[ANT 7]

Says he paid $26 for the 10 KM trip, for which I got $10 (what I am used too).........no surge on my screen either. Wanted to know what I'd get paid. Waited when I stopped, and showed him the total calc.

50% net after municipal fees and taxes.

[cough, cough]bullshit[[snortle, chort}

 

[25rides7daysaweek]

Says he paid $26 for the 10 KM trip, for which I got $10 (what I am used too).........no surge on my screen either. Wanted to know what I'd get paid. Waited when I stopped, and showed him the total calc.

50% net after municipal fees and taxes.

[cough, cough]bullshit[[snortle, chort}

We have about the same tax for airport trips too
The city made 10% of the income last year..

 

[Nats121]

Says he paid $26 for the 10 KM trip, for which I got $10 (what I am used too).........no surge on my screen either. Wanted to know what I'd get paid. Waited when I stopped, and showed him the total calc.

50% net after municipal fees and taxes.

[cough, cough]bullshit[[snortle, chort}

Did he tip?

Uber's "sweet spot" for grabbing massive cuts of the gross revenue are trips between 5 and 15 miles, in other words medium length trips. This isn't to say that it doesn't happen on shorter or longer trips because it does, but it happens more often on medium length trips (Pax have told me that Uber has charged $60 for airport trips under 3 miles).

 

[Heisenburger]

Uber's "sweet spot" for grabbing massive cuts of the gross revenue are trips between 5 and 15 miles, in other words medium length trips.

I've also observed similar around Atlanta. For the winter, I focus almost exclusively on these outlier trips (<5 miles and >20 miles, both legs) because they're the most profitable segments.

 

[Nats121]

I've also observed similar around Atlanta. For the winter, I focus almost exclusively on these outlier trips (<5 miles and >20 miles, both legs) because they're the most profitable segments.

I do mostly short rides and Uber's cut is usually around 40-45% on those trips, sometimes more and occasionally less. One of the reasons I do short trips is that I also do deliveries and I try to avoid going too far from my delivery areas.

I don't do many medium trips because the payouts are usually way too low. In the absence of very large payouts I refuse to do long trips.

The loss of the "fuel surcharge" is costly. I'm taking a 55 cent pay cut (from $5.08 to $4.53) on every short trip and I'm feeling it in the wallet.

I have serious doubts that drivers in markets with Upfront Fares ever received fuel surcharge payouts at all. With no rate card to go by and Uber's woeful history of unethical behavior, how can we be sure the whole thing wasn't a scam?

 

[ObeyTheNumbers]

50% net after municipal fees and taxes.

[cough, cough]bullshit[[snortle, chort}

One little detail you forgot...

Canada. Specifically the government. Uber only takes about 30% in the States.