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    Fare rules - what the entry or minimum fare includes

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    An entry fare of 3.50 usually buys the passenger something: the first mile, say, rather than nothing at all. This screen is where you say what it buys, and what happens to the time charge in the meantime.

    Reach it from the HANDLING ENTRY/MINIMUM FARE row in the fare editor . The row is inactive until the entry fare or the minimum fare is non-zero.

    The Fare rules screen: what the fare includes, the included mileage, and the time-handling rules

    What the fare includes

    The top row offers three options:

    • Minimum fare includes extras and fare up to its own value. No included mileage — the minimum is simply a floor that swallows the metered fare and any extras beneath it.
    • Entry/base fare includes limited mileage/time. The entry fare buys a set distance.
    • Minimum fare includes limited mileage/time. The same, but attached to the minimum fare instead.

    Pick one of the latter two and Included mileage appears below it: “Miles included in entry fare. By driving this mileage you earn entry fare." Until the car has covered it, the passenger is paying for distance already bought.

    The time charge before that mileage is reached

    This is the part that separates one operator’s rules from another’s, so all four options exist:

    • Add time fare to meter instantly regardless of reaching the min mileage.
    • Hide time fare until min mileage is reached, add to meter on reaching it.
    • Deduct the equivalent amount of time fare from min mileage left.
    • Until min mileage is reached throw the time charge away — the passenger is simply not billed for that time.

    The four are compared side by side, with worked examples, in idle time with a minimum mileage .

    Capping the time you give away

    Choosing to throw the time charge away adds two more rows:

    • Limit time waived — YES or NO.
    • Maximum time waived — how much you are prepared to lose. “When waived time is over this value, time will be added to fare even before reaching minimum included mileage."

    Two minutes is a typical cap; some operators use exactly that. Without a cap, a long wait inside the included mileage costs you the whole of it.

    On Android

    The same screen, the same three options for what the fare includes and the same four for the time charge. Nothing to relearn.

    More on fares:

    Fare editor ▪︎ Time rules ▪︎ Idle time with a minimum mileage ▪︎ Fare library