An Uber passenger was charged almost $39,000 for a 15-minute journey after the destination was incorrectly set to Australia

[BobbyFK]

Once I know if the destination is wrong we can change it on the driver's end and that should have updated the price....very odd and scary to wakeup to that bill!

An Uber passenger was charged almost $39,000 for a 15-minute journey after the destination was incorrectly set to Australia

Oliver Kaplan, 22, had just finished work and took an Uber ride to meet some friends for a drink – a journey of about four miles.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Gary]

This shouldn't even be possible to do on Uber app since you can't drive from England to Australia This is like a prank.

 

[BobbyFK]

This shouldn't even be possible to do on Uber app since you can't drive from England to Australia This is like a prank.

Sounds crazy, I know