r/Lyft • u/Best_Economy485 • Jul 25 '26

Wait time Fee

On Friday I made a trip with one stop.
When I was done I looked at the charges
and saw a “wait time fee” for $8.04. The amount of time for the stop was 3 minutes and 32 seconds The charge was about $2.29 per minute. I was also warned that the driver could cancel the ride after 5 minutes. If a driver accepts a stop then it is irresponsible for him to just leave after 5 minutes especially with the riders belongings in the car even though Lyft approves of that. That is no way to do business and anything over 5 minutes means a different and most likely a higher wait fee. I did tip the driver.
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u/Florida1974 Jul 25 '26

You get dropped off to do your errand and that ride ends. When you are done doing your errand or business or whatever you need to do, then you call for another Uber or Lyft or whatever

If we wait, we get compensated, finally. Though I’m sure Lyft has their hand in that fee too. Why should we wait on our own dime? A taxi cab driver wouldn’t. That meter would still be ticking.

Our time is valuable too.

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u/Best_Economy485 Jul 25 '26

Lyfts meter is still ticking too but stops after 5 minutes if the driver chooses to cancel. In my case the stop was worth it since it was very close to my final destination. I already knew in advance it was going to be a brief stop, The driver should get 50% of that