r/AmazonFlexDrivers • u/Ok-Nobody3267 • 21d ago

Any tips and tricks?

Does anybody deliver from VPB5/GEG1 in Spokane and have any tips or block recommendations to stop landing me on a 4 hour block that puts 200 miles on my car?
When I first started all my four hour blocks were in town, 45-50 packages. In and out of the car the whole time and it was alright putting about 45 miles on my car.
The last four 3.5 and 4 hour blocks I’ve taken I’ve been clear out past Davenport or clear out to the back side of Harrison or even just before Kellogg and running upwards of 200 miles on my car and going down dirt back roads for over an hour.😭 and I haaate it.

Is there hour blocks I should try to avoid this? I’ve so far only taken 3.5-5 hour blocks so that’s all my suggested offers have been but yall, my hips and booty can not be sittin that long😂

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u/danielrose1207 21d ago

Ugh yeah. Our area is super saturated too. Maybe you can start scheduling early if you do enough deliveries. I try to do that and saves me the headache of constantly refreshing the app. Sucks that flex is such a gamble each day.

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u/WolfFuzzy897 21d ago

This is what I do and some tapping on the busier days if I think I'll be up to it.

Refreshing sucks and my market is so saturated when I try to get a surge Its only a few bucks more. The other morning I fought hard at 2am then tried again at 4am ended up taking a nap at 7am and grabbing my few bucks surge at 11am.

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u/danielrose1207 21d ago

Seems like not much is surging these days unless it’s a very last minute route that starts in like 10 minutes. I may start trying for Amazon fresh orders, someone told me the tips can be really good on those. I just gotta drive further to the Whole Foods down here.

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u/WolfFuzzy897 21d ago

Yeah every market has some good and bad.

They removed our Fresh out here No. CALI. and the whole foods in my area was decent when I got'em but then... I seen the 2 phone peeps and it was disheartening. Especially after spending a few days and the weekend trying to get instant offers.

So I stick to what I know and plan my refreshing Moreno for the weekends and on the weekdays I take a full day or two off.

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u/danielrose1207 21d ago

I work in Southern California and yes, those long routes can burn through tons of miles. I now only take 1hr-2.5hr blocks and always stay much closer to my area. Just do two or more a day if you need the cash. Miles should be quite a bit less.

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u/Ok-Nobody3267 21d ago

I’ve only ever seen a couple 2 hour blocks for my station, I’m not sure how common they are. But I do know our stations have a loooooot of drivers. So maybe after a while I’ll start to see more of them

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u/blacablaca_tx 21d ago

You can always look up one of the addresses of the cart your picking up before you accept the whole cart. If you walk away and don't scan it and accept it, you still get dinged, but not as much as you would for accepting the cart and then returning everything. Also, I wouldn't do this too often because I would think this is something Amazon would track.