Upfront pay

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With upfront pay, you’ll see a ride’s route and total earnings before you choose to accept the ride. By seeing all of the ride details and pay in advance, you can decide what works for you.

With upfront pay, your earnings are based on a number of factors, which can include:

  • Estimated distance to complete the ride.
  • Travel to the pickup point.
  • Volume of ride requests in the area.

Because pay is informed by real-time factors, you may notice some variation in your earnings from day to day.

Upfront pay is available for the following ride types:

How it works

When you get a ride request, you’ll see all the details up front, including:

  • The amount you’ll earn.
  • The pickup and drop-off locations.
  • The estimated time and distance to complete the ride.
  • A map view of the full ride.

If you accept the ride, you’ll earn the amount shown unless there’s a significant change to the ride.

If a rider cancels before you get to the pickup point, the standard cancellation policy applies.

Once the ride is complete, you’ll receive the earnings you saw up front. The amount you receive will include any tolls you entered or bonuses you earned.

You can find a breakdown of each ride’s earnings in the My Trips tab in the app.

To see your earnings for a specific ride:
  1. Open the main menu, then tap 'My Trips.'
  2. Select the ride you want to review.

Waiting at the pickup point

If you have to wait for your passenger at the pickup point, you’ll be paid for that time as well. These earnings are in addition to the ride earnings you saw up front. Once the ride is completed, you can view a breakdown of your ride's earnings in your ride receipt.

For all ride types, you’re paid for time at the pickup point after you’ve waited for the rider for 3 minutes. At any point, you can choose to either cancel the trip or continue to wait.

 

Trip changes

With upfront pay, you'll always receive the earnings you were shown up front, unless there is a significant change to the ride. This isn’t common, and these adjustments occur rarely.

Some examples could be if you or your passenger cancels the ride mid-trip, or if the ride is ended before reaching the designated drop-off.

In cases like those, your earnings are adjusted after the ride is complete.

After the ride is complete, you can view your ride details in the Dashboard. Your earnings adjustment, if applicable, will be shown in the ride receipt.

To view your ride details:

  1. Open the main menu, then tap 'My Trips.'
  2. Select the ride you want to review.

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