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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm in Bethesda and will have to head to BWI pretty early like 6am on a weekday. I'm guessing there aren't many Uber drivers then, or the ones that are probably dont' want to drive that far. If I request an Uber, cant he drivers reject me (in the app) once they see where I'm going? Is Scheduled Ride the way to go in this case?[/quote]

BWI isn't far...it's about exactly the same distance as a trip to Dulles.  There are tons drivers out and about all over DC 24/7.  The uber day really gets going around 4am with airport/train station trips, and drivers in the know hustle these early morning hours hard until around 7am when traffic starts getting tedious.  Driver doesn't know your destination until you are seated in the car and he starts the ride.  A driver would be nuts to turn down a long ride like that, especially since you'll likely be paying surge pricing for a ride originating from Bethesda around that time.  Request your ride at 5:50am and you'll be rolling by 6am.

[quote=Anonymous]Uber driver, it may be earlier in the thread..but what are you netting generally in your Uber life in a general hour?  
thanks if you are willing to share.  if not, understand[/quote]

I consistently always take home between $25-$30/hr (after uber's commission cut) in any hour that I drive. I don't drive for any less than $25/hr, which is rare because I cherry-pick the hours that I know will be busy and/or surging.  It's more like $30/hr on Friday & Saturday nites, and more like $25/hr on a Sunday driving tourists and the brunch crowd.  I can bump this up to $35-$40/hr during special events (Inauguration, Women's March, NYE, Valentine's Day, St. Patty's Day, graduation weekend, July 4th, etc, etc).   Also, I don't drive a single uberX/lyft trip during the entire months of both January or August (too wintry, too hot, and both are too sloooooooow).

These numbers are before taxes & expenses, but those are not a huge bite of my paycheck because my ride is paid-off, cheap to run, and a huge portion of the income is wiped out by the standard mileage deduction.[/quote]

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