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Can I call Uber for a family member (or friends or someone else)?
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Yes, you can. Uber & Lyft both acknowledge and encourage it.
Yes, you can! You can simply enter or pin-drop a location where your friend needs a ride.
Many used to frown on this practice as it creates confusion, introduces anonymity among the passengers, and some abused it. With that said, it seems to be a lot more accepted now, and both Uber and Lyft now encourage this.
More information can be found here in this thread:
Booking a ride for someone else
Important! Remember that, at any given point in time, there can only be ONE trip happening. So if you call a ride for someone else, you will not be able to call another until that ride is complete.
UPDATE June, 2017:
Uber has officially updated the rider app where, upon selecting a different "from" location than where you are, you are automatically asked whom this ride is for. This sends a text message to the car's recipient to make it slightly more convenient.
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I call one for my grandfather to visit his wife in the hospital on a weekly basis. ...and they live on the other side of the country. No joke.
I would imagine the drivers would get confused? With the whole GPS thing?
Touching story. I hope the granmother (?) will recover.
Yeah, I do this all the time. For my friends or whatever. I don't often request one to a different location; more often just call for a friend and I don't get on... but I know it's possible.