How does scheduled rides work for UberBlack?

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Andre06

Discussion Starter · Mar 14, 2017

Last week I picked up a pax and he told me that he scheduled UberBlack to the airport at 5.30 a.m on Saturday morning.
I dropped him to his house at Suburbs and started thinking about it. I am living close to that area (cobb county) and I am sure there wont be any black cars available in that area especially at that time.

So how does it happen? It was an $150 ride. Does Uber provide this information to their favorite driver?

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pjrxj

· #3 · Mar 14, 2017

If you ever notice, if you get a request that is about 20 minutes away it's usually a scheduled pickup.

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pjrxj

· #5 · Mar 14, 2017

Andre06 said:
The thing about that scheduled ride is, I am sure the closest Black car would be minimum 30 minutes away in that area. It didn't make sense to me. I wonder if Uber is contacting some drivers and forwarding them the information.

I found out about scheduled rides when I was called away from my normal fishing hole for a 20 minute away ping. Normally I wouldn't but it was surging in that area so I went. It turned out to be an airport run (good for me). On the way there I asked if they had trouble getting an Uber because of how long they had to wait for me. They told me they scheduled the pickup. After that, I started polling every rider that had a long wait for pickup. Most of them turned out to be scheduled.

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pjrxj

· #7 · Mar 14, 2017

Andre06 said:
That`s good to know. Thank you. I wish Uber would let scheduled rides for UberSelect too.

They do for all platforms. I'm Select.

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