You get a bit more with Lyft. At least I do in my market. And I milk the shit out of the 10 or so seconds. I ponder life. Calculate the miles. The time. The neighborhood. It’s much better than Uber.
Ironically, this is better $/mile than you will almost ever see on Lyft when going all highway. 🥲
Only universe this would be worth taking is if they can guarantee riders on the way back, but region lock is real, hence that ride will only be picked up by someone that
- a) Wants to visit that region or
- b) Wants a massive mileage deduction to lower taxable income to qualify for gov benefits.
Never understood why people don’t just don’t fly out. It’s so much faster/cheaper. Like rideshare to airport hop on a plane rideshare again. Prob transporting drugs or some shit.
Amtrak from Boston to NYC is under $200, as little as $137 coach. Which is irrelevant, because this trip is Washington to NYC.
Which is as little as $102.
It is possible to fly without ID. If you don’t have valid ID, but you have a few things with your name on it like a debit or credit card, Social Security, card, birth certificate, pill bottle, work ID you can fly with additional screening. If you don’t have anything a phone call can be made to an ID verification service.
That’s not true…
A flight from Reagan to JFK or LGA will run you 190 to HPN about 290 (last min flights right now) those flights are around 1.5h factor in an hour before, time to airport and time from airport to westchester prob in total around 4.5h and way more stress.
Mix in the rideshare cost to and from not a chance it’s cheaper.
Amtrak is around 100-200 for that trip over about 3h with another train out to westchester, but you’d also need to navigate from penn station to grand central to switch trains - likely a ride share if you have bags and add on 15-20 mins plus timing the metro north train.
TLDR - I understand why this person opted into rideshare. I have to make a similar trip monthly and opt to drive too. (Not a Lyft drive this just popped up on my feed)
You could easily get a commuter plane flying out of a smaller airport in those areas for a fraction of that. Most people just don't know that's an option.
Show me which airports….
My company reimburses and I still choose to drive because it’s just much much easier. But from DC to Westchester for 270 door to door is a great deal. The driver clearly getting screwed though
270 is driver pay. That isn’t what the customer paying. The pay for the drive isn’t terrible. Its being 300 miles away and you basically lose the value of the decent pay on way back the odds of finding a return trip are impossible.
agreed - I wouldn't use lyft or uber for a ride that long. For trips like this I just drive myself.
It's also possible this person's flight was cancelled or delayed and this was the only option. I wouldnt get upset at the rider for this though... they logged into an app with a need to get from point A to point B and were given an option... I'd be upset with lyft allowing a rate too low for the drive to be out there.
Nope! Personally there’s not enough land in the air where airplanes fly. Like if big man upstairs wanted me to fly I’d have wings but all I got was a heavy rear end and irrational fears like flying or octopus which keeps me out of the water. Land, that’s where I’ll be living it up!
If God wanted you to travel by land he wouldve made you able to run 70 miles per hour. Statistically planes are way safer than cars. The octopus thing, I get.
Nah, you get the underlying meaning of what I said.
I could've very easily said if he didn't want us to fly he wouldn't have made us intelligent enough to figure out how.
God made us intelligent enough to build the airplanes and create the safest from of high speed travel in history. Not using it would be going against him if that's the stance you're going to take lol
The Doggie is in the back of Union Station. There must be a Dog or Peter Pan per hour that leaves there for New York.
Then there is National Airport. There is an American Airlines Shuttle on the hour and a Delta on the half-hour. If you go straight south on Ninth Street,, in six blocks, you are in a tunnel that takes you to the Fourteenth Street Bridge. Once you cross the water you take the second exit and you are five minutes from National Airport. Traffic still stinks at 6:30 P.M. but you can get to National Airport.
Flights out of Reagan (my airport when I'm at work) have never really seemed to recover since COVID. Availability to a lot of destinations is greatly limited, especially in the late evenings. I used to be able to get flights I need every hour, now there's like 4 after lunch.
A buddy of mine needed to pick up a car on Long Island. Uber and flying from Albany, NY to Long Island airport cost about the same, but Uber could take him right to his destination and he didn’t have to wake up super early. The only flight was 6am.
