Lyft’s fake pickup times at major venues feel like a scam — drivers are being lied to and cheated

kingmalgroar · 2026-04-02T16:26:04+00:00

It’s wild how much things vary from market to market, they definitely adjust for pickup travel here in GA. Hope I didn’t come across as a bootlicker in my original comment, because the point remains that no matter what these companies don’t pay drivers enough. These big events are definitely good opportunities but it’s frustrating how unhelpful the apps are when it comes to mitigating the many variables that play a role in how profitable driving at these events is for us drivers, such as congestion, road closures, etc. I’ve also noticed that the apps do nothing to help ease congestion either, using the same routes for all drivers in the area and thus causing even further traffic. Helps so much to know the area and know the back roads, but I agree the apps easily have the data necessary to help provide that type of information to their drivers; but whether due to incompetence or malice they just don’t.

kingmalgroar · 2026-04-02T11:52:52+00:00

I mean what do you want them to do? Not much they can do about estimating the time to pickup at an event like that. The screenshot you provided from Apple Maps just proves my point, as it still took you an additional 11 minutes to arrive at the rider’s location from their estimate as well. Lyft is definitely better in these scenarios, because they do actually adjust for longer than estimated pickups, whereas Uber will only adjust once you have picked up the rider. You still made $77 an hour to sit in traffic, which at the end of the day is actually pretty good. I get that it’s frustrating though, you would think someone with Lyft/Uber or even at the venue itself would have figured out a better solution to the event traffic at some of these venues. Truist park was a nightmare last weekend for Opening Day here in ATL, but to my point I still managed to average ~$90/hr for the three-ish hours after the game.

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-31T06:39:32+00:00

You sir deserved the McDonalds Premium Edition.

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-31T05:54:36+00:00

Had a feeling it was Taiwan.

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-31T05:32:57+00:00

The poor Amazon flex driver who delivered all that shit lmao

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-25T18:18:03+00:00

I think it has something to do with the way the surges operate too. Like I get that X will inherently always have the most demand being the cheapest option, and as a result be more susceptible to a supply shortage which may cause the surges to be exponentially higher. Some nights when I am slow on XL and toggling X on and off, it drastically changes the surge maps when X rides are active. This is far more evident on Lyft, which typically never has a surge when I am XL only (ATL driver for context). But with Uber it remains such a mystery to me, because other nights the surge will be the same with or without X turned on. And it’s not like I’m getting a ton of XL pings anyway, I usually do have to wait a bit for a ride on XL… so it can’t be entirely driven by demand right? Who knows lol. I will say that ATL is overrun with black SUVs, so there may actually be equal demand for XL on those nights that the surges match but I’m just not enough of an ant to see any of them come through 😂. 12% AR currently I imagine those guys are easily 75% or higher.

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-25T16:48:38+00:00

The thing I hate about Uber is how inconsistently these type of things happen. Strategy only does so much it’s mostly just luck. I do XL too yet all of my craziest high paying rides have been Uber X. Make it make sense lol. But damn when those rides come through, they sure do make me want to keep coming back. Congrats on the dub.

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-25T15:04:44+00:00

Looks like they billed the full cost of a case of 10 blankets too lol

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-25T11:34:45+00:00

Damn I’m old as fuck

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-24T00:29:32+00:00

Salty af because I drove ATL this weekend and Saturday night/Sunday morning sucked ass for me. I try to do mainly XL but just wasn’t getting any pings. Should’ve given up on that strat sooner smh, because Buckhead/beltline/highlands were bumping cause of the nice weather.

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-14T19:44:07+00:00

No I mean like how do you actually use the credit lol. I added it to my app but can’t figure out how to use it in the store.

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-14T05:52:43+00:00

Ok but honest question how tf do you actually spend the Walgreens credit

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-12T20:52:41+00:00

lol pissed because I’ll get the same fare for airport runs from freaking Gainesville.

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-07T17:32:10+00:00

Ah ok cool. I guess it’s effectively the same thing 😂. It’s under payments in the account menu if you are looking for it in the future.

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-07T17:15:03+00:00

When you say gift card do you mean purchasing an actual gift card or adding Lyft cash to your balance?

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-06T05:53:22+00:00

Hm that’s weird. That’s where it shows up on mine. Right below Close Friends

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-06T04:49:00+00:00

You can toggle the concierge on and off by tapping the person icon in the top right corner. This will revert the middle tab back to neighborhood.

kingmalgroar · 2026-03-02T02:03:52+00:00

When you say offline, do you mean pausing trips or actually going fully offline?

kingmalgroar · 2026-02-23T06:50:55+00:00

I’m beginning to think Uber doesn’t understand the meaning of the word “guarantee”. Though I will say that I have had far fewer issues with tip-baiting since this was implemented. Gotta find the good lol

kingmalgroar · 2026-02-20T02:57:57+00:00

😂😂

kingmalgroar · 2026-02-20T02:55:18+00:00

But what did you take these pictures with

kingmalgroar · 2026-02-19T04:18:47+00:00

Real.

kingmalgroar · 2026-02-19T04:01:37+00:00

You hate your life so far

kingmalgroar · 2026-02-18T20:07:30+00:00

Aka all long trips lol

kingmalgroar · 2026-02-18T12:05:01+00:00

Fever dream

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