It depends on time of day and the actual day as well (weekday/end) ... and if you're doing plus or X.
X ...Weekend eve - 8 hours = 25-30 Weekday eve = 17-22
X ...Weekend eve - 8 hours = 25-30 Weekday eve = 17-22
Possibly.My question is more on the order of, if Lyft is extending one of their bullshit guarantees of $X for $Y rides, is that an average day, or an average two days?
In this case 15 rides. Is it reasonable to expect to do 15 rides in 8 hours? 12 hours? 15? 30??
I hear ya. I was working on that one too, but other things got in the way and I never finished it. But that was my theory too, get that one, then do Uber the rest of the time (because Lyft's incentives are broken and the rational strategy is to stop Lyfting after hitting them).I got their guarantee of $500 (AKA $400 after fees) for 25 rides for this week. It is tempting to just take all crappy comers until I hit that, and then do nothing but Uber. For once it seems like a guarantee that might actually work out math wise. I make more than that on Lyft most weeks, buuut if I just did that in a couple days and then did all Uber (to keep my 90% acceptance rating) I could see it actually increasing my overall take. Basically could do Lyft rides on my weeknights here, and then Uber XL it (and maybe some X if that's too slow) all weekend. The big variable would be losing out on all the Plus rides and PT over the weekend, and whether or not Uber keeps me busy enough to bring in more cash overall with the guarantee versus just doing both like usual and being hella picky.
I never do the promo stuff though, so I'll probably just end up ignoring half+ of my Lyft requests like usual and never find out if I might have come out ahead by actually taking this one for once![]()
Yeah, it is a kind of bad way to structure the incentive. It should be like an extra $10 per ride for all rides after you hit 25 in a week or something. Anything that doesn't encourage you to turn Lyft off as soon as you hit the number! Matched Line rides would in fact help you knock it out quick.I hear ya. I was working on that one too, but other things got in the way and I never finished it. But that was my theory too, get that one, then do Uber the rest of the time (because Lyft's incentives are broken and the rational strategy is to stop Lyfting after hitting them).
I was also thinking that to hit them it makes sense to Lyft during school and rush hours when there is greater likelihood of matched pool rides.
Im currently working on my lyft weekly guarantee as well ($925 minus comission for 60 rides). Whenever im more likely to get short rides (when im in cap hill for example, and the traffic is not too crazy, i go for the lyft rides, and when im more likely to get longer rides i go for uber).I hear ya. I was working on that one too, but other things got in the way and I never finished it. But that was my theory too, get that one, then do Uber the rest of the time (because Lyft's incentives are broken and the rational strategy is to stop Lyfting after hitting them).
I was also thinking that to hit them it makes sense to Lyft during school and rush hours when there is greater likelihood of matched pool rides.
Thats interesting, i didn't know pdb offers were different to each driver. I actually like yours $185 for 80/35. Mine are $60 for 20/30, $175 for 75/40 and $270 for 110/45. Getting those peak rides is a ***** sometimes.I'm apparently getting the ass end of Lyft's Power Driver Bonus guarantees: $ 90 for 50 rides/inc 30 peak with 90% acceptance, $ 185 for 80/35 and $ 270 for 110/45. I never make anything with a 90% acceptance rate. I guess they don't love me the way they love you.
Yours are better, aren't they? Lyft is guaranteeing you a real payout.I'm apparently getting the ass end of Lyft's Power Driver Bonus guarantees: $ 90 for 50 rides/inc 30 peak with 90% acceptance, $ 185 for 80/35 and $ 270 for 110/45. I never make anything with a 90% acceptance rate. I guess they don't love me the way they love you.
It's a lot busier than that (I usually make slightly more on lyft each week than Uber (though the xchange lease payment is part of the reason), but the peak hours would force you to work a specific schedule to reach. I prefer the power zones. So far, they haven't seemed to saturate things too much.Never any PDB in my area. I am lucky to get 3 requests a day and lucky if at least 2 are closer than 15 minutes lol.