It's really city dependent. Like here in Chicago I see more people riding Uber. But I am starting to see a lot of Lyft cars now adays.

 

No science to this. Sometimes Ord requests are neck to neck but Lyft will typically ask you to proceed to terminal at queue position #35 but Uber will let the count decrement to #0 before you leave the Ord Tnp pit. Demand more often higher for Uber at Ord, my experience.

By the way, the poll question
is "how many," but answer choices are not range or qty. I wonder why that is.

 

No science to this. Sometimes Ord requests are neck to neck but Lyft will typically ask you to proceed to terminal at queue position #35 but Uber will let the count decrement to #0 before you leave the Ord Tnp pit. Demand more often higher for Uber at Ord, my experience.

By the way, the poll question
is "how many," but answer choices are not range or qty. I wonder why that is.

Yeah it would be nice if there was a quantity field

 

To add, more often I poll my pax what platform they prefer, and which one is cheaper. They tell me Lyft is pricier. Some have opined they have a corporate ax to grind versus Travis in light of recent video, Susan Fowler blog, and #deleteUber campaign during Kennedy Airport incident (Trump ban on travel for non citizens from/to 7 countries).

 

I average 2.2 rides per hour on Uber. Each hour of each day is different, but it averages out to 2.2 rides per hour.

 

The most Uber rides Ive done in a day was 31. That was the day of New Years. About 10 hours, starting at 8am. There was never a reason to turn on Lyft that day. Most drivers were still sleeping, and PAX were too hung over to drive themselves.

 

On an hourly basis, I aim for 3 trips per hour. That's staying in the city. The most I ever did in a day was 40, in 12.5 hours online. Grossed around $350 that day, including about $45 in promos.

 

I did 31 rides one long Friday night, picking-up $235 net in fares, and another $6 or $7 in tips. I followed with 24 rides that Saturday for another $175, bagging the 55 for $80 weekend incentive. I stayed in the city. It was a killer two days, but I made almost 5 bills in net pay, minus gas of $20 and $18. So I cleared $450 in my pocket for two days. I put on around 400 miles doing it. I worked like a dog, but I got my Sunday off. It was a good weekend.

My best single money day was a straight $290 in net fares - no incentive bonus - on St Paddy's Day. Grabbed my first fare Near North at 3:00p, and worked pretty much straight through until bar close staying in the city. It took 29 rides, and about 45% of my pay was surge ($135). After $18 in gas, I put around 250 in my pocket.

I've been driving since February, with 600 Uber rides and maybe 100 Lyfts. If I come out I do long hours starting just before afternoon rush, working through the bar close or until I meet my goals. I stay in the city. I try to push for $150 net fares minimum on weekdays, and $200 minimum on Friday & Saturday. I was able to hit that throughout March, but the last week has slipped a bit along with my getting lazy also and ending my nights slightly earlier. I still come right-there close to my minimum goals though, but I think I'm done with Tuesdays and am going to start coming out on Mondays. I don't work Sunday.

 

Some days one ride seems like two too many.

 

Yeah but if you're anything like me, once you get your ass out there and get that first ping the adrenaline and motivation kicks-in!

 

I dont get out early enough. Planned on getting up around 4 because traffic heading north to loop gets bad. Starting new job Monday so wanted to take advantage of these few days to make money. Ill be dt today after 3 i want that incentive for tonight then tonorrow morning as well.

 

The most Uber rides Ive done in a day was 31. That was the day of New Years. About 10 hours, starting at 8am. There was never a reason to turn on Lyft that day. Most drivers were still sleeping, and PAX were too hung over to drive themselves.

The most I've done was 55 about a month after signing up lol. Now days I avg about 20 a day. Sometimes I might do 30 or 40.

 

Cool, yeah I remember when I first signed up and should have taken advantage of the incentives. Now it's all Uber crap incentives. So I just joined Lyft this past weekend and trying to get the sign up bonus. I'm gonna probably do Lyft until I get the bonus so I got until May 1st which shouldn't be too bad if I can average 30+ rides per weekend (Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday). I do Uber/Lyft part-time so I might make it and might not. We'll see. I'll have to hustle a bit more and take what I can get.

 

Same here but I have been on both platforms since Thanksgiving last year.

The most I've done was 55 about a month after signing up lol. Now days I avg about 20 a day. Sometimes I might do 30 or 40.

That's amazing and a lot still.

Yeah but if you're anything like me, once you get your ass out there and get that first ping the adrenaline and motivation kicks-in!

I have to take a break every hour.

 

Headed to the airport as the burbs after afternoon rush is dead. See you at Ord pit.

 

Lyft requests more likely are out of my range >10minutes. So I got acceptance warning all the time. Also they can't confirm the surge while in surge zone, I don't like it. The income page is missleading, the $$$ is before cut.

 

I'll take a smoke break every three or 4 rides depending on distance. That way I can stretch and get myself ready for the next batch of trips.

 

Medical reasons?

Otherwise, you're nothing like me. I get myself physically ready by eating and hitting the can, then heading out the door to DT just before afternoon rush. I won't take my first break until maybe 4-5 hours later for dinner just after the Loop Boost runs out after 7:00p. Then it's hustle-hustle as the late night Boost kicks in between 9-11, then keeping it up as long as demand is there. I'll only do emergency quickie washroom breaks if really needed. I do go offline often after rides to reposition myself back in the Loop or other hotspots, but I'm still working 'cuz I'm driving like a bat-out-of-hell to position myself for max earnings.

No I mean a leak break. I drink coffee or pop to stay awake as I would have worked 10 hours daytime for my day job, then it's Uber and Lyft hustle.

 

Im not a huge pop fan as i once was....pop makes me pee a lot. I find i need less breaks to wizz when i just have small (starbucks tall) espresso infused coffee over the course of 4 hours to stay awake.

This was my trick when i worked in a chemistry lab and couldnt easily go in and out because of the protective gear on/off and washing ect