sometimes uber is cheaper or you'll get a ride faster and sometimes lyft is

I had a buddy that was a medical school student that worked as a bouncer at a bar to pick up ladies. I think that would make the top 496 as well.

That is in the top 15.

I'll be returning home to LV next month after a lengthy absence and will probably have to uber so the info here has been quite enlightening.

Just recently had 3 uber trips since I didn't have a car.

One was in OZ. Nothing spectacular. Efficient.
The other two were in NJ with uberpool. Both drivers probably expected a tip.
One driver said that had known that I was only going to the train station he would not have taken me - That was an automatic demotion of one star.

More Uber drivers so you can usually get a ride quicker.
I personally prefer the Uber app it's easier to use.

I'm pretty sure it used to be against Uber policy to even accept tips, let alone solicit them. As of a few months ago, I believe they're allowed to have a small sign that says "tips appreciated" or something to that effect. I've never Ubered in Vegas but have done a fair bit of Ubering in a number of cities in the US and in London and never once have I had a driver do any sort of indirect soliciting for tips. And no, I've never tipped with Uber. Although going forward I will consider doing it more for particularly exceptional service, which I often get with guys helping me load suitcases when I'm going to the airport or just for being nice guys on long drives carrying on interesting conversation.

In Lyft, I'm pretty sure the drivers have to give you your passenger rating before they see how much if at all you tipped them. In Uber, there's no way to regulate that with cash tips. Seeing as a few low ratings can bounce a customer from the app, drivers can indirectly or even directly extort passengers for tips with the threat of a bad passenger rating. I find this very troubling.

I doubt that a few low ratings would result in a paying customer being bounced from the app. A driver has much more to lose from a low rating. If you're threatened or extorted in this manner, give the driver one star. Uber will ask for an explanation and you'll likely get a free ride out of it. Don't sweat a little bit of tip hustling though. It is Vegas, after all.

Also, don't worry too much about your passenger rating. If you're polite and you don't consistently make your driver wait for you, your rating will be fine. Remember, Uber wants to keep you as a customer.

It was never against Uber's policy to accept tips if offered. You just can't solicite. In the beginning uber lied to the public saying tips were included. They stopped saying this after being slapped with a multimillion dollar lawsuit from the drivers.

I asked my last Lyft driver about passenger ratings and he said that if driver gives passenger a rating of 3 stars or below they will not be paired with that passenger ever again. He also explained about rental car service that Uber & Lyft offer drivers. This was interesting, since you don't need a car just a clean driving record to enter the job pool. My driver claimed to have the car we were in which was a rental for 3 months, he simply needed to complete 70 rides per week IIRC.

Whole business seems primed to be supplanted by self driving cars, especially along routes currently served by buses where the routes are predictable.

Regarding tip hustling has only happened a coupe of times, usually built around some hardship story, etc..

The rental car program they offer their drivers is among the biggest ripoffs they have (and these are companies basically designed to rip off their drivers).

I know a guy doing this who is basically renting a Hyundai Elantra for $584/month and grinding out the hours just to stay afloat. That's laughable as that might be in the top 99% of what drivers make a week.

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No different from the predatory lenders. They go after people with bad credit saying that they just have to drive a few hours a week to pay off their balance. Then they cut the rates and now drivers are working 30-40 hours a week just to break even. The amount you pay for the lease with a buy option for $1 at the end is equivalent to a 20%+ loan.

Apparently in Costa Rica, renting cars to Uber drivers is huge business. Most Uber drivers drive rented cars there. Also there's been at least one reported case of an Uber driver being literally murdered by rioting taxi drivers. So if you're thinking about driving Uber in Costa Rica, I don't think there's ever been a more appropriate time to say, your mileage may vary

I was in Vegas for the WSOP last summer and I also got a lot of rides in very nice cars for some reason. I don't get it. Who are all these guys who have the money/credit for a BMW 5-series yet are also unable do basic arithmetic?

Maybe they just like driving and the conversation :/

Its interesting if you read the uber driver forum for vegas, lot of uber drivers expect cash tips, with quite a few of them saying that if they're not given a tip its an automatic 1 star to the pax, the locals I go out with always tip $3-$5 cash in Uber.

Interesting thread on it here

http://www.city-data.com/forum/las-v...uber-lyft.html

especially the statement sheets from lyft

If you really want to know what drivers think and the what the latest with Uber/Lyft is, this is the number #1 driver forum site on the internet: http://uberpeople.net/forums/LasVegas/. The link is for the Las Vegas subforum, but looking at the Pay and Complaint forums is definately enlightening.

I'm in college on the east coast and I've never met a single person who tipped in Uber or who's ever said anything about it. It's completely non-standard.

If a driver wants to give a passenger a 1 star rating so they don't get the passenger ever again, fine. But don't get passengers banned from the app or declined by drivers just because they didn't give you an optional tip.

This seems more like a Vegas-specific or at least Vegas-skewing situation with tipping. You don't get that attitude or expectation from drivers in other cities.

I got long hauled in an Uber for the first time in LV last week (they took the 215 to LV Blvd to get from Mccarran to Cosmo, LOL). Just a heads up that the price you get quoted at the start of the ride is not necessarily the final price charged. This was during a surge and I got charged $33 rather than the $23 I was quoted. I reported the issue in the app, Uber gave me a $10 credit, I 1 starred the driver and went on my merry way.

Careful if they change the route at all you get upcharged. Had Uber driver stop for gas and they charged me an extra $10 took quite a bit texting to get them to understand that he stopped for gas and I shouldn't be paying for that. Another driver wanted to change the route is basically long hauling since they charge more when that happens. Don't let them do it. Next time I'll just tell the driver no to gas and if he runs out oh well.

requested a 6 seat uber from North vegas to LinQ...

a 5 seat small SUV showed...one of our guys had to sit in th trunk space!

she didnt take the highway she went past downtown the whole way down LV BLVD!

this was at 8:30 on a saturday night...took over an hour! BS

Imagine driving for a ride service and having to deal with all the penny-anti BS brought up here by the suffering masses.

its amateur hour.... and costs 35% of a cab.... who then expect/demand a Tip.
they pay all their own expense (except in the case of rentals) so how(and why) they do it eludes me

I'm not usually a spelling Nazi, or one to point out when someone gets a term or saying wrong, but I couldn't help but find it humorous that someone on a poker forum apparently either doesn't know how to spell ante, or far more likely, isn't aware that the etymology of penny-ante stems from poker. As in, of course, playing a poker game with an ante of one penny.

And on a matter more related to the subject at hand (Uber), I wanted to mention to those who may not be aware, that as of today, certain American Express cards (Platinum & Centurion) now include an added benefit of $15/month in Uber credits for U.S. rides every month, with an additional $20 in December, for a total of $200 in free Uber rides each year. You just need to have your card tied in to the Uber app for payment. As one would expect, AmEx is going to be raising the annual fee for these cards later this year (by $100, I believe), but at least for the time being, it is a "free" added benefit to current cardholders.