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That would be nice if each driver can have a business card and passenger can put in a code in to request a certain driver

5:38 minutes that I can't get back. You didn't answer the question and went off on every possible tangent...

You gave no info on how to request the same driver.

Damm get to the point

I just started driving for both and I think it is ridiculous they don't have away to give a family member or friend a ride. If your spouse or friend travels for business, you should be able to pick them up and drop them off at the airport.

My god get to the point! This video should have only been 1:30 max.

+The Rideshare Guy. Thanks for explaining this. I had a passenger ask if he could request me directly and I didn't know how to respond. Good to know!!

If I wanted to give a passenger a ride or vice versa I wouldn't even use Uber. I would simply get his/her number and work out our own arrangements.

Is this still working? I'm a newbie and getting my inspection on Wednesday so I can start driving soon. Just curious.

So in other words you can't request a specific driver?

Harry, drivers “standing by” longer also now get priority on the Uber algorithm as well.

I started driving today and started watching your videos while I was waiting for pings. I did not sign up with anyone's referral code so is there no way now to take advantage of the sign up bonus using your referral code?

I understand about the closest Uber driver getting the next ride but at the Ottawa airport in Canada I drove in next to a driver who had been there 15 minutes and after waiting only 10 minutes I got a ride and left while he was till waiting there??? Any idea why this might have happened?

Hey Rideshare Guy...great video!! The question I have is, What exactly is it mean when it said "1.20X" fare ??? Thanks

Does this also apply to Uber Eats?

can a request be predated or scheduled or is it only live?? If it can be done please advise.... thanks in advance

one passenger lyft what do I pick "shared or economy" shared seems cheaper and looks like one or two people

Hello Rideshare Guy, my question is: how can I know how many seats (passengers) have the rider requested. Is there a icon ( number ) of passengers shown in the ACCEPT TRIP page of the Uber app?

Am I suppose to receive more (and does the rider pay more) for multiple riders on 1 trip? On my first night driving I had 2 separate trips of 3 guys. Looking at the compensation on Uber's site, there wasn't additional compensation. Also, Do I only start the trip once the rider is in my vehicle? Or can I start the timer as soon as I've arrived for the pick up? Thanks!

Great information thank you!!

no it didn't answer my question I want you to you to show me how to do it on the phone. I have a driver that I love and want to request him and I can't figure out how to do it on the phone when I need a ride. So is there a part 2? :-)

Can you tell me how you feel about the select category? I am in Atlanta and am in my second week. I currently have a minivan so I do x and xl. I've considered trying to get into select and buying a used Mercedes. I mostly drive in the higher end areas so I'm wondering if there is money in select.

There’s better ways to do this, if you have a cool uber/lyft driver, they’ll sometimes hand you a business card. You text when/where you need a ride for the same price. Your own chauffeur!

I know what time the regulars go to work so if I'm in the neighborhood I'll be parked close by.

I figured this out a long time ago....before I watched your video. I can't believe some people don't understand. It all has to be prearranged....thats when your business card comes in handy.

will uber suspend or disable your account if you decline/cancel too many rides in succession? There was one point where I declined about 5 or 6 straight uber pool requests (I hate uber pool)

Also some states do not let Uber drive due to not having state licenses. how can you get that or are we covered under Ubers license. Dont we havento have a st license sense we are indepenant contractors for uber?

You only said for them to request a ride and if your the closest you should get call but we were hoping to hear how to request a specific person on the app. I don't think it's possible.

So, in a nutshell, you suggest I build my network and when one of my contacts wants a ride with me (because I'm awesome AF) then they should call me...have me drive to where they are...and then they submit their Uber or Lyft request? I don't doubt that might work in L.A. but that won't fly here in Virginia Beach. We're too spread out and I can't waste my time driving for 20-40 mins for just another fare that's pretty much like any other fare. I agree this might not be too terrible of a plan if you KNOW they're going to need a ride for a significant distance and/or during surges.

Thank you for your valuable information

Good information

Thanks Harry, just wanted to report an update based on my experience. Uber and Lyft caught up with requesting a specific car so now even if the rider is sitting in the car with the driver, the rider will not get that driver. I've been doing Uber for 4 years and in the beginning that was possible, now they'll send a driver 5 mins away. Possibly for equal opportunity ?

Good info, thanks

How can you explain to uber that you keep getting the same person when your just idling online?

I am an independent contractor. I have the right to solicit myself as a personal driver. If a pax wants to hire me and pay me an agreed upon fee....I see nothing illegal or conflicting about it. Just make your own arrangements.

Good Morning Harry, Have had this happen to me and 2 passengers. After so many rides Lyft will automatically Block you from that passenger, do not have an exact number, believe it to be about 150 rides. Picked a guy M-F by request of his parents to grt him to work, that lasted about 7 months before being blocked and with lady who lives in my apartment building. Lyft unblocked both after explaining the situations but it was a hassle waiting to be rematched. Lyft said they want it to be 'an organic' matching system with different drivers regularly.Unfortunately had to give the guy up as a passenger, got reblocked after 3 weeks, got unblocked again and he began to insist on using Uber.

