First time driving for grab after account migrated from Uber. No regrets not being on the grab platform earlier after completed in excess of 12k trips.
Today 3hrs on Uber netted rm80+, 12 trips totalling 50km
Today 4hrs on grab netted 120 (no commission cos of free credits), 8 trips totalling 130km.
In summary, earnings from Uber has always been better as you have total control over all the variables like no pickup further then 1-2km, no surge, no drive.
As expected, grab riders is the biggest problem. Fake bookings, cancellations and waiting times take up as much as 15min per hour.
Another issue is there is no transparency in the surge pricing. How are the drivers going to balance between pick up distance and price per km charged?
Hopefully with the merging of Uber riders into the system, all of us will have a better experience in future.
And if grab people are reading this, please have more control on your riders. Imposing cancellation and waiting charges will definitely create a more efficient platform.
Also do something on your maps. It's consistently under estimating the mileage resulting in lost earnings.
Inaccurate mileage is your least concern if u r a hg player. Only flexi need to worry about.
I just made a mistake yesterday by accepting a heavily under estimated mileage. It was 7km from putrajaya to equine park. Any crap genius can show me how to do that?