[daave1]

Anyone else get this in their market? And for the 3 of you who have an acceptance rate over 80%, what do you think?

Seems to me to be another Uber Screwjob to get drivers to raise their acceptance rates in hopes of getting a carrot tossed their way, kind of like the long pick up fee. I see no real benefit to the drivers since it essentially means accepting every ping that comes your way; crappy rating, long pick up's, $3.00 trips, etc.. Keep your 25+ notification, Uber. I'll stick with the 45+.

 

[Coachman]

45+ is fine for me. I have no compelling reason to know it's going to be a 25 min ride.

 

[heynow321]

Stupid. Not worth getting screwed by maintaining 80%

 

[daave1]

45+ is fine for me. I have no compelling reason to know it's going to be a 25 min ride.

That's exactly my thought process. Who the hell cares if it's a 25 minute ride? Yeah great, it's a decent fare, but if they are going to eliminate the 45+ notification in favor of a 25+ going forward, I may end up declining rides I'd normally take, not knowing if it's only 25 minutes or 90 minutes!

 

[UberBeemer]

I am curious, do you look at 45+ as a trip you always take, or always avoid? Or, if in between, what % do you take/ignore?

I thrive on them because in my area, its normally a $40 to $60 airport trip. The only time I reject is if I am close to the end of my shift.

 

[Coachman]

I've never rejected a +45min trip. Most have been airport trips.

 

[daave1]

I am curious, do you look at 45+ as a trip you always take, or always avoid? Or, if in between, what % do you take/ignore?

I thrive on them because in my area, its normally a $40 to $60 airport trip. The only time I reject is if I am close to the end of my shift.

I normally drive in the evenings between 7 p.m. and about 12:30 at night. I too LOVE the 45+ notification if it's served up early in my night. My concern with going to 25+ is that I may end up declining rides after 11 p.m. that I would normally take otherwise. But what really gets my goat is the fact that Uber feels it will be "rewarding" us with this notification by staying over 80% on acceptance.

 

[Squirming Like A Toad]

I don't see how anyone is making money accepting fewer than 80% of rides anyway.

If I can only have one or the other I'd rather have the 45 minute one. That alert is only important to me if I have to get gas or piss, both of which I'd rather do without a passenger. Ok I might leave a surge zone for that too.

 

[daave1]

I don't see how anyone is making money accepting fewer than 80% of rides anyway.

If I can only have one or the other I'd rather have the 45 minute one. That alert is only important to me if I have to get gas or piss, both of which I'd rather do without a passenger. Ok I might leave a surge zone for that too.

Well... I guess the first sentence is subjective. I'm not going to accept pings that have a low rating, nor am I going to drive more than 5 miles to pick up a passenger only to find out that the trip is a mile. Not with gas prices out here approaching $4 a gallon. I'm pretty sure the majority of drivers, at least on UP, are in the same boat. I also drive in a market that allows me this discretion. And quite frankly, if Uber is dangling this carrot out to those willing to keep an AR over 80%, then it's pretty clear to see what their motive is, to raise acceptance rates by enticing drivers to accept pings with low ratings and longer pickups. Coincidentally, the last two days that I've opened up the app, my AR happened to magically be at 80%. This tells me that they're even having problems "testing" this new feature because there's not enough drivers on the road to qualify.

But hey... To each their own. I'm not here to tell anybody how to run their business. But we all know that Uber does NOTHING that actually benefits the drivers at their expense. And like the long pickup fee, there will be enough ants who drive 15 miles to pick up a passenger only to reap that extra $0.73, that will chase this gimmick too.

 

[oldfart]

The 25 min plus rides are the ones i like.. after the test and assuming they give everyone a 25 min warning without the 80% thing., I like it

At the airport Id reject anything that is not 25 min
If Im on the street somewhere Id station myself at least 25 min away from; and set a destination filter for; the airport

 

[nickd8775]

25+ notifications are nearly useless because during certain times, most trips are over 25 minutes. And those trips suck because it could take 25 minutes to go 3 miles.
45+ is more useful. I have accepted far pickups that I otherwise wouldn't accept, and I also have not accepted those, such as a 45+ at base rates at 1 am Saturday night, and I'd miss bar close.

 

[daave1]

The 25 min plus rides are the ones i like.. after the test and assuming they give everyone a 25 min warning without the 80% thing., I like it

At the airport Id reject anything that is not 25 min
If Im on the street somewhere Id station myself at least 25 min away from; and set a destination filter for; the airport

I definitely see the positive with this line of thinking, but of course this assumes that they drop the "80% AR" bull crap. My theory, based on Uber's standard practice is that the 80% AR qualification will not go away because then people will take advantage of it just like you mentioned, and it will have the opposite intended effect with drivers declining anything that comes through that ISN'T marked with a 25+ notification. Drivers would really cherrypick since 25 minute rides aren't that uncommon and would be worth declining a few pings to get one. And on the flip side, there would be more declines for 25+ notifications because of the uncertainty of a trip being super long and not working out, scheduling wise. To me, this just seems like a cluster @#*! in the making, and that's probably exactly why Uber will roll it out in the future; because it ultimately shapes driver behavior in their favor.

 

[reg barclay]

I am curious, do you look at 45+ as a trip you always take, or always avoid? Or, if in between, what % do you take/ignore?

I thrive on them because in my area, its normally a $40 to $60 airport trip. The only time I reject is if I am close to the end of my shift.

Like you said, I think it's useful for both. To be quicker to accept if waiting for a long ride, or to reject close to end of shift. IMO if one such notification is all we'd get, then I think 45+ is the perfect setting.

 

[UberBeemer]

Like you said, I think it's useful for both. To be quicker to accept if waiting for a long ride, or to reject close to end of shift. IMO if one such notification is all we'd get, then I think 45+ is the perfect setting.

I agree. Though. I am about 50 minutes from the airport, so if I lived 40 minutes away, I guess that would slant my view differently.

 

[LoveBC]

I don't see how anyone is making money accepting fewer than 80% of rides anyway.

Rejecting garbage rides (98% of UberX rides are GARBAGE) provides opportunity to be available for the 2% of requests that are valuable. I see you are in CT. In Los Angeles most rides are short yet still take half an hour in traffic. Taking every crap ping will earn you $5/hour. Positioning properly and waiting for a decent request can bump that to $30/hr

 

[UberBeemer]

Rejecting garbage rides (98% of UberX rides are GARBAGE) provides opportunity to be available for the 2% of requests that are valuable. I see you are in CT. In Los Angeles most rides are short yet still take half an hour in traffic. Taking every crap ping will earn you $5/hour. Positioning properly and waiting for a decent request can bump that to $30/hr

Kinda off topic though...

 

[LoveBC]

Kinda off topic though...

Sorry, attempting to educate the quoted poster.

On topic of 25+, that would be EVERY AIRPORT ride in LA.

 

[Notch Johnson]

What they need to add is one for 90+, about once a month a get a LAX request that is about three hours, big difference from 50 minute ride to Redlands or Loma Linda.

 

[LoveBC]

What they need to add is one for 90+, about once a month a get a LAX request that is about three hours, big difference from 50 minute ride to Redlands or Loma Linda.

I hear they were testing 1000+ a while ago.

 

[UberBeemer]

On a 1.3x no less...