The way I see it, the only way to beat the system and keep mileage down is to go to Boost and Surge area. Because Uber will still top up 30% on top of your Boost and Surge earnings.

But go to Boost and Surge area confirm die. Sure jam like shit.

In other words, Uber wants to prevent us target no jam area and no jam times.

The other problem is, since Christmas, Uber hardly got any Surge at all.

A lot of drivers complaining Uber and Grab very slow demand since New Year.

I wonder if it's even possible to hit 170 trips a week?

Later end up like me and my experience trying Ace last time. Left 20 trips to reach the next tier on Saturday, then Sunday completely fail, can't hit target, do charity trip for Uber.

how we know if we on ace program? i got notification on ace will be back next week on app.

What does your email look like? Can see?

They sent me this email:

"Jana sehingga RM2,040 dalam pendapatan bersih seminggu
Disebabkan oleh sambutan yang hangat, kami akan membawa kembali Ace untuk fasa percubaan yang kedua.

Mulai hari Isnin, 8 Januari 2018 selama 6 minggu, anda boleh sekali lagi mendapat ganjaran berdasarkan peringkat perjalanan yang anda capai.

Layari pautan di bawah untuk mengetahui perubahan untuk fasa kedua ini."

So I send them message in app ask them whether I'm in Ace or not?

They reply also blur blur. First they said:

Ya, you were previously selected for Ace.  "No worries though, if this will be extended, we will notify you directly once you have been chosen to participate in this incentive."

So I ask them again, I am in Ace next week or not? They reply:

"Please note that you will only qualify for specific promotions that you have been contacted about directly. Be sure to check your email and text messages regularly to ensure you are aware of all upcoming promotions."

So I show them the email that they sent to me about Ace, until now they haven't replied.

just receive ace incentive sms.

Ace still on trial? Not enough database info to collect whether Uber is actually untung or rugi by offering drivers Ace incentive?
The weird thing is by offering it selectively. Not to all drivers. Usual for Uber. Being selective.

One possible reason to get low rating Is due to drivers give low rating to riders earlier.

please be aware that rider doesn't like to see their rating down for what so ever reasons. if they knew it is which driver did that, then they probably will retaliate with even lower rating or 1 star.

Even 4 star rating can cause rider rating drops a lots when they have limited rides. For example, the rider has 10 rides in the past with rating 4.8 and the 11th driver give 4 star, his or her rating would dropped from 4.8 to 4.72.

Other possible reasons that are particular to the uber app that I can think of includes:

i) Collecting the outstanding RM5 cancellation fees from the riders; - Lately, I didn't collect much cancellation fees from rider, even if got also they are well aware of the penalty.
ii) Upfront fare was overwritten, i.e., the rider paid more than what its shown in his app when booking; Out of my control, am always use the fastest (following waze) and optimum route (road experience) and I always explain (with calm manner) to rider in detail why it happens and ask them to log a report to UBER to redeem their loss.
iii) The driver called up the riders to ask where he or she headed to. Some riders are ok with that but some others riders will hentam with 1 star. Being in a professional field,
I don't do calling beforehand nor blaming them for short trip. It is our option to choose to accept the request.

Lastly, if you ignore the riders with low rating, < 4.4 or 4.5 or 4.6 (up to individual drivers judgement, some even accept as low as 4.0), you will minimise the chance of picking up the bad riders and those that give you bad rating for no reasons. If you don't mind the riders quality, drive grabber is better since destination is known and better incentives.

one more reason that caused low rating could be the pick up timing. If they wait too long, they may give low rating although it was out of driver control....
I'm guessing this may be one of the reason too but then again, some riders are just too ignorant. Occasionally there will be some rider who will text or call the driver when they can actually see/know from the app itself there's an on-going job. Usually in case if he/she (rider B) call or even text where am I, I will cancel the job, save my rating and to prevent unnecessary conflict.

ublur app back to back can be very silly sometimes, i.e., just pick up rider A and trip took 15 - 20 minutes to complete, start trips immediately the next ping (rider B) already came in, when finishing the trip A and go to pick up B, rider B already wait for > 20 minutes or more. So it is better to off the back to back function once pick up rider A....guess you know this already  . I am not sure whether uber app still got this issue or not as I seldom drive for uber. Yup, knew this trick. Some rider just cannot wait even 5 mins. And sometimes it the system time prediction fault, tak bleh caya.

If the rider is rushing because he or she late already for work/meeting, it is quite normal for the driver to get lower rating than 5 stars although he/ she understand that safety is the more important and it is not the driver fault.
Then their judgement became biased with their own fault. Usually I will tell them I try my best and without compromising safety. But still.. we are the front line taking unsound hits.

I think uber now got new policy where riders have to give reasons for rating 4 stars and below.

Hope that solves some of the problems 😅

Driving for uber, is it necessary to accept all ping? Because some of these pings are quite far says 8km or 10km away and the trip is just rm4 ~ rm5 only.

Today i was tried to queue at senai airport and system prompt queue size was less than 10 but uber still gave me pings for nearby job. I didn't accept it and my acceptance ratings drop. So doesn't mean i couldn't queue for airport trip at all?