Can you actually tell me how to look at it, someone requested me, but i dont know how to go look at it

Have you check UZURV yet? It might solve the problem

does this work in nyc

OMG dude, just get to it already!!!

the question is do you need a state license for using your vehicle for commercial use? Are we covered on Ubers license?

Hey, there's anyway to settings to acquire only Credit Card users? I'm UBER Driver and I don't want to see money passegers to find me when they search for an UBER, I want only credtic card passenger to find me, there's anyway to set that?

Thanks for the info Harry. I didn't know the Lyft system was different I had a situation where I had a passenger in my car and tried to request me but it kept picking other drivers I didn't understand why

yesterday was my first day driving for Uber. My fiancee wanted to be my first customer. He was sitting in my car scheduling a ride and it still sent him other drivers.

Okay maybe a stupid question but I'm comparing the writer app with the driver app, and the writer app demonstrates surge pricing but no surge pricing is noted on the driver app. Is that normal and if so why are they not advertising The Surge price on the driver app?

how do you control the rating. I did 12trips and got 5stars out of 12. but from 5.1 I dropped to 4.08. my first ride ever was a drunk crazy person that complained about me. basically will you get fired.

Last week, a guy calls me to his hotel to pick him up. He gets in the car and orders the ride. When he sees my car on his app, he submits it. My car disappeared from his app, and it was given to someone 8 minutes away. He tried that 7 times before giving up. Today we tried it again and it took it away from me and gave to a driver 12 minutes away. It’s sounds like Uber has changed into Lyft.

Long story short: Only works if you are next to the driver you want, but not actually or always. If you had a driver in the past and want to use them again, tough shit.

What is the difference between Uber and Uber black? Is the fair different?

rideshare guy I get the feeling, from reading some of the questions and comments, that some people take cash as payment not matter how many times you tell them that is a bad idea...

thanks....

Thanks, now I know

I need a uzure code to sign up plz help me

You never really explained how to actually do it. 😆

This is a great question for the business minded drivers. Lyft and Uber is being stingy for not allowing this

I cant see the what drivers are in my area as a passenger.

Also.....I flat out told my car leasing agency AND my insurance company that I am a full time Uber driver. Neither one had a problem with it.

It would help if you mentioned the actual process on the phone for us newbies. All these generalities are great, but what specific things do you do on an IOS or android phone?

I've driven past the corral at the airport because it was full and then off the airport property. Got a ping immediately. Lol.

Recently took rider to destination to pickup another rider, they then wanted to go to a 2nd destination together, in meantime I completed first ride and riders couldn't get me to show on the app to get them to their final desired location even though they were in my car! I also got pinged twice during this time to accept other riders. Any suggestions how to resolve in future? Thanks

How?

Hey, I have a question: I just pick up a passenger and another one after that one. I'm searching here if I can see the name of the first passenger, but I can't find. I could find the last one, but I need the first one, how do I see the name of the first passenger? I have the trip code as well.

can a rider request a specific driver that not close or next to me ( I might live 1 mile away from rider ) ,of course I do drive uber 3 times a week for over 10 hours each,so he/she is not my only passenger, but I know this rider goes for a long trip certain days and want that business ...what I mean is if they trust me to take them whenever they need their next ride ,can they request me again on any different day?... how? TY

How did you find out Lyft vs Ubers algorithm?

@rodgrappler No way, Uber/lyft value this info way too much and would never give it up, especially to an insurance company. They want you on the road more badly than you wanna be on the road :) Just ins. companies trying to scare you..

From bluff meats to Umlaut c section next to games shops

Wish there was an update to this video.... I've tried twice to do this, and both times....pax got a different Rider and had to cancel multiple times.

OK so the quick answer is drive away a half block from person - don't just stand in front of them and have them request you like that. See how easy that was?

If a customer cancels a ride to get to the Uber driver they want, does it lower a customers rating?

I don't know why a friend or relative would try to use a specific driver to defraud... I mean, the money is going to come out of their account anyway. but if the phone was stolen and someone used it to request a ride LOL then sure

I have done this b4 with uber but this morning I picked up a guy and he asked if I could pick him up from work. He called n i went n picked him up. We weren't at airport but 4xs it kept giving him other drivers 10 mins away and giving me Pax 30 mins away. Why would this happen?

did I hear u say a wife doing a ride request this video was good yet sparatic I get what your saying just had large varieties nothing really specific

Has this been made almost useless by Uber matching high rated pax & drivers?

