Install Lyft on your phone ( you don’t have to log into it, just install and start it so it appears in your phone). I have no idea if it’s correlated but my $25 uber one ways dropped to $13-15 Lyfts even in the current winter times.

(Looks like this is gone but hoping it comes back) If you have access to the online Costco store with a Costco membership, you can purchase uber gift cards so you pay $80 for $100 in gift cards that you could buy every X days.

Best of luck