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Lyft Responds to Uber Pro With Their Own Driver Enhancements

With Uber’s recent announcement of Uber Pro (a driver loyalty rewards program), we expected to see Lyft announce new features designed to help drivers, too. We were not disappointed! Senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur breaks down all the latest driver enhancements Lyft has rolled out (and continues to roll out) over the next few weeks.

Recently, Uber came out with a driver loyalty rewards program called Uber Pro.  It assigned drivers one of four classifications (Partner, Gold, Platinum and Diamond) and rewarded the drivers based on their earned classification.

New Lyft Driver - Earn 1500:week

But now its Lyft’s turn!  Lyft is launching several new features for drivers before the end of 2018 and below, I’m going to present the new features and give some feedback on their value and usability.

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Is Lyft’s Weekly Ride Challenge Living Up to the Hype?

Several months ago, Lyft announced a pivot from bonuses to the Weekly Ride Challenge (WRC) in many markets. In our initial review of the WRC, the bonus amounts seemed achievable and promising. In this article, senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur breaks down how the WRC has been going for him several months later and how the program has changed.

If you are a full time or part time driver, then achieving one of Uber’s (Quest) or Lyft’s (Weekly Ride Challenge) weekly bonuses may be a significant part of your revenue.  When I first started driving in early 2016, drivers in San Francisco could earn an easy $500 for completing just 120 rides at any time during the week.  Assuming a $2,000 week, that bonus accounted for 25% of my weekly revenue.

My oh my, how times have changed.  This article will focus on the developments of Lyft’s Weekly Ride Challenge bonus since inception in order to get us all up to date.

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Uber Drivers – Get Bigger Tips By Listening To Your Passenger

Can ‘just’ listening to your passengers get you more tips? It sure can, and today senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur shows us exactly how we can become better listeners and get more tips as drivers.

Check it out.  $177 in tips last week.

Do you realize that if I did this every week for 50 weeks of the year, I would earn an additional $8,850 on top of my normal rideshare driving revenue?  What can you do with an extra $8,850?

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How I Use the Destination Filter to Earn More

This week, I’ll be at LA CoMotion moderating a panel on the future of rideshare and shared mobility. Stop by and say hi if you’re attending! Also, this Saturday (November 17) I’ll be hosting a public session on what it’s like to be a rideshare driver in LA and the future of the passenger experience. Register here to attend this free event – the first 25 attendees will get a signed copy of my new book!

Can using Uber and Lyft’s destination filter help you boost your earnings? Yes – if you use it wisely. Today senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur shows exactly how he uses destination filters in San Francisco to stay consistently busy and earn more. If you’re not using the destination filter to its fullest, try Jay’s strategies and let us know if that helps to increase your earnings!

When Uber and Lyft first unveiled the Destination Filter in late 2016, I thought it was great.  I felt it would be very useful at the end of the day, heading home, and not wanting to waste time deadheading all the way.  It took me about a year before I really started to understand the possibilities of the Destination Filter.

In this article, I will share the many ways to fully utilize the Destination Filter to produce extraordinary results.

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Uber Pro – New Rewards Program Helps Drivers Be More Successful

Uber is releasing a new way to reward drivers with increased earnings and discounts on everything from gas to college tuition. This new program is called Uber Pro, and today, senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur breaks down how this new program works and how it will help drivers earn more.

Uber Pro

I count myself among the thousands of driver who feel undervalued, under-appreciated and underpaid.  While Uber and Lyft have paid lip service to appreciation of their drivers, very little has changed in how much we are paid or how much we are recognized.

Recently, I sat in on a presentation in which Uber unveiled their new Uber Pro program in an effort to remedy many of the issues and complaints rideshare drivers experience.

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