Don’t be late for your Lyft ride or you’ll have to cough up some extra cash. Seven years after Uber introduced the same rule, Lyft has followed suit.
Don’t be late for your Lyft ride or you’ll have to cough up some extra cash.
For Lyft drivers, and the company itself, time is money, and a new rule means riders will be charged for being late and suggests the issue is a common occurrence.
“Wait-time fees help keep our platform running smoothly,” Lyft says in a new notice on its website. “Try to be on time and ready to meet your driver when they arrive at the pickup location.”
So, how exactly does the new rule work?
The ridesharing company says wait-time fees may be charged at a per-minute rate when your driver is kept waiting for more than two minutes at the collection spot (five minutes for Lux Black and Lux Black XL).
