[Dronevangelist]

I am a new driver for the past two weeks and like going to the airport because I always meet interesting passengers. I am trying to figure out a strategy to get the quickest pick up for a passenger at the airport. Today I what is near the airport so I decided to go into the queue and realized that both Uber and Lyft were reporting 40-50 in line to receive a request. Normally I would not waste my time with so many drivers in the queue, but today I needed a break and decided to try comparing The Uber versus Lyft queue. I waited 45 minutes, which is way too long, and for the first 40 minutes it was a very similar queue for Lyft and Uber. Then in the last five minutes Lyft had been surging between 25 and 100% and had 22 cars ahead of me, while Uber had 23 cars one minute and then went down to 1 to 2 cars the next minute, so I waited three minutes and all of a sudden I get a ping from Lyft. How did I jump 22 cars in three minutes? My educated guess is that most of the drivers, drive for Uber and Lyft at MSP and get a ping from either company, then shut off the other app.
Comments, questions and feedback would be very much appreciated!

 

[Brandon Wood]

The uber que only shows Uber X drivers and XL drivers have their own que. On lyft the amount of cars shown in the que are both lyft and lyft plus. But many of the lyft plus drivers are in plus only mode so that is why you got a request with that many cars in front of you.

 

[Dronevangelist]

Thank you
Do you use Mystro or Sherpashare?

 

[Diamond_Vision]

The uber que only shows Uber X drivers and XL drivers have their own que. On lyft the amount of cars shown in the que are both lyft and lyft plus. But many of the lyft plus drivers are in plus only mode so that is why you got a request with that many cars in front of you.

I don't have the option on LYFT to be in PLUS mode only. How do you get that option with LYFT?

 

[Brandon Wood]

Only some have it right now. When they test things with some drivers but not all and then it rolls out everywhere.

 

[yosemite sam1]

I don't have the option on LYFT to be in PLUS mode only. How do you get that option with LYFT?

You have to be eligible to drive Lux for Lyft, then you have the option to turn on and off lyft or XL Same with uber, if you have the option for a premium vehicle, you can turn on or off any of the 3 options. I dont know anything about black or black SUV because I dont have a ride that qualifies for that level.

 

[Dom Draper]

20 in que for Lyft basically means you’re next up.

 

[68350]

20 in que for Lyft basically means you're next up.

I find that it's closer to 15-17.

On the flip side, gotta love turning into the lot with 1 Uber showing in the queue.

 

[Diamond_Vision]

You have to be eligible to drive Lux for Lyft, then you have the option to turn on and off lyft or XL Same with uber, if you have the option for a premium vehicle, you can turn on or off any of the 3 options. I dont know anything about black or black SUV because I dont have a ride that qualifies for that level.

I can choose X or XL on Uber. I have 2 vehicles registered. Prius and Minivan. I wish I had the same option with LYFT.

 

[BillC]

I can choose to take only X trips, only XL trips, or both. I rarely go to XL only simply because I would rather drive even just base rate X than sit and do nothing while waiting for an XL ping.