Rental car companies do, too.

Now, ride-hailing apps are following suit by creating rewards programs for their customers.

This week, both Uber and Lyft announced their respective rewards programs on their corporate blogs.

Woman holds cell phone with Lyft app open.

The program will be available to more riders next year as Lyft Rewards expands.

Lyft didnt specify exactly how the program would work in its initial announcement but promised updates in 2019.

A Lyft representative could not immediately be reached.

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Theres a lot more to share about Ubers program Uber Rewards.

Members reach different tiers by earning a certain number of points in a six-month period.

Our team has compiled alist of creative waysyou can fatten your bank account this week.

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This is a long list, so dont get overwhelmed.

Go ahead and start now, but be sure to bookmark this post so you could easily return later.

Well keep it updated as offers changes or expire.

Once members earn 500 points, they rise to the gold level.

Rewards members with 2,500 points move up to the platinum level.

Those with 7,500 points advance to the diamond level.

The benefits gold members get include:

The benefits platinum members get include:

Did you know?

Uber says itll expand the rewards program to the rest of the U.S. in the coming months.

Nicole Dow is a senior writer at The Penny Hoarder.

(Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?)

You know which ones were talking about: rent, utilities, cell phone bill, insurance, groceries…