{"id":176367,"date":"2023-11-20T10:24:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T16:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/some-uber-and-lyft-drivers-have-learned-they-can-make-more-money-if-theyre-pickier-about-who-they-serve"},"modified":"2023-11-20T10:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T16:24:54","slug":"some-uber-and-lyft-drivers-have-learned-they-can-make-more-money-if-theyre-pickier-about-who-they-serve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/some-uber-and-lyft-drivers-have-learned-they-can-make-more-money-if-theyre-pickier-about-who-they-serve","title":{"rendered":"Some Uber and Lyft drivers have learned they can make more money if they\u2019re pickier about who they serve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/some-uber-and-lyft-drivers-have-learned-they-can-make-more-money-if-theyre-pickier-about-who-they-serve.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ken, a 36-year-old Uber and Lyft driver in Houston, drives about four to five hours per day \u2014 in addition to his full-time analyst job \u2014 to supplement his income. Last year, he earned a combined $25,000 driving for Uber and Lyft from about 2,000 trips, according to screenshots of earnings documents viewed by Business Insider.<\/p>\n<p>While he accepts most rides, he said he prioritizes trips that pay at least $0.80 to $1.00 per mile, excluding vehicle expenses \u2014 a ride\u2019s base pay and distance are displayed on the app. He also tries to avoid trips that take him too far out of Houston because he worries he won\u2019t be able to find trips for the ride back. He calls these \u201cempty miles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have seen a 50-mile trip that only $20 was offered,\u201d Ken previously told Business Insider. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be doing that.\u201d He asked that his last name not be included for fear of professional repercussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken, a 36-year-old Uber and Lyft driver in Houston, drives about four to five hours per day \u2014 in addition to his full-time analyst job \u2014 to supplement his income. Last year, he earned a combined $25,000 driving for Uber and Lyft from about 2,000 trips, according to screenshots of earnings documents viewed by Business [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}