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Man charged $18,518 for 20-min Uber ride in Canada
You must have booked cabs on surge pricing whenever in hurry. But this man in Canada was charged $18,518.50 Canadian dollars, which is more than Rs 9 lakh rupees, for a 20-minute Uber ride.
NEW DELHI: You must have booked cabs on surge pricing whenever in hurry. But this man in Canada was charged $18,518.50 Canadian dollars, which is more than Rs 9 lakh rupees, for a 20-minute Uber ride.
A customer on Friday booked an Uber from Widmer Street to The Queensway in Toronto.
Emily Kennard, a friend of the man, took to Twitter and shared a screenshot of the trip that was initially posted by the man on his private Instagram account. "My friend was charged 18K for a 20 Min ride (!), and they are sticking to it. What in the world??? This is insane!" she tweeted.
In her tweet, Kennard attached a screenshot of the amount charged by Uber at the end of the trip. The ride was precisely of 8 kilometres.