Uber and taxis in Birmingham
Every black cab licensed by Birmingham City Council carries a card machine, so paying by card is always possible; whether the driver also takes cash is not written down anywhere. At the airport the black cabs sit outside the terminal and need no booking at all. Uber and Bolt both operate in the city, but Uber's in-app Taxi class is not offered for airport trips, and Uber warns that an airport journey can carry a surcharge covering its car-park costs without saying what that comes to. Tickets, passes and contactless are on the Birmingham page.
Licensed taxis
Hackney Carriage
- How you pay
- Takes cards (guaranteed). Card payment acceptance is mandatory - Birmingham-licensed hackney carriages must carry the means to process credit, debit and pre-loaded payment card transactions on board, a condition in force since 1 January 2020.
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- Street hail or rank.
- Cost
- Metered.
- Worth knowing
- Card-acceptance mandate (condition 33, effective 01/01/2020) applies to every Birmingham-licensed hackney carriage vehicle, not just those working the airport.
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Complete Taxi Management UKbirminghamairportcabs.co.uk
- How you pay
- Cards at some.
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- Rank, phone or app.
- Cost
- Metered.
- Worth knowing
- No advance booking is needed at the rank: No booking is required, go straight to the taxi rank. The online and phone channels exist for pre-booked quotes and larger or return journeys, rather than being the primary way to get a cab at BHX.
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Ride apps licensed here
Uberuber.com
- How you pay
- Takes payment in the app and cash. In-app card payment is the default; Uber UK's help centre states cash is also now selectable as a payment method (paid directly to the driver at trip end).
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- How you get one
- In the app.
- Cost
- Upfront price shown in the app before you book.
- Worth knowing
- Uber's own Birmingham Airport taxi landing page states outright: As at Manchester Airport, this means Uber's in-app Taxi product category (metered black-cab-style dispatch some UK cities offer inside the Uber app) is not offered at BHX - only the standard rideshare classes (UberX/XL/Exec/Access) are available there.
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Boltbolt.eu
- How you pay
- Takes payment in the app. In-app payment via linked Mastercard/Visa/AmEx card (AmEx Euro-zone only); Bolt's own payment-method-management page lists only card options, no cash option to add.
- How you get one
- In the app.
- Cost
- Upfront price shown in the app before you book.
- Worth knowing
- Bolt's own Birmingham city page confirms service with ride categories Bolt (standard), Bolt Flex (1-4 seats, driver/rider-set pricing), Flex XL (6 seats), Flex Comfort and Flex Executive, alongside Bolt Food, Drive, Micromobility and Business in the same market.
What is not recorded
- Whether Complete Taxi Management UK takes cash is not recorded. Ask before you set off, and carry cash in case the car doesn't take cards.
- The area Hackney Carriage covers is not recorded. Check the pickup point is inside it before you rely on the ride.
- No published tariff is recorded for Hackney Carriage and Complete Taxi Management UK. Ask for an estimate before you set off, and check the meter is running.