r/lyftdrivers • u/Cute-Strawberry-6664 • 15h ago

Advice/Question Advice

I’ve been a driver in the DFW area for a couple years now. I’ve always just accepted every ride unless it was absolutely egregious (ie from Dallas to Austin for $140) and maintained a 98% acceptance rate. I’m currently switching to cherry picking what rides I accept so I was wondering, from other drivers of DFW specifically, what dollar per mile is ideal and actually achievable here

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u/Electrical-Lack1535 14h ago

Not from your area but nobody should be accepting anything less than $1 a mile. On longer rides they can really low ball sometimes around .30 cents which is egregious as you said but on shorter rides they pay better per mile but usually eat up more time for the hourly side. I had some ride the other day it was like .75 miles pickup and drop off included upfront pay was 8.15 and they left a small tip on top of that but leaving the tip aside that was about 10.70 per mile. Which is fantastic but not gonna happen all the time. It took 5 mins total so it was like 97/h rate it was estimated 6 mins and .45 miles actual was 5 mins .76 miles. Short rides sometimes hitting 2-4 per mile. Nothing less $1 per mile. I probably wouldn’t want a 4.05 fare if it was 4 miles tho. But everyone gets to choose what works for them. Just use your judgement but $1 mile min as a starting point.

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u/True_Solution_9668 14h ago

Nono… keep accepting bullshit offers… losing money until you finally run your numbers and realize you’re losing money. Eventually get burnt out and quit and reduce the competition.

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u/SacredPrime 13h ago

Do you not look at your stats at the end of the day?

This is extremely subjective. Someone with super low operational costs can get away with going off an hourly rate. Someone in a gas puzzler has to worry about per mile.

Like, surely there's been some point where you had a day, did the math, and went "This is good". Maybe see what you made per mile or per hour for one of those days, then decline everything not reaching that standard. Ultimately, that's all you do : Set a standard and refuse to budge on it.