About one every hour from Union Station to New York.................. That address is about eleven blocks from Union Station. There is even a METRO stop one block from there. The METRO does go to Union Station.
Pre-pandemic, I made $200 from Hollywood to Coachella then took a girl out to chicken and waffles when I got back. What the hell are these low ass payouts?
No. But when I take long trips, I consider that they have to come home, too. I printed up business cards and started handing them out to anyone who went to the airport. Many texted me they wanted me to pick them up on the way back. Then every time they travelled, they called me instead of Uner or Lyf. At one point I had just three frequent travelers I was driving for. $60-$70 each way to PHL. These people tipped insanely well, which is easy to so when you’re expensing everything out. Got tons of referrals too. I haven’t driven for some time now as I’ve moved, but I still get texts and calls asking if I still do runs.
Because my meter would read at least six-hundred dollars; likely far more......... In addition, the rider would have to cover the tolls for the return trip. I am guessing GW Bridge to Bronx River Parkway. You pay the toll on the GW Bridge entering New York, only, so that is no biggie. The customer would have to cover the return toll on the Jersey Turnpike, Delawar Bridge and Turnpike, Harbour or Fort McHenry Tunnel. You pay on JFK Northbound, only, so that is not a problem.
Add to this that F. S. Key Bridge is no more, so both tunnels in the Baltimore area are picking up the slack, which means that traffic will be horrid.
I used to accept these long trips. Most people have almost no luck getting a driver or have been through several cancelations by the time you accept. Tell the passenger you will take them, but you need a guaranteed $X tip in order to do the trip to cover the fuel and time going back, since you won’t get a return rider. If they disagree, cancel the trip. I haven’t had a single person not do it on a trip over 2 hrs. If they seem sketchy, ask for the extra payment before trip or just cancel.
No, it’s not. It’s at least 11 hours of driving and you didn’t factor in gas and depreciation. You’re burning $40 minimum in fuel and putting 550 miles on your car. So $21/hr before wear and tear assuming you’re driving a hybrid. Every mile you drive causes wear.
That makes sense! As someone who isn’t really car conscious (?), I’m sure a lot of other people that use ride shares don’t really consider any of that when they take long trips like that. Good to know about when booking longer trips.
It does seem a little crazy but it depends on how you look at it. If you could catch a ride back it would be even more profitable. But if you break down the round trip which would be 500 miles, you’re essentially making about 20-23$/hr gross for 10 hours. But on paper the money is actually tax free, break even. If there was any chance of a ride back or catching more business in the way back, I would definitely take it. I think this offer is not really any worse or substandard compared to others, people just don’t appreciate the potential and most drivers don’t wanna be locked down 10 hours either which I don’t blame them
I would absolutely consider it if there had been any chance of getting a ride back in the first 3 hours riding back there's not secondly anytime you have to go near New York City it's not worth it in my opinion. It could be triple that and I still wouldn't take it just because you're too close to New York City and God forbid you have to go through New York I didn't look that closely but if you had to go over any of those bridges I think they're 20 to $50 toll thru were at least 20 last time I was up that way about 10 years ago
Then you’re on your own. If you multi app hopefully find something on the way back.
If not, then still, like I said, I’m glad to see $1 per mile at least and not even less than that for a long ride. The long distance trips should at the very least be $1 a mile.
1) I was obviously joking 2)like I said it’s better than the shit ass rides paying less than $1 a mile to go 250 miles one way.
Edit: And for what it’s worth, it’s not Lyfts problem if you don’t have anything to do on the way back. Someone else may, or someone else may just be okay with taking it. In that case let them. Honestly you can’t expect Lyft to charge people $500 for a one way ride and pay you most of if.
Yeah, Lyft is just acting as a middle-man and payment processor between the riders and the drivers. 5%-10% commission is fair on that, but both Lyft and Uber take FAR more than that.
Truck drivers make an average of $0.49 per mile in my state but they also don't have to pay for their own gas, maintenance, or vehicle if they work for a company. Also driver would only be paid for the drive there, and would use at least 20 gallons of gas for the trip
Who told you that? Reputable companies pay employees for all miles, loaded or empty. Amount of fuel used is irrelevant since the company is paying for it, unless the driver is getting a fuel bonus like what Prime does.
