Lyft has a rating of 1.2 stars from 901 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Lyft most frequently mention customer service, credit card, and phone number problems. Lyft ranks 38th among Car Sharing sites.
So if you're 2 minutes late coming out they can charge you for it. If they are 2+ minutes late picking you up the price sure does not go down. As you're standing in the cold watching them turn around several times etc.
I booked Lyft to pick up a friend first, then me, and finally take us to downtown L.A. At the scheduled arrival time, I received a call from the driver, who informed me he was at my friend's address. However, he gave me a different address that was about 2 miles away. He claimed we were no-shows and said he was leaving. Shortly after, I received a text saying I would be charged $10 for the no-show. The issue is that the app had confirmed the correct pickup and drop-off locations in the proper order, which I documented with a screenshot. It seems the driver may have used this situation to avoid the trip and still collect a $10 fee for a bogus cancellation. Contacting customer service was nearly impossible, and navigating the app to file a complaint was frustrating and time-consuming. After about 15 minutes, I was finally informed that I would be reimbursed the $10. At the very least Lyft should verify ride cancellations with customers before applying charges. Due to the delay, we missed our seats at the concert and had to stand for the entire event. The experience was extremely disappointing.
I arrived in Miami after traveling nearly 20 hours and I ordered a Lyft. The first driver was sent and then canceled after eight minutes so then they sent a second driver who canceled after another seven minutes. A third driver was on his way and stopped somewhere coming to the terminal at Miami airport and then turned around and canceled, I was forced to take a train for two hours and did not get home till 1030 at night.
Today I ordered a Lyft to drive my daughter from Palm Beach County to Miami international airport. We scheduled it six hours in advance. We were told Alexander would be picking her up Alexander canceled 1/2 hour before his scheduled arrival they set us up with someone named Tara. She canceled after five minutes then Hector was on his way and when he got to my development he canceled as well and I ended up having to drive my daughter 90 miles to the airport and 90 miles back because the Lyft drivers are so irresponsible and the company sucks, I would never use them again
This is the worse Lyft driver EVERRRR. He asked how much my rent was for one! 2. He made fake damage claims to get another 20$ then lied and said he returned my keys ( WHICH I DONT CARRY BC MY CAR IS NOT NEAR HERE) so how did you find keys I never had on me, just to try and charge me 15$ luckily I changed my card back so they couldn't charge me. MARC YOURE A LOSER BIG TIME, I hope you find a job that requires you to be LESS OF A CREEP!
I uninstalled LYFT because I hate trolls that email me EVERY Fukin day with emails I cant put in SPAM. I don't use companies that troll me. Capital One found that out after I asked them over and over and over to stop. I tore up thier card and sent it to them. They finally replied and stoped emailing me but to late. I don't want to use them any more now so I don't get trolled. Hopefully some one in LYFT will see this and see people don't want thier daily emails. UBER don't troll and gets my business
Tip for consumers:
They send daily emails I cant put in spam.They troll people
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LYFT
Someone used my credit card had 18 charges
I called my bank to cancel card
I also called Lyft. Useless. They have no live person to talk to you. I sent 3 e nails. No answer
STAY AWAY from Lyft
From my home near Seattle, I reserved a Lyft ride online for Indiana granddaughter from Evansville to Indianapolis airport. I specified pickup time of 2:30 p.m., plenty for the ride, with a little margin. Lyft software interpreted this local Indiana pick up time as Seattle time (my location, not the ride location) and changed the time to 4:30 p.m. Thus my granddaughter missed the flight and spent the night in a chair in the Indianapolis airport. WHY NOT ALLOW ME TO SPECIFY LOCAL TIME OR TO SPECIFY CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, OR TO CHOOSE FROM A LIST OF TIME ZONES? Incompetence. FIX YOUR SOFTWARE, LYFT.
Tip for consumers:
Don't trust the reservation time until they fix their software to show time zones.
Products used:
Lyft ride.
