Good for a free ride for new Lyft passengers, or $750 sign-on bonus for new Lyft drivers
UBER COUPON CODE: KKE8S
Good for a free ride for new Uber passengers, or $500 sign-on bonus for new drivers who are already Lyft drivers/other sign-on bonuses vary by city
So, after applying for Uber a month ago and going through the background check twice (they forgot to check my old out of state license, so it looked like I had only been driving a car for a few months and Uber initially denied my application), I was finally hired this week.
Here’s how driving for Uber vs Lyft compares down here. Below info is based on driving between 5am-2am,
7 days a week, in Downtown, NOMA, Foggy Bottom, Cathedral Heights ,around
Howard U, Arlington, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, College Park, and Silver Springs
Lyft Uber
Base fares are maybe 3-5% higher than Uber Base fare 3-5% lower than Lyft
Tips average 8-10% on top of fare Uber
discourages tipping
Average drive time to rider is 4-10 min Average
drive time to rider is 2-6 min
Occasionally there are 25% surges. Higher surges are rare. Very common surges 20%-290%
Surges have a tendency to end before you can move into an area. Surges tend to last long enough to reach
There aren’t a whole lot of predictable, every day surges. Uber
DC surges 1/3 to ½ the day, often at
rush hour, during rain and events
Average wait time between rides is 5-10 min Average wait time between rides 0.5-4
min
Riders are often friendly and chatty Riders
more likely to play/talk on cell
Current sign on bonus is $750 Sign
on bonus for Lyft drivers is $500
$1500/wk guaranteed for 1st 4 weeks if drive
50hrs No current
earnings guarantees
10-20% weekly bonus available, but it is a pain in the butt
to get No
weekly bonuses currently
So, the long and short of it is that its very worth it to
sign up for both Lyft and Uber for the signup bonuses. After that, expect to make roughly $10-$25/hr
before income tax.
Now that I have Uber I almost never turn the Lyft app
on. It is better to immediately get an
Uber fare, than to wait for a Lyft fare, and then drive a longer distance to
pick them up. For rideshare drivers,
bigger is better. Lyft does do a 20%
bonus, but to get it, you have to take almost every request (even if it means
driving, unpaid, 25min to get to the request), and you need to be driving for
Lyft during all those peak hours when Uber is surging to 50-250%.. not worth it
at the moment. Another thing I’ve
noticed about Lyft is that about 20% of my requests get cancelled after I’ve
driven towards them for a couple minutes…. Then I don’t get paid. On the other hand, Uber has given an inaccurate
location on about 30% of my fares so far, resulting in wasted time, unpaid
driving, and aggravation for everyone involved.
One thing Lyft is nice for is slow times during midday…
running both apps at once increases chances of getting a fare without a long
wait time.
Lyft and Uber have been a great gig so far… giving me the
ability to earn a comfortable income, but still travel or take an hour or a day
off, at any moment that I wish.
Yea sharing economy!
LYFT COUPON CODE: VIRGINIA147995
Good for a free ride for new Lyft passengers, or $750 sign-on bonus for new Lyft drivers
UBER COUPON CODE: KKE8S
Good for a free ride for new Uber passengers, or $500 sign-on bonus for new drivers who are already Lyft drivers/other sign-on bonuses vary by city
LYFT COUPON CODE: VIRGINIA147995
Good for a free ride for new Lyft passengers, or $750 sign-on bonus for new Lyft drivers
UBER COUPON CODE: KKE8S
Good for a free ride for new Uber passengers, or $500 sign-on bonus for new drivers who are already Lyft drivers/other sign-on bonuses vary by city
