Prime riding is indeed rewarding and things just keep getting better! Through the rest of January, for every three rides you take on Prime, you earn a free Prime ride! So, 6 Prime rides would mean 2 free rides and 9 Prime rides would mean 3 free rides!

To enroll for the offer, all you need to do is use code PRIME3 on your next Prime ride. Your rides under this offer will get calculated from this ride.

The Prime experience features an exclusive In-Cab Wifi, together with our top rated drivers and quality Sedans, reserved for a chosen few, like you.

USE CODE PRIME3

Note: Free rides will be credited on the 3rd of February and will be available in your Offers & Coupons section.

Terms & Conditions

1. Applicable only in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi

2. Applicable only on Prime rides, completed in January

3. Free ride vouchers worth Rs. 250 will be credited on 3rd Feb

4. Ride vouchers will be worth Rs 250 each

5. For support, e-mail at support@olacabs.com or call 080-33553355

The Aircel Chennai Open 2016 is here and it’s happening in India’s very own Tennis capital – Chennai! The finals are on January 10 and we’re sure that you are super excited about all the edge-of-the-seat action that it’s got in store.

Don’t worry yet if you’ve missed out on getting tickets to the Aircel Chennai Open Finals?

We’ve got some premium passes for you! That’s not all; we also plan to drive you to the venue in an Ola!

Open the Ola App

Click on the CHN OPEN Icon (between 3 pm – 4 pm on January 10)

If you are among the fastest ones to click, an Ola will arrive at your doorstep with a couple premium pass for the match an drive you to the stadium!

Terms & Conditions:

• Applicable only in Chennai
• Requests for the tickets and ride will be very high, please try more than once for higher chances of success
• Ola reserves the right to modify/withdraw the activity at its own discretion
• Offer includes couple premium passes to the final match and ride to the stadium only

We’re going to help you reach new heights (literally!)

The festival of harvesting, Makar Sankranti is here and we thought we’ll add a little more fun to your celebrations. So we are bringing some kites and a spool to your doorstep!

Tap on the CROP icon and some pretty kites and a spool will reach you in an Ola, in a matter of minutes!

                                OPEN the OLA app (between 9AM- 12PM, on 14th January)

                                                               Click on the KITES icon

Terms & Conditions:

• Applicable only in Jaipur, Ranchi and Hyderabad
• Requests for the kites will be very high, please try more than once for higher chances of success
• Ola reserves the right to modify/withdraw the activity at its own discretion
• Offer includes only kites, no rides
• Cabs subject to availability

 

Ola Delhi!

So the Odd-Even rule is dawning upon us and we know that most of you are wondering “Office Kaise Jaaoon?”, right?

Well, we’ve got JUST the solution for you,

Presenting CarPool!

 

We’ll tell you how you can easily travel on days when you can’t take your car out and also how you can help someone else in need on days when you can take your car out. We’re united with the Govt’s vision for a greener Delhi. Do your bit to #UNCLOG Delhi.

Here’s how you can use Carpool on the Ola App.

Open the Olacabs App and select ‘Carpool’

If you click on ‘Travel with Friends’, the app will take you to your contact list

Once your friends are added, click on  ‘Start Booking’ to  go to the booking screen 

 

Looking for a Ride, follow these steps: 

Clicking on ‘Start Booking’ takes you to the next screen which will give you the options ‘I need a ride’ and ‘I’m Driving’, along with the Drop Location, choose ‘I Need A Ride’ 

 

 

 

Once selected, both you and your fellow carpooler will get the confirmation screen with details

 

Next, you’ll see the ‘Track Ride’ screen which’ll show you the location of your fellow carpooler

For your safety, once you board the car, the track ride screen also shows an SOS button, which can be used for safety purpose

Post the ride, you can rate your fellow Carpooler and you can also choose to ‘gift’ your fellow carpooler in the form of Lunch, Coffee or a Drink using Ola Money

 

Want to share your ride with someone, follow these steps:

Clicking on ‘Start Booking’ takes you to the next screen which will give you the options ‘I need a ride’ and ‘I’m Driving’, along with the Drop Location, choose ‘I’m Driving’

 

When you do so for the first time, CarPool will ask you for your few details

Next up, enter your destination in ‘Drop Location’

Now, wait while the app finds you a fellow Carpooler

 

 

Once you get a fellow Carpooler, you’ll be shown their location and you can use the in-app navigation to reach their location. 

If you don’t wish to continue, you may even cancel the ride. 

 

 

 

 

Upon completion of the ride, you can rate your fellow carpooler too!

 

That’s it! You’re all set to go about your daily travel with #CarPool.

