imagine paying for your uber ride in lakhs yes just for a single ride well this isnt imagination anymore but a sad reality faced by a couple in the unites statesa us couple douglas ordonez and dominique adams on holiday in costa rica had to pay an outrageous uber cost of 29994 nearly 24 lakh rupees for a single journey reportedly the couple was expecting to be charged around 55 inr 4500 due to a currency conversion error the couple was shocked to see them being charged such a hefty amountaccording to the new york post douglas ordonez vented his annoyance on twitter he wrote uber charged me 29994 usd for an uber ride in costa rica they did not convert that into the costa rican currency 54 usd altura credit union allowed this charge to process and uber is not complying now im in guatemala with a negative balance on my fiveyear anniversaryuber admitted the miscalculation and blamed a bank glitch in the currency conversion procedure after looking into the matter they responded quickly to the problem and lifted the erroneously imposed authorization holduber reportedly stated at uber we take every report seriously our support team immediately resolved the issue after receiving the users report and released the authorisation hold that had been incorrectly placed as a result of a bank error in dollars rather than colonesthe couples bank altura credit union alerted dominique adams that the charge went through despite her debit cards daily spending cap this was a result of a travel notification they had made for the trip on their accountthe pair finally saw an adjustment to the 29000 nearly 24 lakh rupees charge after four days of dialogue between altura credit union and uber support which ultimately resolved the issue alturacu and ubersupport are blaming one another according to douglas ordonezs update on twitterread alsochicken found in veg biryani twitter user complains to which zomato respondsread alsomassive shelf cloud appears in haridwar netizens call it scary yet beautiful