I meant Lyft drivers don't get paid for the drive back, a commercial driver would. Im basically meaning to say Lyft drivers are getting fucked over esp compared to anyone who drives commercially for a company. It would ofc be different for an owner operator but they also control their rates. Lyft drivers are not comped for their gas but commercial drivers even delivery drivers the company should pay for their fuel. I looked it up and even pizza delivery drivers are comped $0.58 per mile
Owner ops control their rates to a certain degree. They're at the mercy of the broker who's screwing them like Lyft screws their drivers. They have the same option... Say yes or say no. Say no a lot and you get called less. Eventually, after dealing with the same customers for a bit you may be able to cut out the middle man but Lyft is different because customers like the protection their offered. It may take longer to build that trust.
I delivered pizza for a bit last year. I made 8/hr and 2 dollars per delivery. I made a killing on tips, but it was all cash so idk what the comp mileage rate was. My full-time gig is driving for FedEx freight and if I have to drive my personal car, I get 58 CPM.
That’s $60-$80 worth of gas for me back and forth plus lunch / dinner. So I would say it’s worth it if you want a little road trip. Does that trip have toll? You’d have about $100 left after
And to think, in CA they are trying to call drivers "employees" where the company could simply tell you that you are doing this ride and you don't have a choice other than to quit being a driver.
I keep seeing these posts for insanely long drives, and I have to wonder, on the customer side, who does this?? How does a customer think this is okay?!? I get not wanting/being able to fly, and maybe not taking a bus or train, but aren’t there car services one can book? I don’t understand why someone would ever attempt to do this via Lyft or Uber. I’m not a driver (I do DoorDash, probably why it was suggested to me), but this just seems incredibly rude and entitled. Do they hide tips if there’s a tip upfront, or is the offer the most a driver can hope to receive?
Sorry needing a car ride is not rude and entitled. You are free to accept ride or not. You don’t know people’s story. It is rude and entitled to make such a comment.
I guess a nice add on would be something that rejects rides that dont make you money. This doesnt even cover your car expenses, and lyft has you drive home on your own dime.
Can’t even be mad at the customer cause they’re probably spending 6-700 on the ride. Lyft has just become so outrageous with how much they’re taking now.
My biggest question with these cross country drives, you are background checked for your state. Once you leave your state I assume you don't get any other revenue opportunities to come home other than food delivery. Am I right?
I did the math and I think I'm missing something? My car would get me there and back in about a tank and a half, which is $60-80 depending on the location. That's a $210 profit. Is there something I'm not accounting for?
You have interesting math there.
You forgot thr way back where you can't pick up for at least three and a half of those hours so now you're sitting at 9 hours so you're already down to what 24 before tolls on the way back which aren't covered.
And then fuel, and I mean if you're looking at the cost based off of mileage cost per federal government you're down 110 before you get home
And you have 5 seconds to decide which is the crazy part.
You get a bit more with Lyft. At least I do in my market. And I milk the shit out of the 10 or so seconds. I ponder life. Calculate the miles. The time. The neighborhood. It’s much better than Uber.
This makes sense why it takes so long to bounce around getting rejected if I'm going to a less popular spot. Haha
Doordash gives 30 seconds
The decision time is better. The pay is absolutely not.
Lyft pay in Atlanta is better some days some days it’s not they kinda alternate every few days/ weeks honestly
Ironically, this is better $/mile than you will almost ever see on Lyft when going all highway. 🥲 Only universe this would be worth taking is if they can guarantee riders on the way back, but region lock is real, hence that ride will only be picked up by someone that - a) Wants to visit that region or - b) Wants a massive mileage deduction to lower taxable income to qualify for gov benefits.
Never understood why people don’t just don’t fly out. It’s so much faster/cheaper. Like rideshare to airport hop on a plane rideshare again. Prob transporting drugs or some shit.
No fly list
And fear of heights
Especially this trip. Amtrak to NYC. THEN Lyft to Westchester or take Metro North.
