[Friendly Jack]

In my opinion, trying to maintain an 85% acceptance rate is truly impossible if you care at all about your driving profitability. If more than 15% of rides are undesirable (Pool, long pickup, bad location, etc), what good is it even trying to maintain Uber Pro ride duration information? Consistently accepting 17 of every 20 requests seems like a losing proposition to me.

 

[karachi]

In my opinion, trying to maintain an 85% acceptance rate is truly impossible if you care at all about your driving profitability. If more than 15% of rides are undesirable (Pool, long pickup, bad location, etc), what good is it even trying to maintain Uber Pro ride duration information? Consistently accepting 17 of every 20 requests seems like a losing proposition to me.

You are learning young grasshopper. Playing by Uber's rules is a losing proposition.

 

[james4655]

Lol this is exactly what I was thinking. You can see his eyes opening.

 

[Friendly Jack]

Lol this is exactly what I was thinking. You can see his eyes opening.

After 4.5 years of Uber my eyes are very much open. I don't think that I have ever had an 85% acceptance rate for a week during that time; maybe once or twice. But since a few other drivers seem to be chasing Uber Pro points for this purpose, I was hoping that someone could offer an opinion on the subject that might change my mind.

 

[karachi]

After 4.5 years of Uber my eyes are very much open. I don't think that I have ever had an 85% acceptance rate for a week during that time; maybe once or twice. But since a few other drivers seem to be chasing Uber Pro points for this purpose, I was hoping that someone could offer an opinion on the subject that might change my mind.

If you have been doing this for 4.5 years then you are quite stubborn. Why on earth would you want to consider changing your mind?!! If you're chasing these stupid Uber Pro points then you deserve to suffer the consequences of your poor judgment. Do not play by Uber's rules or try to obtain their silly parameters to obtain pennies and a slight advantage of trip duration information. Change your strategy to what works for you.

 

[Friendly Jack]

If you have been doing this for 4.5 years then you are quite stubborn. Why on earth would you want to consider changing your mind?!! If you're chasing these stupid Uber Pro points then you deserve to suffer the consequences of your poor judgment. Do not play by Uber's rules or try to obtain their silly parameters to obtain pennies and a slight advantage of trip duration information.

Thanks for your reply, now we're getting someplace. Is it possible for you -- or anyone -- to quantify ($) the "slight advantage of trip duration information" versus the disadvantage of trying to maintain an 85% acceptance rate?

For example, I was hoping someone might say something like, "I tried maintaining an 85% acceptance rate and using trip information to my advantage, but found that I made X% less versus just accepting rides blind using my normal time-to-pickup and pickup location parameters." Maybe someone else might say something like, "Overall, I have found that I can make X% more when I maintain an 85% acceptance rate and use trip information to bypass up to 15% of undesirable rides, even though I may need to take a few less-than-ideal rides to maintain that 85% acceptance rate."

Now, I realize that some people may just be extremely lucky some weeks and receive more than 85% attractive (acceptable, to them) requests, in which case they will say that it is painless, easy and profitable to maintain 85% acceptance and, likewise, trip duration information. I was just curious if any reasonably experienced, non-ant drivers had quantified earnings both ways.

I apologize if I created a stupid thread, asking a stupid question...

 

[Guyinbp]

As a part-timer I could care less about the points. Therefore, I reject all Pools, pickups at grocery stores, long pickups, 45+ pickups, etc.... Let the point chasers have them. It's a lot of pressure then for the point people. They have to keep their ratings up but then they have the pool riders knocking them down. sucks to be them.

 

[Svoloch]

Gamification at its best.

 

[ROUGUE X]

IF YOU HAVE TO ASK

 

[karachi]

Old proverb:
'There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know'

Bible quote:
Jeremiah 6:10
To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.

My quote:
When will our spiritual leader "The Koolness" be resurrected to come and put the smack down of truth and reality to all the poor souls in this forum?!!

 

[EddieG]

When my acceptance drops below 85% and I don't get to see the length of the trip anymore, I switch to Lyft. When I know the duration of the trip on Uber, I make over $35 per hour. When I don't know it, I earn less than $30. With the new surge structure and quest promos, short trips are more profitable.

 

[thepeach]

So I have a question for you. In a couple of months I am going to fly out if Midway on a trip. I live at least 40 minutes from Midway. Should I drive over there and park my car. Or should I hope to get a nice and safe ride over there. Will scheduling a ride help. A Lyft driver told me a scheduled Lyft ride may be my best option.

 

[uber_312]

In my opinion, trying to maintain an 85% acceptance rate is truly impossible if you care at all about your driving profitability. If more than 15% of rides are undesirable (Pool, long pickup, bad location, etc), what good is it even trying to maintain Uber Pro ride duration information? Consistently accepting 17 of every 20 requests seems like a losing proposition to me.

I reject all Pools, long pickups, 45+ pickups, etc.... Let the point chasers have them.

x100

i'm still a diamond driver (totally meaningless) and it's a money losing proposition to accept 9 out of 10 rides. period. i reject ALL pools (the worst riders and destinations + excessive wear and tear on your car with four passengers) and cancel ALL trips out to the burbs during decent city driving hours. gold, platinum, and diamond "benefits" are merely gamification/manipulation techniques used to dupe drivers into accepting money losing rides. incentives are also a joke these days.

uber and lyft are nothing more than gangster/criminal organizations that use advanced psychological warfare to exploit drivers.

 

[Mad Medic]

Be your OWN UBER PRO

DON'T LET UBER DEFINE WHAT A PRO IS!!

 

[OP-Matt]

+6% on fares and -5/6.5% on gas adds up over time. That’s the biggest benefit I see. Seeing trip duration (when I happen to move above 85%) is a nice benefit as it can sometimes save a shift. But I don’t kill myself to maintain it. I only cancel in difficult situation so my cancel rate is not an issue.

I drive mostly in the city, mostly nights/weekends so getting to Diamond wasn’t hard at all following my normal pattern (rejecting all pool mainly). Once I hit Diamond (~6-7 weeks) I put Lyft into the mix depending on various factors.

 

[Tweetyyy]

uber and lyft are nothing more than gangster/criminal organizations that use advanced psychological warfare to exploit drivers.
[/QUOTE]....100% ...100%...PREACH THE TRUTH..

 

[EngineerAtHeart]

My strategy may be a little specific, but I drive my big days in the suburbs every other weekend and nothing during the weekday. Since acceptance rate is calculated from the previous 7 days, it resets, and I do 1 trip to bring it to 100%, ready for the next week. Everything local is between 1-2 miles, so I won't stray. far from home.