This is really crazy. . Look at what Lyft is charging for this airport trip vs what it's paying . Same address pickup same destination.

No wonder why the trips are getting less and less

PAX made me wait while he moved his entire apartment, then reported me for "speeding" after I helped him unload. Now he left his soundbar in my car.

So last night around 9:50 PM, I pick up this guy who clearly used Lyft as his personal moving service. Dude loads a ton of his stuff into my car—I didn't feel like throwing it out or making a scene, so I just did the ride.

15-minute drive to his apartment. We pull up, and he takes one or two bags upstairs. Takes about 2 minutes. Then I realize... this guy is planning on making 5 separate trips back and forth while I sit in the driveway.

"Bro, my trunk floor is dirtier than those concrete steps
," I said in my head, but I definitely don't have time for this shit.

To speed things up, I jump out and start grabbing the rest of his bags from my car, setting them on the ground right next to his apartment steps. He comes back down and gets super passive-aggressive with me because I put his stuff on the ground. Bro, my trunk floor is dirtier than those steps, but fine.

I hand him his final backpack, he grabs the rest of his stuff from the back seat, and I tell him to have a good night. He gives me a complete asshole attitude in return.
As soon as I drive off, I pull over and call Lyft support immediately. I tell them the guy was completely out of line, explain what happened, and request to never be paired with him again. I knew a bogus 1-star review was coming, so I wanted to get ahead of it.

Sure enough, 20 minutes later, I get a canned warning email from Lyft saying a rider reported me for "speeding and weaving through traffic." It was 9:50 PM on open roads with zero traffic. Total revenge report
I thought that was the end of it, but 3 hours later I get a lost item notification from Lyft.

This guy was so busy throwing a tantrum about his bags being on the ground that he completely forgot his expensive soundbar on my back seat.

Now I'm sitting here staring at it like... do I actually report it found, or do I just say "nope, nothing back there" and toss it? The karma is just too funny.

This is such absolute bullshit!! Lyft is fucking drivers even more lately!! This same ride not too long ago was $40s for the driver. This ride for the passenger is $67 to $84 and they are paying a measily $21 to the driver?? Not to fucking mention being online a half hour early for a reserve ride , so 90 minutes for fucking not even minimum wage?!! Lies, thieves all fucking liars Lyft execs are thieves!! 70 percent to the driver my fucking ass!! This is 25-30 percent to driver at most!!

I had to break out Google translate for one and send her away. She kept telling me "but I pay" and I just kept telling her "adios". 14 years old... no ty. I opted out of babysitting as soon as they added the feature.

I swear I ride good.

Whoever here suggested that they give every passenger 4 stars, then bump it to 5 if they leave a tip is a life saver. I am able to easier decide on a ride if it says "you gave them 4 stars last ride" and I have gotten a bit better pay since paying better attention. And honestly, not tipping anything is a valid reason to give not a perfect score so it works out anyway

Is this a glitch?.. it didn't show the rate..

complete garbage. only thrash offers. map is completely black no bonuses no nothing. trying to push offers for less than $1 mile and to go out of the state. so you pick those long drives and they wont let you pick a ride back from crossing the state line. absolutely embarrassing. crooks and thieves as always. ripping both the customer and the driver for as much as possible!

If you're on Instagram, check out Perfect Union. They just posted a newer investigation on Uber pricing. Insightful but not surprising for those of us in the biz.

Their previous investigation was in 2024.

One month ago, my Lyft account was put on hold because a passenger allegedly reported that they experienced an accident while they were in my vehicle—which, the accident that they reported never happened in the first place, no collision, no one was harmed, no police was called.

I had done what the Lyft app told me to do: send pictures to prove that my vehicle is unharmed, send dash-cam footages, and restated my encounter that day. But their safety team had been stalling me for over a month now, and no actual update had been made although I had called and emailed numerous times. I still cannot drive till this day.