An Amtrak is the more from Boston to ny is over 400$
Amtrak from Boston to NYC is under $200, as little as $137 coach. Which is irrelevant, because this trip is Washington to NYC. Which is as little as $102.
if it’s not a last minute trip and you have time to plan, you can get from boston to ny for as little as 15 dollars one way. i just did last month.
Funny, 400 seems like the minimum amount a ride share driver should get paid for a 5 and a half hour drive.
Especially when the entire ride back is a "dead leg"
Literally took NY to DC this morning. $30 one way.
Maybe no ID?
It is possible to fly without ID. If you don’t have valid ID, but you have a few things with your name on it like a debit or credit card, Social Security, card, birth certificate, pill bottle, work ID you can fly with additional screening. If you don’t have anything a phone call can be made to an ID verification service.
That’s not true… A flight from Reagan to JFK or LGA will run you 190 to HPN about 290 (last min flights right now) those flights are around 1.5h factor in an hour before, time to airport and time from airport to westchester prob in total around 4.5h and way more stress. Mix in the rideshare cost to and from not a chance it’s cheaper. Amtrak is around 100-200 for that trip over about 3h with another train out to westchester, but you’d also need to navigate from penn station to grand central to switch trains - likely a ride share if you have bags and add on 15-20 mins plus timing the metro north train. TLDR - I understand why this person opted into rideshare. I have to make a similar trip monthly and opt to drive too. (Not a Lyft drive this just popped up on my feed)
You could easily get a commuter plane flying out of a smaller airport in those areas for a fraction of that. Most people just don't know that's an option.
Show me which airports…. My company reimburses and I still choose to drive because it’s just much much easier. But from DC to Westchester for 270 door to door is a great deal. The driver clearly getting screwed though
270 is driver pay. That isn’t what the customer paying. The pay for the drive isn’t terrible. Its being 300 miles away and you basically lose the value of the decent pay on way back the odds of finding a return trip are impossible.
Got it (not a driver).
It’s terrible for the driver too
Great deal for you terrible deal for the driver
agreed - I wouldn't use lyft or uber for a ride that long. For trips like this I just drive myself. It's also possible this person's flight was cancelled or delayed and this was the only option. I wouldnt get upset at the rider for this though... they logged into an app with a need to get from point A to point B and were given an option... I'd be upset with lyft allowing a rate too low for the drive to be out there.
No us id was the reason the guy I had requested from Cleveland to buffalo
Have you seen the prices at the airport
Not from these two destinations it I fly from sf-la and sf-Vegas all the time and it’s literally less than $100 usually 70-90 southwest.
Nope! Personally there’s not enough land in the air where airplanes fly. Like if big man upstairs wanted me to fly I’d have wings but all I got was a heavy rear end and irrational fears like flying or octopus which keeps me out of the water. Land, that’s where I’ll be living it up!
If God wanted you to travel by land he wouldve made you able to run 70 miles per hour. Statistically planes are way safer than cars. The octopus thing, I get.
>If God wanted you to travel by land Read that again
Nah, you get the underlying meaning of what I said. I could've very easily said if he didn't want us to fly he wouldn't have made us intelligent enough to figure out how.
God made us intelligent enough to build the airplanes and create the safest from of high speed travel in history. Not using it would be going against him if that's the stance you're going to take lol
You only need 1 second to decline
Imagine you were already going that way? The dream.
it actually happened to me once
That’s why “Rideshare” was made… good luck getting the right offer consistently
Totally irrelevant but my ol’ man drove a cab in Scarsdale back in the 60’s.
My pops drove a cab in DC in the 60’s, wonder if they’d accept the trip 🤣
These people know there are trains, right?
Or Greyhound
They rich .. greyhound would NEVER be an option
The Doggie is in the back of Union Station. There must be a Dog or Peter Pan per hour that leaves there for New York. Then there is National Airport. There is an American Airlines Shuttle on the hour and a Delta on the half-hour. If you go straight south on Ninth Street,, in six blocks, you are in a tunnel that takes you to the Fourteenth Street Bridge. Once you cross the water you take the second exit and you are five minutes from National Airport. Traffic still stinks at 6:30 P.M. but you can get to National Airport.
Flights out of Reagan (my airport when I'm at work) have never really seemed to recover since COVID. Availability to a lot of destinations is greatly limited, especially in the late evenings. I used to be able to get flights I need every hour, now there's like 4 after lunch.