Lyft used to be my daily transportation. I used to take multiple trips throughout the day. I have made this company alot of money for a goo year in a half. However, this year prices have been absolutely ridiculous even for a shared ride. I never really cared for Uber because of safety reasons as well as prices were higher than Lyft at the time but now I'm seeing that Uber is slightly cheaper than them now as well as neck in neck with prices depending on the time of day. These companies USED to be a great option for people who couldn't afford regular cabs or couldn't deal with the hassle of being late for work from cabs but now I'm thinking both of these companies will end up losing customers to buses and cabs unfortunately. People are even carpooling with each other at work to save money now. I knew this would happen eventually because like all companies everything starts off great then goes down hill after a few years because they stop caring about the people and focus more on the money.
You guys been robbing me I haven't used a Lyft in years the last time I tried using the $#*!y app it wouldn't let me use my debit card yet I have over $300 in Lyft charges I don't recommend anyone to deal with the service
It's a one way judgement by Lyft passengers and no mercy or interest is shown by the Lyft employees to find out the truth of the matter. It doesn't matter to them at all that the driver is wrongly accused by the passenger who was in the wrong and tried to touch me. All they care about is lies passed on to them by the disappointed passenger who wasn't successful in getting me to touch her. NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON explains who protects the driver who was abused both by the passenger and the Lyft employees.
I booked a ride with Modi on 28 Jan from SeaTac Airport to lynnwood, I asked Modi to come pick me up where the taxi's were because I was strangling with my oversized bags and also I was not feeling too well I after being in a 21hour flight, he said that's not how the policy work which I understood, I asked him to cancel my ride since a Taxi was more convenient for me at that point which he responded with "Good luck " he then started the ride without me making it impossible for me to cancel,I later received a full charge on my account, I tried reaching lyft unsuccessfully, I was also feeling unwell hence I needed time to rest and medicate myself. Today I found your website and decided to leave a review because no one deserves that treatment and wrong charge, it makes lyft feel unsafe
Location: Burlington, Vermont (Driver: Nusret, White Jeep Cherokee)
I was in downtown Burlington after going out for drinks with friends and called a Lyft to take me back to my hotel. My mom was with me and the driver was saying extremely inappropriate things to us in the car that made us really uncomfortable. Then when we got to the intersection of our hotel his GPS said to turn right into the parking lot of our hotel, but he turned left and started driving us back to this dark, secluded area that was surrounded by woods. We kept telling him to turn around but he was trying to convince us that our hotel was back there even though we knew we already passed it and that he intentionally turned the wrong way. He wouldn't stop the car or turn around, so I called the police while we were trapped in the car with him and they sent police out right away. Once the driver realized I was on the phone with the police he panicked and turned us back around and took us back to our hotel. It was the scariest experience of my life. The next day I drove back to where he was trying to take us and there was an abandoned parking lot surrounded by woods and it totally freaked me out even more. I filed a police report and they have all of his information and are opening an investigation on him. I also reported it to Lyft and he shouldn't be able to drive for them anymore. This is just a warning to always be aware of what is going on and to never get in a Lyft by yourself! This whole experience totally traumatized me and my mom.
BEWARE OF DOING BUSINESS WITH LYFT!
April 17,2023, 12.10 a.m. at St Louis airport, I ordered an upgraded Lyft ride that was supposed to arrived in 2 minutes, according to the app, to get to my hotel quickly. The ride came 5-10 minutes late. When the driver stayed in the car without volunteering to help me to put my baggage in the trunk, I asked him to step out of the car and help me. I could see he wasn't happy about my request. Inside the car was filthy and he had a very loud music on throughout the entire ride, without asking whether I was ok with such loud music. I didn't complain since I was afraid to make him more upset. I didn't feel safe with him. The day after my ride I received a notice from Lyft that I was charged $80 damage fee since the driver had claimed I scratched his car and the fee was for him to clean up his car. Since the accusation is not at all true I reached out to Lyft customer service to dispute the charge. The only way of contacting Lyft customer service is through text message or email. I am frankly not sure whether I communicate with a robot or a human being since they keep repeating that they won't adjust the damage fee payment without directly answer my questions. I have asked to talk to a manager but no one has contacted me so far. I have reach out to them six times through text and email communications. I have asked them to share with me evidence that shows I scratched the care. They responded that their decision was based on the driver's anecdote. I feel robbed and feel powerless for they don't care. DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH LYFT.
