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Is a 5 star Uber rating good?

If you have a perfect 5.0 rating, you are either the perfect passenger or you're brand new. Five-point-oh: the elusive perfect rating. Five stars means perfection, no faults, and excellence.



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A perfect 5.00 score though is rare. There are very few drivers who have a 5.00 - less than 1% of the total population. And among them, some are able to maintain the 5.00 consistently.

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Easy, every new driver starts with a 5 star rating! For the rest of us, ratings do not make much difference. The easiest way to improve your ratings is to ignore Pool ride requests. Smooth rides are preferred over fast rides.

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Both Uber and Lyft use a 5-star system to rate drivers and passengers. New drivers start with a perfect 5-star rating. After each trip, your passenger will be asked to rate you. Most passengers will give you 5 stars as long as they get to their destination safely and comfortably.

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Is 4.75 a bad Uber rating? It's pretty average… most riders will have a 4.8 or higher. Anything less than 4.7 and you will start seeing it take longer to get a ride, because drivers will begin declining to take a ride from someone with a rating so low.

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A perfect 5.00 score though is rare. There are very few drivers who have a 5.00 - less than 1% of the total population.

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Tips for a 5-star trip
  1. A clean car that's well maintained and scent-free.
  2. A preferred route to their destination. ...
  3. Polite, easygoing, and respectful conversation.
  4. Excellent service such as helping riders with doors and their luggage.
  5. Following local traffic laws and speed limits.


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If you're between a 4.6 and 4.69, I hate to say it, but you may be a bad passenger. We are now reaching the bottom of the barrel in terms of ratings, as almost all ratings seem to be between 4.5 and 5.0. If you're in the 4.6 range, you might not know it, but you may be a bad passenger.

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The basics of ratings After each trip, riders and drivers have the opportunity to rate each other from 1 to 5 stars, based on their trip experience. Ratings are anonymous.

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One of the most important things as an Uber driver is to keep your star rating as high as possible. If your rating has recently gone down, you'll need to work hard to improve this, because if your average star rating remains low for an extended period Uber can remove you from their platform.

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There is far more that we wish you knew than didn't. We make peanuts: always tip your driver. A four star rating can get us deactivated and lose our job. We give a 5 star rating to almost every passenger just because we are decent human beings.

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Uber drivers have to submit their rating of you before they see if you gave them a tip so it doesn't matter. A cash tip before you get out of the car would almost certainly guarantee a five star rating.

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A 4.5 rating for a driver is very low. Low enough that they risk being deactivated if it doesn't at least fluctuate above 4.6. Low enough that a driver with a 4.5 rating cannot qualify to accept SELECT requests. My Uber passenger rating is 4.32 as I do not give tips.

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I have a 4.85 Uber passenger rating, is that good, bad, or average? It's pretty average… most riders will have a 4.8 or higher. Anything less than 4.7 and you will start seeing it take longer to get a ride, because drivers will begin declining to take a ride from someone with a rating so low.

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As an Uber driver, a 5 star rating often means more passengers, more fares and (hopefully) more tips. So to become a successful private hire taxi driver, it's important to get those stars.

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If your rating is between 4.80 and 4.93, you are still a good passenger, but you've gotten quite a few less-than-perfect ratings.

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Both Uber and Lyft use a 5-star system to rate drivers and passengers. New drivers start with a perfect 5-star rating. After each trip, your passenger will be asked to rate you. Most passengers will give you 5 stars as long as they get to their destination safely and comfortably.

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When a client clicks the app to request a ride, a driver receives a signal with the icon of a ride-flagging human being; if the driver accepts the ride request, both parties see a screen that features the other's name and rating.

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San Francisco's Lazhar Bedri earned the notation of longest tenure for being an Uber driver since July 2011. Las Vegas' Fatou Cissokho received the highest rating — earning nearly 4,000 five-star reviews. Birmingham driver Charlana Moses was recognized for having made the most trips.

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I have a 4.85 Uber passenger rating, is that good, bad, or average? It's pretty average… most riders will have a 4.8 or higher. Anything less than 4.7 and you will start seeing it take longer to get a ride, because drivers will begin declining to take a ride from someone with a rating so low.

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The basic consensus is this: Anything above a 4.9 is excellent, possibly even worth bragging about on Tinder; the 4.8 range is good; the 4.7 range is merely fine; the 4.6 range is nearing the borderline. Once your rating dips below 4.6, drivers start thinking you might be a little sketchy.

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Four Uber drivers revealed why some passengers might have lower ratings than they expected. Obnoxious friends, slammed doors, and left crumbs could leave you with one star, they said. Loading cars with bags and making drivers wait could also bring ratings down.

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