3 ms·

I started using Lyft because every time I book an Uber it would end up taking 3x as long to get picked up vs the estimate shown, typically 15+ minutes. Additio

by rblatz 4y ago

I started using Lyft because every time I book an Uber it would end up taking 3x as long to get picked up vs the estimate shown, typically 15+ minutes. Additionally, it was always "completing a trip nearby". Lyft would offer to let me pay a few bucks extra to get a ride in 3 minutes, for the same price or lower.

standardUser 4y ago
I've experienced the opposite in NYC where Lyft often never even finds me a car and Uber is usually nearly-instant. But on the West Coast (recent trips to SF and Seattle) the two seem comparable.
- channel_t 4y ago
  I live on the west coast and generally try to use Lyft first when I need a cab because they seem to be the marginally more ethical company, but I still often find that I can get a car from Uber faster and more affordably than Lyft. I've also found the UX of the Uber app to be a little more mature than that of Lyft. Like I can effortlessly send a cab to someone else with Uber while with Lyft it's awkward.
  - the_only_law 4y ago
    > but I still often find that I can get a car from Uber faster and more affordably than Lyft. Lyft surge prices are much higher IME. At a particularly bad time, a surge Uber trip downtown where I live might be $25, Lyft will charge me $60 for the same ride. I wonder how much of that the driver sees.
    - metadat 4y ago
      I've had the opposite experience - It was 1:45am At SJC, and Uber surge pricing for the ride home from the airport was $210.00 (this exceeded the cost of the airfare to fly 3,000 miles). I was grateful to take a Lyft home for $28.00.
      - zeruch 4y ago
        Ultimately I feel I've had both experiences depending on which locale I'm in. Depending on whether 1, the other or both ave a critical mass of vehicles in an area on any given night, I've seen either be cheaper/faster (although I find overall anecdotally that Lyft does better in places I frequent on the West Coast, Cleveland and Dallas. Everywhere else it's seemingly totally up for grabs), but neither service seems canonically "better" except that Lyft seems as mentioned previously, slightly less ethically challenged than Uber (a threshold that isn't hard to beat frankly).
bergenty 4y ago
Exact opposite. The few times I’ve tried to use Lyft, it’s either unavailable, people don’t show up or they’re late.

by rblatz 4y ago

standardUser 4y ago

I've experienced the opposite in NYC where Lyft often never even finds me a car and Uber is usually nearly-instant. But on the West Coast (recent trips to SF and Seattle) the two seem comparable.

channel_t 4y ago
I live on the west coast and generally try to use Lyft first when I need a cab because they seem to be the marginally more ethical company, but I still often find that I can get a car from Uber faster and more affordably than Lyft. I've also found the UX of the Uber app to be a little more mature than that of Lyft. Like I can effortlessly send a cab to someone else with Uber while with Lyft it's awkward.
- the_only_law 4y ago
  > but I still often find that I can get a car from Uber faster and more affordably than Lyft. Lyft surge prices are much higher IME. At a particularly bad time, a surge Uber trip downtown where I live might be $25, Lyft will charge me $60 for the same ride. I wonder how much of that the driver sees.
  - metadat 4y ago
    I've had the opposite experience - It was 1:45am At SJC, and Uber surge pricing for the ride home from the airport was $210.00 (this exceeded the cost of the airfare to fly 3,000 miles). I was grateful to take a Lyft home for $28.00.
    - zeruch 4y ago
      Ultimately I feel I've had both experiences depending on which locale I'm in. Depending on whether 1, the other or both ave a critical mass of vehicles in an area on any given night, I've seen either be cheaper/faster (although I find overall anecdotally that Lyft does better in places I frequent on the West Coast, Cleveland and Dallas. Everywhere else it's seemingly totally up for grabs), but neither service seems canonically "better" except that Lyft seems as mentioned previously, slightly less ethically challenged than Uber (a threshold that isn't hard to beat frankly).

bergenty 4y ago

Exact opposite. The few times I’ve tried to use Lyft, it’s either unavailable, people don’t show up or they’re late.