I was in the same boat you are five months ago. You can easily make $600 Thursday-Saturday. 👍

I recommend sticking with Lyft; better reputation, better support, nicer clientele. It also seems to pay more than Uber. With Uber you’re more likely to get constant rides, but the riders are more likely to be assholes because it’s cheaper.

Lyft also has more bonuses such as “complete three rides in (timeframe) get a bonus $9-$21” etc. They also have surge zones where you literally get bonus cash for accepting a ride in that area. Uber does the same thing but not as much lately, it seems more common on Lyft. You also have more tools to drive where/when you want with Lyft as opposed to Uber. If you’re heading to the store you can set a destination and make some money on the way there by doing a couple rides. Uber has something similar but doesn’t work as well, and with less options.

Signing up for both is different. Submitting documents to Lyft can be easily done through your phone’s camera, but Uber will keep denying docs unless you scan them out and submit them via their computer website. You’ll get denied a few times, but just keep submitting. Basically you can drive for Lyft while you wait for Uber to stop fucking about, but they do eventually accept your submitted documents.