Can I pick up riders in different cities and states?
I didn’t accept this ride from Madison to Chicago because I didn’t understand if I could seize rides in a different market.
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Dude, even without a passenger on the way back this would have been a $60/hour and 90 cent/mile job. I would have taken this in a heartbeat.
I always take rides to Chicago, and often have a WI ride before I hit the border and am actually in WI.
I’m wondering why my GB to Chicago was nearly half this. If I saw a number like this I might have actually considered it.
Well, if this ride came in the am and I had 6hrs to do a round trip to Chicago but at 4:15pm and needing to pick up my kid before 10pm… so it wasn’t the only reason lol
Depends on what Uber says is your area. I can pick up in PA, NJ, and DE but not in MD. MD is closer to me than is NJ.
I can do NJ and NY, not PA which is odd since NJ is farther away from me that PA. But I am sure since NY state include NYC they have NJ there for the city traffic
So because my base is Reading,Pa I can’t pick up in NJ and DE but I’m guessing if I switched my Work Hub location to Philly then that would probably work. At least I learned something new today!! Go Birds DH!!
Ah another fellow Chester County driver, hi there.
Check your app - it tells you the areas you're eligible for.
If you go to: menu -> account -> work hub -> explore where you can earn it will bring up a map showing which areas you can pick up passengers and you can click on delivery to see a map of which areas you can do deliveries in
Thanks!
I’m in Illinois and cannot pick up WI rides.
Click "work hub" then "explore areas you can earn" and it shows you.
Thanks. The map says no to Chicago area
Mine only allows within my state
Depends on local (city/state) regulations.
Not someone who is registered in Wisconsin. Our state is whack
100% you can
No, not 100%. Very specifically, WI drivers who haven't completed the necessary extra reading, videos and paperwork cannot do pickups in IL.
Definitively not 100%. Depends on state laws. For instance, Nevada requires NV DL and state-issued business license for all Uber/Lyft drivers.
Take the trip and then switch on the food delivery or other logistics apps to work your way back.
I looked at Ubers coverage map. I live in illinois for context, uber says I can do drives in Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio as well. This blew my mind. Lyft doesn’t allow me to operate outside of the northwest suburbs unless I submit a request to change my region!
As a driver in southwest Ohio, I can do pickups in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, parts of Illinois, and for some reason a tiny part of Iowa. I can't pickup in the Chicago area, which makes sense, but the rest of Illinois is split weird.
Interesting. I can do parts of Illinois but no Chicago and surrounding areas, or Rockford, Bloomington/Normal.
Would it be offering you the job if you couldn’t accept it?
They're asking if they'd be able to keep working at the destination, or if they'd have to return to their own state first
If you couldn’t take the ride you wouldn’t have even got an offer. Uber knows everything about your account and where you can drive. Speaking from experience, you should have taken this trip. People on trips like this tend to tip substantially too so you could have did this r...
That was a good ride even coming back empty you dumb
What device are you using?
CarPlay
Yes take it
Parts of Illinois but not Chicago and surrounding areas.
Holy shit. How is it paying so much much? I got one from GB to Chicago that only offered $134. I did not accept it.
Maybe because it’s “comfort”? Idk
Not typically
Damn, that’s crazy good for a Comfort trip. This is almost Uber Black level of earnings for this. Almost $125/hour rate, goes down to about $60 if you didn’t get a ride back to Chicago. That’s a golden goose right there if you ask me. Cant see the pax rating though. That’s w...
In my experience Comfort riders tip better, too! Next time if something like this comes in at the beginning of my day and not the end I’ll take it
OP - Even if you couldnt catch another ride in the area you would have been driving too $247 for 2 hr drive and back would have been worth it in my books.
Just check your regions in the app. Some states let you cross borders, others dont. Its not consistent at all.
This would be awesome! Today i had 1hr 43min to Greenville for $64 and some change, and i was 20 min away from pick up didn't match with it then they sent it to me as an exclusive didn't need 10 sec or even 3 ro decide
The short answer, for this specifically, is no. WI drivers cannot pick up passengers in IL.
If you could not, then the app being able to send you an offer you could refuse is an issue and the don needs to look into it.