Hey RSG, I want you to know how valuable I find all your advice. Well I finally got started with Uber. I found insurance in the Fargo ND area from the Steve Marquart Farmer's agency. He was THE ONLY insurance company in all of North Dakota who would cover my ridesharing. His was also the only agency I could find who would give me a full commercial taxicab policy, as I wanted to also be able to catch riders who would hail me from the curb. That was what I wanted to ask you about--about how Uber would feel about this practice? I also had an incident a couple evenings ago. An Uber rider walked right up to the side of my car, where I had been sitting for about half an hour already, and asked if I was "his" Uber? Well, my partner ap hadn't pinged me! He had his phone ap on, and that was how he knew me to be Uber, but apparently the Uber system had given the ride to another driver. First there aren't a whole lot of riders or partners in my small area where Uber has only recently been authorized. There wasn't a surge! I hadn't had a rider in over an hour! Yet, the Uber ap gave the ride to a different driver from further away--who showed up less than five minutes later and as I watched, my passenger took that other driver! What happened?

hello, how can I contact you?

I don't get it the video title is how to request a specific driver on Uber but you had no advice about that or how to actually do that. Good tips about trying to avoid getting into a fraud situation by having too many requests by the same person

Can you tell how to re rate an Uber driver because I accidentally gave my driver one State instead of five and driver was supper nice and I feel bad😒 HELP🙏

This worked for me in the past, but no more. My wife is a driver and I travel for work to the airport a lot. Naturally l would prefer for my wife to be the driver. Recently when requesting a ride right in her car, it no longer goes to her. Sometimes to drivers over 10 miles away. What is up with that. Immediatly cancel and try again, several times, now always to other drivers that are much further away.

I still don't understand a way for a passenger to request you. How do they request How do you get them in the app? Do I hand them a business card with my number on it? Confused.

How about lyft

Keep it short and sweet, get to the point man

Hello, it's Richard from Irving Texas, I took a man and his son to BK,from a hospital.he said he would be about 10min he be out if I was still around.so I ended the trip because I was not going to sit there and wait.but he changed his mind came back out with his food and wanted to go back to the hospital. I told him I ended the trip already, so got in the car and requested another trip and it went to another driver.right after it went to another driver my phone got a request for someone else.

I recently encountered a passenger that tends to take longer trips (Orange County to LA) and wanted to request me specifically. I gave her my phone number and asked her to text me the day prior to her planned long drives to see what my availability was. If I was free I would make sure I was in her neighborhood at the time she was wanting to leave and text her when I was outside her house. She would get in the car and make the request and off we go.

Had a Lyft Line PAX that was not downstairs. After the timer ran out & I called, the PAX saw me pulling out of the driveway. She was going to the airport, so I was willing to forgive her. Tried getting her on Lyft, then on Uber. We kept getting matched with other people. Gave up after passing up two or more rides and she was matched with someone else. The technique should work most of the time, but not consistently in the city, malls, ....

Didnt get one word

Just received an email from Uber saying that they re decreasing the downtime for drivers by having them accepting new trips while they re in on a trip.

When does he give u a answer

uber should have way the ride can request a drive.for example after the rider take 50 trip the ride should be able to request a driver.

Uber change algorithm? I try today it’s not work

These apps have a system . Basically. There isn’t enough $$$ to go around. There’s no $$$ unless you get lucky.

Hi guy, how is it fraud to pick up the same person again and again? If my wife requests me to go to work and she gets charged $20 and my gains are $15.... my wife just paid $5 to Uber. (let's not forget the $1.70 she pays for safe ride fee)

You and the customer have to be in sync. I have a regular guy I tske to the airport once a week. I know what time he leaves....I go to his house. He doesn't request the ride until he is in my car. I naturally get the ping (request) becsuse I am the closest driver to him. He asked me to be there every week because there are not always drivers around at the time he leaves. I see nothing wrong with it. Uber still gets their share and the client is happy and I make money. Win win for all. If Uber says this is wrong....then so be it. I could take cash from him but I don't.

To sum-up, .... NO. You cannot request a specific driver or rider. You can stand next to the driver and request a ride, but you are NOT guaranteed to get that driver. UBER assigns driver based on proximity and wait time (to get a ride). You can CANCEL the request (you may get charged a cancellation fee if the driver is close by) and try again but still no guarantee. If your passenger wants to go to another destination after stopping at the original destination, do NOT end the ride. Have the passenger change the destination or add a stop. The driver can also change the destination on the driver app (I think). The passenger can also change the destination during the trip (I think). You cannot change the destination if it is a POOL ride. He did mention at the beginning, you could do it "off" the app. Go offline on the Uber driver app and work out a fee with the passenger (like .75/mile).

U r awesome

What about asking the driver his/ her phone number and pay the ride outside the app in cash ?? It would be tax free for the driver 🤔🤔

So where was the answer? Did you answer the question

Truth is you can’t request a driver and it’s all business involved . The moment uber let’s you request a driver will be the moment that they will loose hundreds of drivers who pay a percentage per trip and that’s because uber will no longer send a client to the closest driver available. It is a lot more, sadly we cannot unless we request it

I had a customer request a ride from inside my car and another car was given the call. Uber doesn't work like that anymore.

My question is, besides using Uber's insurance, why use Uber at all? Why not just say "hey give me so and so $ and I'll take you. Forget Uber/Lyft getting their cut