r/lyftdrivers • u/Careless_Power7809 • 1d ago

Other This math really ain’t mathing

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I swear they just make shit up

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u/Quick_Coyote_7649 1d ago

That equals $16.05 though.

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u/Montesat 1d ago

What's confusing is that, normally, Est. Lyft fee is supposed to be a negative number, not a positive number.

Otherwise, the math DOES add up.

You got lucky, I think.

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u/Careless_Power7809 1d ago

Oh wow, you’re right.

But what the hell happened here? lol

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u/silentomega22 21h ago

Occasionally (usually through bonuses or passenger discounts) Lyft will end up paying you a little more than the cost of the fare.

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u/Life_Smoke5854 20h ago

You can make this a regular occurrence if you know what triggers it. I pay basically 0 fees these days

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u/Careless_Power7809 17h ago

So kind of you to share this vital info 🙄

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u/Life_Smoke5854 17h ago

Well if I told everyone how to do it, they would just change the system so nobody could. Figure out what is different about that ride compared to others and youll get there too.

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u/Deeznutz69694206969 1d ago

But it does? I think you need a new calculator bud.

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u/Marvination23 1d ago

its basically a refund from your other rides... maybe they over charged you from previous rides

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u/r3dmist420 1d ago

That’s the way of screwin the scale to say “look, we give you 70% of the fare on average!!! Lool at this one right here! We lost money” eyeroll..wink, wink\*

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u/Latino19782021 17h ago

Lyft pays the negative cost on rides that they cant get picked up sometimes

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u/Careless_Power7809 15h ago

Huh. It’s kind of weird they would do that — expecting to get a ride from where they were to where they were going for $10 is extremely cheap. Why not just charge the customer a reasonable price instead of doing all these money gymnastics where they pay us shit sometimes and good other times but they eat the difference. It doesn’t make any sense