Ask HN: Uber Fare Adjustment Rip Off

This week we flew into France. When we got to the airport, we took an Uber to our AirBnB, which was supposed to cost $17.38. Later in the day, we got an email saying our fare was "corrected" by adding $3.26 "du prix de la course", which I believe means traffic.

The only thing was, there wasn't traffic. Our trip was supposed to take 16 minutes and actually took 16 minutes.

I googled around and it looks like Uber drivers are systematically requesting fare adjustments in order to increase their overall earnings.

Now...my issue with this is not the money or even that fare adjustments exist. Riders should pay for unexpected traffic and should probably pay more for Uber overall. My issue is that Uber is not supposed to be a shady taxi service. I don't want to get to the end of my trip and find out it's 20% more than I was promised for absolutely no reason.

Has this happened to anyone else?