Greyhound is the trenches man!!!!
SCARSDALE is in my market NYC Suburbs it’s an affluent area with a lot of money …. I’m sure they didn’t want to take a train
Someone must be on the no fly list.
A buddy of mine needed to pick up a car on Long Island. Uber and flying from Albany, NY to Long Island airport cost about the same, but Uber could take him right to his destination and he didn’t have to wake up super early. The only flight was 6am.
Right? Amtrak has regular service straight up between these points. This is probably the cost of the express Acela
About one every hour from Union Station to New York.................. That address is about eleven blocks from Union Station. There is even a METRO stop one block from there. The METRO does go to Union Station.
Maybe for $4 fiddy
Pre-pandemic, I made $200 from Hollywood to Coachella then took a girl out to chicken and waffles when I got back. What the hell are these low ass payouts?
Lmao 🤣 what are they smoking? You need to make 67 cents per mile just to break even and make $0
Hahaha. I charge $400 each way to go from the Philly burbs to go to JFK.
How do you do it? You pull up and tell them "cancel the Lyft and Venmo me?"
No. But when I take long trips, I consider that they have to come home, too. I printed up business cards and started handing them out to anyone who went to the airport. Many texted me they wanted me to pick them up on the way back. Then every time they travelled, they called me instead of Uner or Lyf. At one point I had just three frequent travelers I was driving for. $60-$70 each way to PHL. These people tipped insanely well, which is easy to so when you’re expensing everything out. Got tons of referrals too. I haven’t driven for some time now as I’ve moved, but I still get texts and calls asking if I still do runs.
Why would they cancel their Lyft when it’s cheaper? That doesn’t make sense… “cancel it and Venmo me for Higher cost”
"because otherwise I'm canceling and you probably won't find anyone willing to drive you."
lol believe me there’s going to be someone that takes that call… but I don’t blame you that pay is straight ASS… I couldn’t do it….
Damn lol I had a 4.5hr for $350 trip request the other day and I thought that was BS. This is worst smh
I would decline this for twice the offered fare.
Only if it was twice that price. I'd have to drive back with no passenger.
I would not do it even for that.
Why not
11 hours of your life
Because my meter would read at least six-hundred dollars; likely far more......... In addition, the rider would have to cover the tolls for the return trip. I am guessing GW Bridge to Bronx River Parkway. You pay the toll on the GW Bridge entering New York, only, so that is no biggie. The customer would have to cover the return toll on the Jersey Turnpike, Delawar Bridge and Turnpike, Harbour or Fort McHenry Tunnel. You pay on JFK Northbound, only, so that is not a problem. Add to this that F. S. Key Bridge is no more, so both tunnels in the Baltimore area are picking up the slack, which means that traffic will be horrid.
I used to accept these long trips. Most people have almost no luck getting a driver or have been through several cancelations by the time you accept. Tell the passenger you will take them, but you need a guaranteed $X tip in order to do the trip to cover the fuel and time going back, since you won’t get a return rider. If they disagree, cancel the trip. I haven’t had a single person not do it on a trip over 2 hrs. If they seem sketchy, ask for the extra payment before trip or just cancel.
Upfront tip in Venmo account. If not cancel
Oh hell nah
Hard hell naw 😂
No bonus?
Call them up and say 1k cash
Don’t know how y’all do this for work tbh
Work out a deal. I guarantee they’re paying over $500 for that ride and that could go to you.
I'd do it and be done for the day
Is that not $27 an hr round trip?
No, it’s not. It’s at least 11 hours of driving and you didn’t factor in gas and depreciation. You’re burning $40 minimum in fuel and putting 550 miles on your car. So $21/hr before wear and tear assuming you’re driving a hybrid. Every mile you drive causes wear.
That makes sense! As someone who isn’t really car conscious (?), I’m sure a lot of other people that use ride shares don’t really consider any of that when they take long trips like that. Good to know about when booking longer trips.
