[Wild Bill Yahoo]

Taking the day off today sitting in the recliner. For fun I periodically checked the price for a ride to the airport from my house. The low was a $26 and the high was $39 during the day for an "X" ride. No surge ever developed and on the rider app there were always 6-8 cars near me. I found this interesting as I as a driver would have made the same for the ride regardless of price paid by the pax. Anyone else notice this pattern?

 

[taxisuper]

The price for a ride is an algorithmic calculation. Depends on where you're from, what you've paid in the past for similar rides, and, yes, surges that you as a driver never see. Put it another way, it's what the traffic will bear, not a time and mileage calculation.

 

[68350]

Uber and Lyft can and will charge pax whatever the he// they think they can get away with, and pay us flat mileage/minute rates, per current driver TOS. Pax surge and driver surge are not tied together...

 

[Wild Bill Yahoo]

Pax surge and driver surge are not tied together...

I did not know that...

 

[just_me]

The price for a ride is an algorithmic calculation. Depends on where you're from, what you've paid in the past for similar rides, and, yes, surges that you as a driver never see. Put it another way, it's what the traffic will bear, not a time and mileage calculation.

And soon how drunk you are may be a part of that calculation too. Uber has applied for a patent to identify drunks - https://uberpeople.net/threads/uber...o-use-ai-to-identify-drunk-passengers.265095/ It'll be interesting how much Uber will add to the OP's range of $26 to $39 fare, if they detect that you're drunk. If the driver's are lucky, we might get $2.00 or so. (Here's the application: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...=PG01&S1=uber.AANM.&OS=aanm/uber&RS=AANM/uber )

 

[Ridiculous]

Has anyone noticed the pricing difference on North side vs South side of Terminal 4? Like if you have to circle all the way around cuz they came out the wrong side?

Also I read that if you do X amount of rides on Lyft they will tell you how long a ride is before you accept the ride. This seems kinda pointless to me if you don't know the destination.

Am I the only one that would like to see a destination mode like feature that was directional? Like please only send rides going north or east or whatever. I think that would be very useful.

 

[UA&ED]

Uber and Lyft can and will charge pax whatever the he// they think they can get away with, and pay us flat mileage/minute rates, per current driver TOS. Pax surge and driver surge are not tied together...

Agreed. Now that Uber & Lyft have essentially gutted Discount & Yellow Cab, they will eventually be charging former taxi/cab rates - as that is what 'the market will bear'. Their past changes to TOS has set them up regarding just how little they can pay the drivers (that they really don't care much about).
Drivers are now footing the bill for: increased gas prices, their own supplementary insurance, and personal vehicle maintenance -- AND, are getting paid a fraction of what cabbies used to have an opportunity to make. (just think, when the rates go up to Cab per mile charges, where do you think your tips will go?)
Uber & Lyft (large soulless corporations) count on inexperienced drivers --not knowledgeable about the 'driver for hire' industry-- to subsidize their eventual evolution to a primarily driverless car operation....
Be sure to keep driving for them, they need your support!!

 

[BillyBob444]

Agreed. Now that Uber & Lyft have essentially gutted Discount & Yellow Cab, they will eventually be charging former taxi/cab rates - as that is what 'the market will bear'. Their past changes to TOS has set them up regarding just how little they can pay the drivers (that they really don't care much about).
Drivers are now footing the bill for: increased gas prices, their own supplementary insurance, and personal vehicle maintenance -- AND, are getting paid a fraction of what cabbies used to have an opportunity to make. (just think, when the rates go up to Cab per mile charges, where do you think your tips will go?)
Uber & Lyft (large soulless corporations) count on inexperienced drivers --not knowledgeable about the 'driver for hire' industry-- to subsidize their eventual evolution to a primarily driverless car operation....
Be sure to keep driving for them, they need your support!!

You sound a little bitter

 

[kcdrvr15]

You sound a little bitter

Sometimes the truth is a bitter pill

 

[just_me]

Bitter or not, it's a good insight to where things are headed. U/L have also positioned themselves well for the day that the driverless cars will show up if you think about it. I doubt that either will part with more of the fare to help cover the extra expenses that the driverless cars will incur. It's going to be tight for those investors too.