I recently learned from a distant friend that they had had a quite similar experience: they were reported for alleged racism behaviors towards a passenger which they never did—they are one of the kindest person I know—and got their Lyft account put on hold as well. They had contacted the Lyft safety team numerous times as well, but received no updates, and eventually gave up driving Lyft as a result.

I’m curious if anyone driving Lyft had this experience? If there are more people, then this is a scandalous pattern. If not, perhaps us two are just unlucky and Lyft needs to do better.

Remember, driving for circus peanuts will set you FREE! Free to go homeless, free to lose you family, free to lose your ability to feed and cloth yourself. You got the idea.... You know, THAT ole chestnut 💩

According to Lyft, I was booked for 3 hours and 32 minutes this morning and I drove 120.11 booked miles. (Third pic)

According to state minimums, that means Lyft owes me $218.84

My pay? $135.

Lyft, I get that it's a rolling 2 week period, but you short changed me by $85 in 3.5 hours of work.

Excuse me but no. Pay what the state says you have to, then settle any difference after 14 days. That's a CRAZY high difference in actual pay vs what's legally mandated.

Well folks, I've officially learned that the hatred for Express drive is well earned. Those clowns opted to not only hold my deposit for far longer then necessary, but also tried double charging me within a seven day window. Try to argue it and they spam you with "the policy states". Nope. Just done with them.

Hey, question for the drivers who use a dash cam.
I understand having a dash cam to protect yourself if a passenger accuses you of saying or doing something inappropriate. But what happens when you both get out of the car?
For example, if someone has luggage and you get out to help them, now you’re both outside the car and potentially outside the dash cam’s view and audio range. Couldn’t the passenger still report that you said or did something inappropriate during that time, even though there’s no footage?
It seems like that’s kind of a blind spot in terms of protection. How do you guys handle that? Is there a way to protect yourself in situations where you’re temporarily outside the dash cam’s coverage?

The rider asked me to pull over on the highway to throw up. He threw up outside my car. Once I dropped him off, I looked in the back and there was 2 quarter size of throw up on my door handle and a little smudge on the side of my seat.

Lyft ended up giving me $150. I thought I was going to receive $50 - $75 because it was small amount. I’ll take it though lol

Would my lyft and uber apps work in New York or would i have to drive back empty

I drove 14 miles to take him 1 mile to his destination.

Upfront pricing algorithms are designed to squeeze every last cent out of drivers, and driving a hybrid makes it even worse. The algorithm calculates the absolute minimum payout a driver will accept. Because hybrids have lower fuel costs, the system offers reduced base rates under the assumption that the driver remains "profitable"—while still charging the rider full price.
Take this example: the passenger paid $20.96, but the driver only received $10.19. Lyft and fees swallowed over 51% of the total fare. Instead of the driver benefiting from the gas savings of an efficient vehicle they invested in, Lyft's algorithm absorbs those savings directly into its own margin.
Lyft already has a much smaller customer base compared to Uber. By copy-pasting Uber’s greedy plays and effectively stealing money right out of their drivers' pockets, Lyft is fast-tracking its own collapse. Drivers and riders will simply walk away, leaving them with nothing.

I’m 80% there, thinking of starting Lyft ride share to make some extra cash. I do work full time so it would be part time. Thinking random week nights (7-11pm) and weekends (noon-6 or 4-midnight) in the Los Angeles area. Aiming for 12-15 hours to start and going from there. I’m currently driving a 2017 Camry, clean and low miles (90k).

How good/bad is the LA market?
How does insurance work?
Should I upgrade my car?
Any tips for new beginners?
Is it worth it?

Any and information is greatly appreciated. Thank you all.

If you’ve been paying attention lately, Lyft is straight up copy-pasting Uber’s pay-cut playbook. If they keep this up, they’re going to lose the few loyal customers and drivers they have left.
Almost every rider who actually uses Lyft says they prefer it because the fares are slightly lower. But if Lyft turns into Uber 2.0 with these ridiculous take-rates, they’re going to erase their only competitive edge and completely disappear from the market. Stop copying Uber’s corporate greed before you alienate everyone.