Driver contacted me after ride and said he found a Hyundai key after my ride and asked if it belonged to me I replied yes. No response after 2 more days so I contacted corporate office to see if they could assist... Corp office supposedly reached out to driver and now the driver is claiming he no longer can find my key. Gets better, corp office contacted me 2 days after this and said driver had found my car key and then same day later contacted me and now the driver no longer can find my key AGAIN! What a JOKE. DO NOT RIDE WITH LYFT EVER! Had to pay $395 for a new key because I can not wait for their back and forth not knowing what day they will have my key and next day not. RIDICLOUS
Tip for consumers:
DO NOT USE
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taxi - Lyft
I went down and purchased a lift card I went online open the Lyft account put where I wanted to go chose the locks or whichever car that I wanted at the time and then they wanted a photocopy of my driver's license or they wanted the bank that I banked at and my full account number in order to get a ride with them I don't have a driver's license if I did I wouldn't need a lift to get somewhere. After that they will not give you your money back you have to do this or they keep your money. What they're stating is is it's a safety reason for their drivers. On the app you can see it there you can turn around and send a friend of yours a ride now how is that being safe. Lift is fraud do not use them Uber is the same way they will both turn around and triple quadruple charge you go on Uber go on Lyft put in the designation that you want to go to I did this it was $3.41 4 minutes after did it again and it went up to 25 and $35 they are a scam both of them both of them still have my money they will not give it back they are keeping it my accounts are not inactive they will not do anything they are keeping your money and it is apparently legal I have contacted both of them numerous times emailed at least over 30 times on both of them and I get no help whatsoever do not use these people
I reserved a car by lyft in Babylon train station they sent me a text than the car coming in 16 minutes and not text what car and I text back and the answer is you can not respond of this. Then the big Fraud is a Honda Civic 2013 in white and Joel wait for me another 5. Minutes and then he left and I must pay $ 5 extra for the time. This Joel are not in front or behind the Train station! I loose my road test in Happagua and pay a extra 50$ for another car service! For me the BIGGEST $#*! COMPANY EVER. I can not recommend for NOBODY!
I had a requested ride to got to a funeral took 2 flights to get here and the bastards never came and u Chem my trip and Brian canceled or something I don't $#*!in know but thanks $#*! I missed my dad's funeral thousands of miles traveled for nothing $#*! boy $#*! I hope I get to meet Brian $#*! $#*! $#*!
Terrible app. How are you going to place a $10 hold just because I canceled a ride that was way to far and was going to take 20 mins na you guys suck!
We booked our ride in advance to take us to the airport at 3 am. The driver was supposed to pick up us between 3am to 3:15 am. The driver finally showed up around 3:30 am. When he showed up, he would not pull up to our house but sat down the road about 40 feet. We were all waving our hands at the end of our driveway so he would pull up to us. He did not move so I grabbed my luggage to walk to his car. As I walked up, he pulled ahead and drove past me plus my family. He did not stop. We did not know what he was doing so we waited to see if he was turning around. He did not come back. I watched him on the app and he continued on his route to the airport. I should mention I contacted him several times including before he arrived to our house and also after he drove by us. Given we no longer had a ride to the airport, we had to scramble to our car and get to the airport. I continued to watch the driver on the app and he went to the airport as he said he picked us up. We were then charged for our ride! I contacted Lyft and told them about the experience we had and we barely made our flight by 15 minutes. They said they would be happy to credit my fare for the Lyft ride! I could not believe it. The whole fiasco cost me an additional $120 because this driver was irresponsible and Lyft took no responsibility for it.
2 times no one picked me up and I was charged, when reported it to the company they apologized but still kept happening, I still never received my money back for one trip, their drivers were always late, once I had to go to work for 7am I called for a ride at 6am the ride never came my son had to send me an Uber who was there in 5 minutes, I will never use Lyft again they suvk
Please stay away. They have no real people to talk if you have a problem. Their online 24hr respond team is completely gabbage, they respond to email question extremely slow. Stay away.
