For the past 7 days, I’ve been toggling DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Instacart and hard-capping orders at 2.5 miles to keep gas under $30 for the week. Today in Midtown, I swapped apps 8 times between 11:00–1:30, took two $8.50 groceries, and passed on three $3.25 no-tip pings. Stride shows 41.6 miles since Monday, so the cap’s paying off. Sharing this in What’s News in Delivery because lunch promos here slid to 2–3 pm, nudging me to push more runs later and squeeze in bank/returns during the early lull.
I shifted my main window to 12:45–3 and grab one $8–10 Instacart shop around 1:40 to anchor me, then pause the other apps until promos pop. I also only take pickups on my side of the avenue so I’m not burning the 2.5-mile cap on crosstown turns.
Same here - when promos slid, I started anchoring the gap with a 12-15 item Instacart at Trader Joe’s around 1:35 that pays $9-11 and keeps me within 2 miles, then I flip DD back on at 2 and only take drops that keep me inside my 1.5-mile loop. Saved me from those $3.25 pings and kept gas under $25 last week.