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It happens when you're near the airport and the queue is empty. I jump on those.
It's rare though, usually there are plenty ants sitting on their asses waiting inside the queue already.
I got one of those today and I was 10 miles from the airport but I was in the priority que at the airport and had a call from the airport and when I dropped pax off I got the request but there were other drivers in the que.
I took one. There were a few drivers at the airport, (Akron Canton), and I guess the other drivers refused the ride. It was from Akron south into West Virginia late one night.
Some of my best Airport pings comes from about 1/2 a mile outside the airport when it's surging... I have a favorite spot I go to and wait for it when I forsee a huge surge coming due to high demand and low availability of drivers... Here's a pic of our airport surge and of a great ride I took from my spot that was an airport pickup....
Some of my best Airport pings comes from about 1/2 a mile outside the airport when it's surging... I have a favorite spot I go to and wait for it when I forsee a huge surge coming due to high demand and low availability of drivers... Here's a pic of our airport surge and of a great ride I took from my spot that was an airport pickup.... View attachment 383729View attachment 383730
Happened to me once, stacked ping, I was about fifteen minutes out. Pax was pissed that it took so long, gave me a 1* for "Service". I think she thought she was rating Uber, seemed new.
I have had a dozen of these at my local airport and they are amazing. Long pickup fee usually, and people at my airport know I’m going out of my way to pick them up with an empty driver queue. High rate of tips, often surge as well.
It was crazy. At like 2 am I was 20 min from airport, airport had 10 dollar surge. And I got a ride request from the airport while I was still 20 away.
I once had an airport ping from 20 min away! I couldn’t get rid of the requests though because there was nobody anywhere near and it was surging. It was like $17 surge because I was near a concert but I shuffled and always got airport so I just accepted it. Got a nice long trip and tip from it. Plus airport people are much better than drunk concert people who have no idea what street they are even on. If you are the closest one, or you fit a specific category like comfort, you’ll get it. There can be 30 Uber X but if you’re the only one that qualifies for comfort you’ll get the ping
I get airport pings when the airport queue is empty since I live and frequently drive in range of pings from that airport. No knowledge of the algorithm is required to explain this situation. This is simply supply and demand. Low supply of drivers at the airport, and then some drivers near the airport (or even 20 minutes away) who are online.
I treat these like any other ping. 10+ minutes away, nope! Unless it’s surge. And if they’re calling me to the airport from that distance, damnit, it ought to be surging!
I treat these like any other ping. 10+ minutes away, nope! Unless it's surge. And if they're calling me to the airport from that distance, damnit, it ought to be surging!
My airport is too small to have a line, rideshare drivers don't really wait there. I do get pings from there fairly regularly but not nearly enough to warrant hanging out there.
I do like those trips though. It's usually premium pickup + decent distance of 15 miles plus, and pretty much guaranteed tip if I help with pax' bags.
Slightly off topic but relative - I’ve never signed up for TNC in Houston because I don’t want to wait at airports. Twice now I’ve been leaving the airport after dropping off and gotten pings to return to the terminal. I went back both times but I’m assuming I broke some law by not being TNC registered?
Are you suggesting that all the drivers in line skipped? How are people seeing ride destination if they are declining so many rides. And it was lucrative btw... Good surge.
I was in Cary about 20 minutes from airport about a month ago, got a ping. Said what the F.
I went there and picked up 2 girls going to Burlington.
I was thinking like $35/40. It paid $80 as it was a surge .
It was about midnight on a Sunday night (the night a plane crashed in Umstead park)
Dropped them off drove back on empty well paved interstate and went home.
I got an airport ping from my HOME with $8.00 surge. And I live 20 min from airport. It was one of those rare instances where there were 0 drivers available. only happens like 3 times a year in my town
Sometimes no queue, you will get a ping , but other times it is just mind games played by the algo.
You will think you are special , so you are getting the pings👍 I am better than all other drivers, so I am the chosen one 😁
Happened to me. I was about 2 miles from OHare with the DF on. (Heading home, live about 40 miles from the airport. DF is not available from the airports in Chicago)
Got the request. Trip ended about a mile from my home
Thing to remember is Uber has rules that you need to be in the waiting area to get the request and DF does not work at the airport. Unless Uber needs you.
Thanks for all the input. It was crazy last night. Super late night flights landing at the same time I guess.
What was a bit frustrating though, was a few hours later during early morning airport rush, I kept getting requests from outside the airport as soon as I dropped someone off at the airport. Lot of back and forth with long dead drives to get the the pickup
Happens all the time in my town. There is never a driver waiting in my airport's queue. I've received airport pings while being as far as six miles away from the airport.
Sounds like it based on conversations I've had with my Lyft pax. I'll pick up a Lyft ride, and the pax will say, "I was going to book this on Uber, but they wanted (fill in outrageous amount here) for the same trip I'm paying $10 for on Lyft."
I can tell you there was no surge showing ANYWHERE on the Uber driver's app when these people have stated this. Uber is greatly reducing the threshold for surge compensation to the driver, but keeping the surge pricing fully intact for the passenger.
If passengers only knew the level of thievery this company employs, they'd probably all jump ship to Lyft.
I get them all the time in Philly if I'm 10 minutes away , Their usually pretty distant trips , like 30 mile rides , get a couple of them a day and Its worth to accept surge or not , Then when I'm out in the sticks somewhere i turn on my destination and usually get a trip or 2 back in my area..
It was crazy. At like 2 am I was 20 min from airport, airport had 10 dollar surge. And I got a ride request from the airport while I was still 20 away.
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