I've been a customer for 2-3 years and in all fairness the service is great. I've only had 2 distasteful incidents. Recently I added a stop to my request which required a pick up (5 minutes) and the Lyft Driver left me and when I tried to call him I had problems with the App. I was subsequently charged for the second destination which I didn't make it to since the Lyft Driver left me at my first destination. The charge for the second trip was ($20.26). When I reached out to Customer Service they informed me that they can't go by what I'm saying, they can only go by the information given on the App as if Apps don't give misinformation and are unflawed. I went back and forth with Customer Service twice and they still refuse to issue a credit to my Account for ($20.26) Suffice to say I now have to go through my Financial Provider to hopefully resolve this situation. At the end of the day there are so many companies that operate on "Consumer Rape". Technology has only offered another opportunity for companies to take advantage of their Customer Base. Lyft is not the only company that offers this service and they are not doing their customers a favor by providing this service. I'm on the fence right now. If my Financial Provider doesn't resolve this issue for me then Lyft has lost a Customer for ($20.26). This service is obviously a good concept, but offers bad Service. Give Customers a reason to continue to use your service, you shouldn't have to lose a customer over a small disagreement. I lose ($20.26) and I will use another service, but you lose thousands of Dollars from me.
I apple for drive and I finished all the application then I have appointment with the mentor Erika Ellsworth she let me change the tiers to let me drive after I did she denied me when I asked her why she doesn't answer me she doesn't honest and her face upset with non white peoples and any questions she saide go online I don't know I think what I saw this company racism through mentor behavior
These F**Kers quote me $70 to leave immediately.
$33 was the wait and save price.
I Ofcourse choose wait and save$33.
Expecting to pay $33 which is way cheaper I end up waiting a 25 mins just to be assigned a driver ok cool no big deal.
I get assigned a driver ride home everything's great.
I get out and the app freezes. Somehow the app gets stuck on add a stop. I added no stops and had to intention to add a stop. I was getting off of work heading straight home.
So I close the app and I immediately get a meager saying rate us and your price $116.
Woah what. Customer support time.
Haha this joke of customer support….available 24/7 but you can't speak to nobody and if you ask for a supervisor they end the conversation.
Customer support tells me they see no errors. Ok well there is one.
He tells me the price goes up when you add a stop.
I never added a stop you can ask the driver.
Then he says we'll account for time and other stuff.
Ok well that's understandable quoted $33 pay $43 ok that's sucks but ok.
Quoted $33 and charger $116 is unacceptable.
That's 4 times my quoted price.
They tell me there's no errors so I screenshot where it says I saved $73.
If I paid $116 and saved $73 you're telling me this 30 mins ride was $189.
Ridiculous. I even sent the screen shot to them to show and they see "no problems".
I understand there are peak hours.
At most no matter the time of day at most full price the ride is $70 at the most. Straight scam.
If you plan on driving for lyft be aware, I was adriver for them for over a year and all of a sudden was deactivated as a driver out of nowhere. All during the pandemic I was driving to make extra income and ly ft t comes out of the blue saying they was doing a background check on me, now as I know when they first start you as a driver they do background check on you not after working for them over a year and with a five star rating and no customer complaints at all something is not right with this and this has been going on as of late with many of the good drivers while these bad drivers with 2 and 3 star ratings are operating as drivers. Now tell me there is something wrong with this. They left a bad taste in my mouth. You can never get in contact with them when you need to. And as a driver don't ask for supplies to help you passengers. I brought everything I needed for customers water, hand sanitizer, lysol and even refreshments for the kids when needed. Take this all in to consideration if you think about working for them.
Don't waste of time. This like working for penny at the end of the day€ customer service never understand $#*! and go based on Scripps and say the same suff down and have a heart.
Lyft is refusing to honor the $750 signup bonus. The reason I chose Lyft over Uber is because they were offering this bonus for DC drivers. I googled Lyft and saw that they were offering it. I then decided to download the app and start the signup process. I signed up and got on the road only to later be told that I needed to input a code when signing up and that they will not input it for me. Lyft did not properly advertise this bonus or any bonus for that matter. Lyft doesn't say you need to input the code. What happens to many people is that they do their research (like I did), see the benefits and then proceed to download the app or apply to be a driver through the app they already have downloaded. In my case at least, it was reasonable to assume that the bonus was for all DC drivers who signed up (given what you can see on Lyft's website) and consequently I signed up in DC. Later I was told that I needed to input the code when signing up and that they will not be honoring the signup bonus. To make it even worse, I contacted my "mentor" who completely ignored my complaint.
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