Make sure to stop requests when picking up passengers
Something that has probably been said in this subreddit before but will reiterate, stop your requests after picking up your current passenger. I cannot tell you how many times this has helped me get surge priced rides and was the difference between accepting a $6 15-20 minute ride compared to $10-$15+ ride for the same ride duration.
When accepting rides while already in one, that request can be just outside of a surge zone that you quite literally may be in the middle of upon arriving at the destination for the current passenger. Don’t get stuck in the loop of blindly and accepting whatever crap Uber throws at you.