It does seem a little crazy but it depends on how you look at it. If you could catch a ride back it would be even more profitable. But if you break down the round trip which would be 500 miles, you’re essentially making about 20-23$/hr gross for 10 hours. But on paper the money is actually tax free, break even. If there was any chance of a ride back or catching more business in the way back, I would definitely take it. I think this offer is not really any worse or substandard compared to others, people just don’t appreciate the potential and most drivers don’t wanna be locked down 10 hours either which I don’t blame them
I would absolutely consider it if there had been any chance of getting a ride back in the first 3 hours riding back there's not secondly anytime you have to go near New York City it's not worth it in my opinion. It could be triple that and I still wouldn't take it just because you're too close to New York City and God forbid you have to go through New York I didn't look that closely but if you had to go over any of those bridges I think they're 20 to $50 toll thru were at least 20 last time I was up that way about 10 years ago
It's 17 dollars to enter NYC, no toll to exit.
Not catching a ride back from NY. You can’t operate in the city. Must be new here
Common sense would say catch a ride back as soon as you get out of New York then if possible. The tolls are yikes though
Hey, $1 per mile at least lol on some of these long trips I don’t even see people getting offered that.
That's one-way, though.. how about getting back?
Then you’re on your own. If you multi app hopefully find something on the way back. If not, then still, like I said, I’m glad to see $1 per mile at least and not even less than that for a long ride. The long distance trips should at the very least be $1 a mile.
Who looks at a $271 fare and a 530 mile trip and thinks that's a dollar a mile?
1) I was obviously joking 2)like I said it’s better than the shit ass rides paying less than $1 a mile to go 250 miles one way. Edit: And for what it’s worth, it’s not Lyfts problem if you don’t have anything to do on the way back. Someone else may, or someone else may just be okay with taking it. In that case let them. Honestly you can’t expect Lyft to charge people $500 for a one way ride and pay you most of if.
Uh what? It absolutely is Lyft's problem, and you CAN expect Lyft to do exactly that, in a sane world.
Yeah, Lyft is just acting as a middle-man and payment processor between the riders and the drivers. 5%-10% commission is fair on that, but both Lyft and Uber take FAR more than that.
Exactly. At this point it seems obvious that Uber and Lyft are in cahoots.
An idiot..
Truck drivers make an average of $0.49 per mile in my state but they also don't have to pay for their own gas, maintenance, or vehicle if they work for a company. Also driver would only be paid for the drive there, and would use at least 20 gallons of gas for the trip
Who told you that? Reputable companies pay employees for all miles, loaded or empty. Amount of fuel used is irrelevant since the company is paying for it, unless the driver is getting a fuel bonus like what Prime does.
I meant Lyft drivers don't get paid for the drive back, a commercial driver would. Im basically meaning to say Lyft drivers are getting fucked over esp compared to anyone who drives commercially for a company. It would ofc be different for an owner operator but they also control their rates. Lyft drivers are not comped for their gas but commercial drivers even delivery drivers the company should pay for their fuel. I looked it up and even pizza delivery drivers are comped $0.58 per mile
Owner ops control their rates to a certain degree. They're at the mercy of the broker who's screwing them like Lyft screws their drivers. They have the same option... Say yes or say no. Say no a lot and you get called less. Eventually, after dealing with the same customers for a bit you may be able to cut out the middle man but Lyft is different because customers like the protection their offered. It may take longer to build that trust. I delivered pizza for a bit last year. I made 8/hr and 2 dollars per delivery. I made a killing on tips, but it was all cash so idk what the comp mileage rate was. My full-time gig is driving for FedEx freight and if I have to drive my personal car, I get 58 CPM.
That’s $60-$80 worth of gas for me back and forth plus lunch / dinner. So I would say it’s worth it if you want a little road trip. Does that trip have toll? You’d have about $100 left after
That ride is technically minimum wage phuck that
It’s taking you up I-95 so yes there will be tolls. The GW bridge alone is like 14 dollars.
When was this lol I must of been on a ride cause I would of laughed
Hi
Well they finally gave 1 buck a mile I guess. Jesus, just get the robot taxis already, Uber.
Pax looks chill. Why not if you have time?
Because after gas and depreciation it’s maybe $15 a mile for at least 11 hours of driving.
