You should have it. It's called Destination Filter. You have six in Lyft and two in Uber
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A Lot Of Rides To The Middle Of Nowhere! WTH
I'm not sure how Uber does it, but I think I'm in the data base as going to a certain spot, a LONG way away, without a chance for getting a trip to come back to the hot spots.
This happen on 5 trips just last night! Here am, in the heart of the city, waiting for a ping. I get one, and it takes me me about 6 miles out of the city. No worries, I'll take it. I drive back to the "hot spot" again, and PING.....another ride to the same apartment complex, 6 miles away. Now, the apartment complex is in BFE, and even if I stage there, I would have missed all the hot spot activity. So, this driving back and 4th 5 times last night, really ate up a long of time, not to mention every time I went out there, I would get another PING about 15 minutes away, in the complete opposite direction from the city. I wasn't going to take the chance to drive all that way, just for a 3 mile ride to the Piggly Wiggly.
Now granted, I did drive earlier this week and took a pax to this same apartment complex about 4pm on Wed. It's the 1st time I've ever been out to that place (ever before I started rideshare). Now, all the sudden, it seems that all my trips went out that way.
Then, at 2am, as I was driving back from this place and was going home, so I drove through the hot spot in town. A lot of people coming out of a local bar (a lot of college kids who live 1-2 miles away) and a $1.75 surge going on, I figured I can get about 3 or 4 real quick trips in the next half out, rack up $25, and head on home. I get my first ping. Guy gets in, 15 miles the total opposite directions of where I'd be heading to go home! WTF! I'd take that guy home, then have to head back with no chance for another ping.
I just don't know what I did to make Uber pick me for this trips!
This happen on 5 trips just last night! Here am, in the heart of the city, waiting for a ping. I get one, and it takes me me about 6 miles out of the city. No worries, I'll take it. I drive back to the "hot spot" again, and PING.....another ride to the same apartment complex, 6 miles away. Now, the apartment complex is in BFE, and even if I stage there, I would have missed all the hot spot activity. So, this driving back and 4th 5 times last night, really ate up a long of time, not to mention every time I went out there, I would get another PING about 15 minutes away, in the complete opposite direction from the city. I wasn't going to take the chance to drive all that way, just for a 3 mile ride to the Piggly Wiggly.
Now granted, I did drive earlier this week and took a pax to this same apartment complex about 4pm on Wed. It's the 1st time I've ever been out to that place (ever before I started rideshare). Now, all the sudden, it seems that all my trips went out that way.
Then, at 2am, as I was driving back from this place and was going home, so I drove through the hot spot in town. A lot of people coming out of a local bar (a lot of college kids who live 1-2 miles away) and a $1.75 surge going on, I figured I can get about 3 or 4 real quick trips in the next half out, rack up $25, and head on home. I get my first ping. Guy gets in, 15 miles the total opposite directions of where I'd be heading to go home! WTF! I'd take that guy home, then have to head back with no chance for another ping.
I just don't know what I did to make Uber pick me for this trips!
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I can't drive Lyft. My car doesn't qualify. I drive a 2004.
As for Uber, I don't even know where to find it. I'll have to go look. Thanks!
As for Uber, I don't even know where to find it. I'll have to go look. Thanks!
You still have two DF in Uber too. But it's definitely not enough if you are driving full time.I can't drive Lyft. My car doesn't qualify. I drive a 2004.
You can't really do much about this. You gotta admit huge deadmiles if you driver ful time.
Absolutely. And I've actually finished long trips to discover that I also drove through a surge and it applied to my next trip.Don't think I could say the same....I had a 40 minute $31 trip on Friday evening. No way I am making that in 6 short $3 surge trips.
When I see the 45+ minute warning, I say "heck yeah!" ? My car gets around 44 mph highway, the pay is decent, and if it's long enough I just quit for the night after. Had one that was around $100 with tip, good enough!
Deadmiles though ...Absolutely. And I've actually finished long trips to discover that I also drove through a surge and it applied to my next trip.
When I see the 45+ minute warning, I say "heck yeah!" ? My car gets around 44 mph highway, the pay is decent, and if it's long enough I just quit for the night after. Had one that was around $100 with tip, good enough!
The DF is the key to getting back from longer trips so you really do need to find out how to use it. I like long rides and with patience can often at least get part of the trip back.I can't drive Lyft. My car doesn't qualify. I drive a 2004.
As for Uber, I don't even know where to find it. I'll have to go look. Thanks!
Many short trips (even with surge) I try to avoid. You are "grounding and pounding" your car being a taxi. Takes a big toll on your brakes.
True. But the last two times I actually had trips going back to roughly where I live. And not with DF.Deadmiles though ...
My brakes are totally shot. Time to drive more so that I can get them serviced :frown:You are "grounding and pounding" your car being a taxi. Takes a big toll on your brakes.
I actually drove a 10' moving truck all day yesterday that stopped quicker than my Civic. That's bad. ?
You can, but then you get the whiney/*****y pax who'll complain to Uber about you and it.It happens to me alot too. It is what it is.
Just last night about 12:35a.m., I'm almost home, app still on and Ping.
I pull up, and ask him where they're going? He tells me an area ~18mi the opposite way from home. I tell and why and decline, there's a discussion and he was cool with it, not so much his wife.
I cancelled and clicked 'do not charge rider'
Why can't you do that?
I actually did this twice on Friday, only it was because the pickup location was far away. Uber glitched the first time, "three minutes" was actually 30. Called, the pax thanked me for reaching out and I canceled. The second time, I couldn't find a way to the pax because of a road closure. Again, no problem.It happens to me alot too. It is what it is.
Just last night about 12:35a.m., I'm almost home, app still on and Ping.
I pull up, and ask him where they're going? He tells me an area ~18mi the opposite way from home. I tell and why and decline, there's a discussion and he was cool with it, not so much his wife.
I cancelled and clicked 'do not charge rider'
Why can't you do that?
I often experience this phenomenon. I'll get a ping to pick up a pax at some not particularly busy location miles away hat I've never been to before. I pick them up, drive them to wherever they want to go, then start driving back to my favorite hangout. A ride or two later I'll get another ping to that same place, and sometimes another. It's as if I've become the "go to guy" for that particular place for an hour or so.
Here in Tucson I can drive from one side of town to the other on a 45+ trip. Typically I just work that area for the night and then DF towards home when I finished for the night.Deadmiles though ...
Destination mode has been taken away in many areas. It is still offered in other areas with lower rates than normal - as if 'normal' was not low enough. This is one of the worst changes Uber has made - now I have too many dead miles trying to get back closer to home.
Lyft still offers up to 6 destination modes. Normally I have both Uber and Lyft all the time. But when heading back, I simply switch Uber off and put destination mode on in Lyft.
Lyft still offers up to 6 destination modes. Normally I have both Uber and Lyft all the time. But when heading back, I simply switch Uber off and put destination mode on in Lyft.
Wow, i would never drive so far for work.6 miles away is BFE? What sort of rides are you looking for, 1 mile rides? I commute roughly about 45-50 miles each way to get into the busy market. 6 miles is nothing.
It's increasingly difficult to find affordable housing anywhere near the city where I live.Wow, i would never drive so far for work.
Long commutes are the norm for many people working in larger cities.Wow, i would never drive so far for work.
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