So how are the DFW Airport pickups going?

DalLuv said:

I guess the fact that I was an employee with the airline for seven years, up until late last year and my wife is a customer service supervisor would not give me some kind of working knowledge of what goes on at DFW. You appear to have missed the part where I said "I am wondering if drivers are seeing that wait times are fairly long and then all of the sudden all of the cars start getting fares at once". The key word there is wondering, meaning I don't know but would like to find out.

Getting most of your fares from terminal E could be stemming from the fact that Spirit operates out of that terminal and the passengers who fly Spirit may be more likely to use a service like über instead of other ground transportation options.

By the way. Who pissed in your Cheerios this morning?

Click to expand...

Manolo said:

I have been getting a lot of pickups at DFW. I usually drive there and park just outside the airport at 730pm every night. Last night I had 3 UBer pax and 1 Lyfy at DFW.

Click to expand...

Manolo said:

I usually just park outside the airport and I get pinged. Not sure if that counts as not waiting on the official que. And for me, it doesn't matter whether they were a Spirit or AA passengers. What matters to me is they ride Uber/Lyft.

Click to expand...

brianm1002 said:

I believe the intent is that you're not supposed to be trolling or parked inside the airport except in the staging area. If you're legally parked outside the airport and get a ping, there's nothing they can do about that. I doubt Uber or Lyft are doing anything special with pings inside the airports. If you're parked outside the airport and get one, it's likely you were just the closest driver. I haven't looked to see where the staging area is, but I bet if you could find an off-site location that happened to be closer to a terminal than the staging area you'd get the ping every time.

Click to expand...

Cary Grant said:

I don't have a DFW permit yet, but I dropped pax off at the airport several times this week. As soon as I end the trip, I'm getting pinged to pick people up at DFW. I've been ignoring them recently, even though I often get more than one ping between the end of the last trip and the airport toll plaza. The demand is there.

Click to expand...

KeJorn said:

Not like ANYONE has clarified such rules, I learned this simply from observation.
Nor can you find any information about the cones or specific pickup rules on the DFW Airport website.
Our DFW sticker is Pre-Arranged... same as limos.
If you catch me there, you'd have to be quick. Doesn't take long to put a bag in and go.
Too many areas blocked off as it is there... with nothing spelled out as to who has to comply with it and who doesn't.
If you have documented proof stating otherwise, by all means provide it so we can all comply.

Click to expand...

DalLuv said:

I guess the fact that I was an employee with the airline for seven years, up until late last year and my wife is a customer service supervisor would not give me some kind of working knowledge of what goes on at DFW. You appear to have missed the part where I said "I am wondering if drivers are seeing that wait times are fairly long and then all of the sudden all of the cars start getting fares at once". The key word there is wondering, meaning I don't know but would like to find out.

Getting most of your fares from terminal E could be stemming from the fact that Spirit operates out of that terminal and the passengers who fly Spirit may be more likely to use a service like über instead of other ground transportation options.

By the way. Who pissed in your Cheerios this morning?

Click to expand...