahindra to provide vehicles on loans to 40,000 drivers and in…
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