For this commuter in Mumbai ... taking a flight to Goa would have been cheaper than booking a cab to his home from work. Aggregator cab fares surged during the heavy downpour on Friday... showing him that it would cost him more than Rs 3000 to get home "Flight to Goa is cheaper than my ride home #peakMumbairains." The journey fare displayed on his app was Rs 3,041 for a hatchback, Rs 4,081 for a sedan and Rs 5,159 for an SUV. The passenger, Shravankumar Suvarna, had booked an Uber from Prabhadevi to go to Dombivli. Suvarna’s message went viral, with netizens opposing huge surge prices by aggregators. Sources in aggregator firms said surge price was an algorithm which was like a dynamic fare which depended on supply vis-a-vis demand. Sources said that since the rider was booking a cab in the rain, when demand was high, but supply low, the surge price kicked in automatically. The rider was trying to book a cab around 9.30 pm on June 30. Lately there have been similar cases wherein the surge price was over Rs 1,000 for rides after midnight.