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Hisham Salama
There are expensive Uber rides (thanks  surge pricing)  and then there is the fare  Hisham Salama  of Toronto was charged Friday night.
 Salama  went to visit a friend in the hospital — about a 20 minute drive. When  he  got  his  receipt on the app  however   he  found that drive cost  him  $18 518  or more than $900 per minute on the road.
 Salama  did what anyone in  his  position would have done (besides pass out in shock).  He  contacted Uber support to get a solution to what was surely a mistake.
Here’s the response  he  received from Uber:
@Uber @Uber_Support what turned out to be an honest mistake is now turning into the biggest blunder of 2017. I’m no longer laughing at wondering when #uber will get their act together. Can anyone help? Obviously  no 20 min fare is $18 500.  pic.twitter.com/zBhtMSBy67 — Hisham Salama (@The_Hish) December 9  2017
 In the end   he  got a refund for the original fare  and a $150 credit to  his  account.
 Salama  told Vice News that the manager  he  spoke to said the first support representative “was confused with the trip and issue.”
For reference on just how ridiculous  Salama ’s fare was  some of the highest fares come during New Year’s Eve.
One user recorded a fare of $1 114.71 for a ride of relatively short distance that took an hour because of traffic. The surge pricing on that ride was x8.9. Still not even close to  Salama ’s hospital trip.
"There are expensive Uber rides (thanks  surge pricing)  and then there is the fare  [TGT] was charged Friday night.
 [TGT]went to visit a friend in the hospital — about a 20 minute drive. When  [TGT]  got  [TGT]  receipt on the app  however   [TGT]  found that drive cost  him  $18 518  or more than $900 per minute on the road.
 [TGT]did what anyone in  [TGT]  position would have done (besides pass out in shock).  [TGT]  contacted Uber support to get a solution to what was surely a mistake.
Here’s the response  [TGT]  received from Uber:
@Uber @Uber_Support what turned out to be an honest mistake is now turning into the biggest blunder of 2017. I’m no longer laughing at wondering when #uber will get their act together. Can anyone help? Obviously  no 20 min fare is $18 500.  [TGT]
In the end   [TGT]  got a refund for the original fare  and a $150 credit to  [TGT]  account.
 [TGT]told Vice News that the manager  [TGT]  spoke to said the first support representative “was confused with the trip and issue.”
For reference on just how ridiculous  [TGT] ’s fare was  some of the highest fares come during New Year’s Eve.
One user recorded a fare of $1 114.71 for a ride of relatively short distance that took an hour because of traffic. The surge pricing on that ride was x8.9. Still not even close to  [TGT] ’s hospital trip."