LyftHow much Lyft riders are being charged for rides Vs. how much drivers are paid.
- A Lyft passenger’s post that has since been removed from Redditt ‘s r/mildlyinfuriating sub touches on a recurring trend of social media posts being uploaded by several drivers and patrons of the popular ride-sharing application, which highlights a glaring disparity in the amount of money that passengers are being charged versus what the application is earning for their cut in facilitating these rides.
- Reddit user Karim Chaoui (@karimchaoui) wrote the post “How much I got charged vs how much the Lyft drivers gets,” and revealed in a caption that the application takes around a 70% cut of the fare, leaving the person actually doing the work, with their own vehicle, with a significantly lower amount of money.
- “I got charged $48.76 and the driver got $18,” they wrote in an archived post of the now-removed post.
- Chaoui isn’t the only person to highlight Lyft’s pricing and payout structures. Another redditor posted to the site’s r/lyftdrivers sub, writing, “I didn’t realize how little the driver get from the fare paid. Passenger showed me her phone, she paid $47 prior to tip. Lyft paid me $16.”
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ One commenter who said he was a driver for Lyft, replied to this post remarked that it’s because of these relatively high costs for fares that many riders don’t leave tips for Lyft contracted employees. The user wrote, “Yup. This is a major reason why I think a lot of pax don’t tip. They figure they’re paying $50 for a ride; we’re probably getting a significant portion of that. When they find out that we average about $1 per mile, most passengers are really surprised. It’s also why it’s essential with Lyft to try to get the bonuses in whatever way possible. It’s the only way it makes economic sense. And it can be the difference between a $500 day or a $100 day. But that’s providing they actually give you attainable bonuses to achieve,” he said.
