Hi Teri, I recently started using Lyft and like it a lot. I have only had one friver that I rated less than 5 stars. She received that rating based on poor navigation skills. She had to make one right turn and drive for 1.5 miles straight to get to my house. With GPS, she got lost.
Lyft will allow their drivers to accept their tips in cash. As far as paying the fare, yes, it must be paid through a card. You can schedule and pay for a ride for a friend on your phone. Both apps are pretty easy to use. You can put in the pick up and drop-off locations and then get an estimate. A car will not be sent unless you specifically tap on the button that says "request ride." I was afraid I was going to have a car sent when I was getting pricing info. Just be sure to not press "request ride" unless you really want a ride. I may be wrong about this fact. I thought that I read the background check for Lyft drivers is a little more extensive than for Uber. I asked two different drivers. Both said the background check with Lyft was more extensive. Again, not positive this is the case. HTH Lynda -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2017 8:58 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Questions regarding Uber, or Lift Hello all, I know there have been many questions on this list, regarding both of these services. Unfortunately, I didn't keep up with the threads, because I don't travel alone. Just a personal choice. However, now I have some questions about both services. First of all, is there a difference in the services? Is 1 better over the other? I know that will be opinion. But sometimes there isn't anything wrong with this. Is 1 App easier to use than the other? Now if I set up 1 of these Apps on my phone, do you always have to pay with a card? And if the App is on my phone, can I send an Uber, or Lift driver to maybe pick a friend up, as long as the charges are set to my card? Also, will you know ahead of time how much a trip might cost? What does each App go by, when it comes to pricing? Any help with any of this would be much appreciated. Thank you, Terri -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