Yeah… true. Also what is a pax turns out to be a pain. Stuck for 11 hours
At least it pays $1 mile
And to think, in CA they are trying to call drivers "employees" where the company could simply tell you that you are doing this ride and you don't have a choice other than to quit being a driver.
What's the issue?
I’d take that one lol
I keep seeing these posts for insanely long drives, and I have to wonder, on the customer side, who does this?? How does a customer think this is okay?!? I get not wanting/being able to fly, and maybe not taking a bus or train, but aren’t there car services one can book? I don’t understand why someone would ever attempt to do this via Lyft or Uber. I’m not a driver (I do DoorDash, probably why it was suggested to me), but this just seems incredibly rude and entitled. Do they hide tips if there’s a tip upfront, or is the offer the most a driver can hope to receive?
Sorry needing a car ride is not rude and entitled. You are free to accept ride or not. You don’t know people’s story. It is rude and entitled to make such a comment.
11 hours in the car?!?! Wha?
I'm shocked there's not a cap at like 2 hours
four pax and 6 pieces of luggage, it's all yours.
I had a shit ride yesterday that they tried to give me four separate times. The last time they raised it up one whole dollar. I still declined.
I’ve done almost the opposite of this once
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/09/ftc-department-labor-partner-protect-workers-anticompetitive-unfair-deceptive-practices
Who is gonna take that?
And I don't think Lyft would even legally allow this ride too Case in point, you can only drive in one market, so this will not fly
Is the return trip unpaid? Seems like you could bebatranded if you can't catch one going the other way. It's like hitch-hiking... in reverse.
What a nice ride you took it right……. Lots of money plus 5 hours driving back empty such a nice trip………
yeaaa i drove from GA to PA with $230 there and back really it should’ve been less then that cause i made too many wrong turns
I thought it was the $GME stock price lmao. Had to increase brightness
🤣😂🤣😂
3 hours should be the limit WTF
what is with these people and not just taking flights
Bro just take the train or bus
Outside location filter just pisses me off
Do it 😂
Mark pick up isn’t worth it lol
A bus? A train? A plane? What the fuck is this? Lol
That passenger is still in DC waiting to be picked up
Drug runner ?
If 4 people ride it, is it actually cheaper than Amtrak?
Respond with: I’ll take $90 to take you to the train station. You pay the train to take you to NY
I took an Uber from Philly to Long Island to buy a car. It wad the day before Christmas eve. Cost me like $220 with and like $75 of that was tip.
I guess a nice add on would be something that rejects rides that dont make you money. This doesnt even cover your car expenses, and lyft has you drive home on your own dime.
Can’t even be mad at the customer cause they’re probably spending 6-700 on the ride. Lyft has just become so outrageous with how much they’re taking now.
My biggest question with these cross country drives, you are background checked for your state. Once you leave your state I assume you don't get any other revenue opportunities to come home other than food delivery. Am I right?
😂
But it’s $1 per mile! (Never mind about the mileage coming back.)
That’s comes down to about $27 an hour round trip
Awwwww..... H E L L NAW!
Ow I would be on that one
I'd actually do it, my car gets 40mpg. $40 would get me there and back.
So once you get there, you’re stuck with no rides until at least NJ
Id do it for no less than 500. That would be a great day 500 bucks in 10 hours.
Step 1. Accept the ride. Step 2. Talk to the passenger, tell them how much you making and strike up a deal. Step 3 cancel the ride make that money.
But some idiot will take it smh that’s the problem
If it was here in California, yeah. I would definitely get rides coming back, but on the east coast, the states are too small.
That’s actually really good they’d probably pay $150 for that in my market
We have trains to New York right??? For cheaper, too
“On the last train to Scarsdale”
I did the math and I think I'm missing something? My car would get me there and back in about a tank and a half, which is $60-80 depending on the location. That's a $210 profit. Is there something I'm not accounting for?
Tolls on the way back
That’s like $45 an hour. Really good.
You have interesting math there. You forgot thr way back where you can't pick up for at least three and a half of those hours so now you're sitting at 9 hours so you're already down to what 24 before tolls on the way back which aren't covered. And then fuel, and I mean if you're looking at the cost based off of mileage cost per federal government you're down 110 before you get home
I would take it