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Happens all. the. time. I'm in NYC, and I use taxis 99% of the time because of this phenomenon: Uber/Lyft drivers rapidly accept your ride, then cancel (or slo
by timr 8y ago
Happens all. the. time.
I'm in NYC, and I use taxis 99% of the time because of this phenomenon: Uber/Lyft drivers rapidly accept your ride, then cancel (or slow-play the pickup, so that you cancel, to protect their driver rating) as soon as they see it's a place they don't want to go.
It's so bad here that I just won't deal with Lyft and Uber unless they're throwing serious discounts my way, and I have time to burn.
- kaishiro 8y agoFair enough. I've been taking Ubers to JFK for years and have never had this happen - but I guess everyone has their own experiences.
- CydeWeys 8y agoWhere are you taking them from?
- kaishiro 8y agoMidtown, the village, Brooklyn, Queens... Where are you taking them from?
- art0rz 8y agoI've been taking Ubers from and to JFK, EWR, and LGA from Williamsburg and Chinatown for years never had a cancel on any of them. I thought the driver couldn't see the destination until they started the ride after you get in. Although I've encountered drivers starting a ride as soon as they see me on the street (which I contested and got money back for).
- bdcravens 8y agoSeeing your luggage etc means they can make a pretty good guess about whether you're going to the airport.
- timr 8y agoAirport trips are relatively easy, as long as you're in normal operating hours. Drivers don't want to go places where it's hard to get a return trip. JFK has plenty of passengers both ways.
- kaishiro 8y agoThis does not seem to jive with the parent comment to whom I was originally replying though: "Ubers don't want to go to the airport for the same reason that cabs don't."
- timr 8y agoSeems consistent to me: Ubers don't want to places where they can't easily pick up a return trip; same as cabs. That's always been my assumption, anyway.
- jjeaff 8y agoThis is a result of poor logistics on the part of Uber and Lyft. There are a large number of Ubers and lyfts that will drop off and have to leave the airport without a passenger, meanwhile, you can call you car and be told it's a 10min wait as someone who isn't even on premises accepts the fare.
- euyyn 8y agoAre they actually allowed to do that, or is there a regulation preventing it?
- kaishiro 8y agoSorry, I'm confused now. You stated above that JFK has passengers going both ways - so isn't this exactly the kind of fare an Uber would want to take on?
- CydeWeys 8y agoThe worst part is how much of your time it wastes. With a cab, whatever, another one is coming soon. But with rideshares, you could be waiting awhile on someone who'll cancel on you, thus wasting a lot more time. Even if twice as many taxis refuse to go there as rideshares, I'm still wasting more time on the rideshares, so it's worse.
- humanrebar 8y ago> With a cab, whatever, another one is coming soon. That really depends on your neighborhood. In the outer burroughs, you can walk some ways before you reach a busy enough street to find cabs. If you have bags, small children, or are disabled, that walk is basically a non-starter.
- astura 8y ago>or slow-play the pickup, so that you cancel, to protect their driver rating Yep, or they even just call you and ask you to cancel.