Car Pool is absolutely free to use for all users of Ola App in Delhi, consider this as our little contribution to #UnclogDelhi. We hope you’re gonna do the same. Start #Carpooling today.

 

2015 is over and we’re still in awe of the beautiful journey that it was and it was all because of you. As 2016 begins, we want to take a moment and look back at the awesome year that 2015 was.

 

Today, we have many more ride options for you to choose from. In 2015, we launched Ola Share, CarPool and Ola Shuttle services, and also brought onboard TaxiForSure cabs and Kolkata’s yellow taxis onto the Ola app.

Here are some of the other key milestones we reached:

• In 2015, over 25 million customers booked an Ola ride, across 102 cities.
• In 2015, our average time of arrival for an Ola Cab has dropped to less than 5 minutes in urban India.
• We were in 5 cities in the beginning of 2014, today we’re in 102 cities, so wherever you are, an Ola is not too far away

Well, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. You’ve been a part of many more beautiful memories that we made this year.

Here’s to a Happy New Year and to a cheerful ride ahead!

December is usually a great time to look back and introspect on the year that was. And for us, that meant looking at how India moved over the course of the last year. A deep dive into the Ola pool of data, gathered from ferrying millions everyday, has revealed a mine of some interesting and some baffling data about our cities.

Here are some interesting facts at a glance:

1. Kolkata, and not Bangalore takes the first spot as the city with the slowest moving traffic.

2. 6:30 PM – That’s the time when traffic peaks the highest across all cities in the country.

3. The best time to be on the road? It’s between 3am and 4 am

4. Chennaiites are the earliest to start their work-day

Here’s the infographic:

Coimbatore! New Year’s here and we’ve arranged for some great discounts and deals at restaurants across Coimbatore, exclusively for you! Just ride in an OLA cab to enjoy exclusive discounts at your favourite restaurants.

Here’s what you have to do:

Ride in an OLA cab

Flash your Invoice SMS of ride bet31 between 31 Dec 2015 – 10 Jan 2016

Enjoy exclusive discounts at your favourite eateries

Here’s the list of restaurants that we’ve partnered with and the offers you can avail at these restaurants:

Restaurant	Address	Discounts
Bells	Saravanampatti	Flat 10% on bill
Bells	Nehru Stadium	Flat 10% on bill
Mexitoes	Peelamedu	Flat 10% on bill
Zucca pizzeria	Peelamedu	Flat 20% on A la Carte
Kokode Resorts	Bungalowpadi, Kothagiri	Flat 10% on bill

 **Kokode Resort is a part of Bells restaurant.

Terms and Conditions:

• The offer is applicable only in Coimbatore between 31st December 2015 and 10th January 2016
• The OLA cab receipt has to be between 31st Dec 2015 and 10th Jan 2016 to avail the offers
• The offer is available at the discretion of the partnering restaurant and may vary across partners
• OLA reserves the right to modify/withdraw the offer at its own discretion

The Chennai Floods were nothing short of a disaster. A lot of lives were lost, a lot of people lost their homes, their belongings and much more. But there was one thing that Chennai didn’t lose, its spirit. The city came together as one and fought the calamity that nature hath upon us.

The Ola walk-ins Office in Chennai faced the fury of nature too, we came back strong with a revamped and renovated office space, which was inaugurated on 28 Dec 2015.

Guess who did we choose to inaugurate the new office?
No, not Rajnikanth, not even a big shot politician or a Bollywood actor. Our new office was inaugurated by Ganesh.

 

Now, You’d be wondering “Who’s Ganesh?”

Ganesh is a driver with Ola. After the Chennai floods, Ganesh worked with dedication and also achieved the highest rating to become the Captain of Ola. He drove through rain and water and helped all of his customers reach their destination.

At Ola, we respect our Partners and we recognise that success happens only because of the hard work that they put in for the organisation and we are always ready to support them in every possible way and ready to recognise and reward highly rated partners and hard workers!

 

Ola Hyderabad! We know you’re excited about the release of ‘Nenu Sailaja’, well guess what? so are we! Now, Ola is the Travel Partner of the  movie and since we’re your travel partners too, we’re going to make you meet the star cast of the movie!

Yes, this is your chance to meet Energetic Star Ram and Keerthi Suresh! So, whether you want a photograph or an autograph, get ready to get starstruck!

To meet the stars:  

Open the Ola App

Book a ride

Use code OLASTAR

Cross Your Fingers and wish to be amongst the Lucky 10 who’ll meet the stars!

Terms and Conditions:

• Offer applicable only in Hyderabad for rides completed on 31 Dec 2015 and 1 Jan 2016
• OLA reserves the right to modify/withdraw the offer at its own discretion
• Limited number of invites
• Winners will be chosen via randomizer
• Winners will be informed separately