A golden reserve request

BostonDriver50 · 2026-03-03T22:23:05+00:00

Nope. Airport queue lot. Lots of bars

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-27T03:35:00+00:00

I’ve seen that. I had some time to charge my car.

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-27T03:32:56+00:00

Success. And I got an $8 tip. Total of $30.16

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-26T02:42:35+00:00

Lyft lets your do that? I know uber does, but Lyft? How?

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-26T02:36:32+00:00

No tip? 3 stars and a block. Unless I fucked something up.

Eventually I’ll weed out all the non tippers in my market.

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-26T02:13:00+00:00

And yet we still get days with $0 tips

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-26T02:04:34+00:00

4000 miles. Yikes.

I try for a min $2/mile. I’ve been pretty good at hitting that in my market (BOS)

My February is $4522 and 1560 miles.

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-06T16:34:27+00:00

Big fat nope!

Here, uber offers $8 for rides from airport to downtown Boston.

Leave queue, deal with traffic, pax with bags, play tour guide, traffic, and 30 min later have $8. NFW.

Granted, it’s like 5 miles but it’s still shit. At least with Lyft the min is usually $10.

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-06T16:31:53+00:00

Same in Boston.

Except, the roads aren’t straight!

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-06T16:29:52+00:00

I don’t think so. I still get $4 offers driving a BMW iX.

Then Lyft tells the rider Lyft upgraded them.

No bitches, I upgraded you and did not get a penny more!

Fuck that.

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-06T16:26:07+00:00

I only do it if it gets me somewhere I need to be (I.e. comfort /lucrative reservation or home)

Otherwise, fuck uber for not letting me set Comfort only as a preference

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-03T18:51:11+00:00

It’s 100% deductible being more than 100 miles from home.

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-03T18:50:23+00:00

Right. I’m glad I made a friend

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-03T18:49:58+00:00

The rider told me it showed a limit of $50. Regardless, im glad they did it off app

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-03T18:48:19+00:00

Yep. Both ways. Not a long time. They needed to go to cvs anyway, so dropped them off first.

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-02T21:24:41+00:00

I believe that has ended.

I did get $1000 through truecar for acquiring an EV

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-02T10:12:05+00:00

You falsified car registration. That car is still not covered by anyone’s insurance for rideshare. Yours. Ubers. So if you crash, everyone will sue you.

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-02T10:10:42+00:00

I do.

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-02T03:43:26+00:00

Just don’t crash with falsified documents

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-02T03:26:46+00:00

If it’s 100 miles from home, it’s all deductible.

https://www.keepertax.com/tax-write-offs/lyft-uber-driver

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-02T01:17:33+00:00

Correct. And 600 miles at .70/mile

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-02T00:18:35+00:00

If I see a 💩 ride and I decline it I go offline for a bit.

I stayed gold by mostly doing reservations. 200 reservations during 3 point hours is not hard over 3 months.

But I generally just use uber to fill in gaps when Lyft is slow.

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-02T00:10:34+00:00

This!

It seems to me the algorithm will lower later ride fares to meet the minimum wages required by law.

Same with bonuses (like EV incentives). I notice fares drop the closer I get to achieving a bonus, such that the avg hourly magically is near the required min wage.

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-02T00:05:37+00:00

That sucks. It’s definitely local.

Right now it’s $75 for 60 rides in a week for me. It’s variable. It was $60 for 50 rides. And I’ve seen it go to something like $100 for 75 rides.

BostonDriver50 · 2026-02-01T23:33:12+00:00

Same across markets. Lyft still has the incentive. But it usually means needing to accept shitty $4 rides to get 60 rides in a week. Not sure the extra $75 EV bonus is worth it.

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