I used to scam the crap outta uber when I did it years ago
This was like 8 years ago, but it was fun back then so I decided to post it.
I lived like 2 miles away from my local airport.
So I wouldn’t do any rides during the day.. just like a couple at 5am and a couple super late at night (like 11pm)
Anyways what I would do is sit at my house and open the app during certain hours and wait for the airport to be surging at $16
Once it did this I’d decline rides until I got an airport ride (there were 2 terminals and I’d only accept the delta one).
Then I’d accept the trip and drive to the airport, pick the person up, drop them off and go back home.
On average I would do 4 rides a day and make $200
My acceptance rate for trips was like 1%
I’m pretty sure the algorithm hated me but looked at me as a necessary evil.