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An Uber driver in Omaha apparently set a record when he transported a fare 550 miles to Denver, according to a ride-hailing expert.

Kevin Jones, 45, said he didn’t know the destination when he was assigned to pick up a woman from a hotel near 72nd and Grover Streets the morning of Oct. 9. Jones doesn’t usually work weekends, but he noticed a surge was in effect while he was out picking up his Sunday morning doughnuts and logged in.

“This woman got in and said she wanted to go to Denver,” Jones said. “She asked me, ‘Do you have a problem with that?’ I didn’t have anything better to do, so I said OK.”

A surge means riders outnumber the available drivers and fares automatically increase. Jones said he checked in with some colleagues in a ride-hailing chat group and they encouraged him to “go for it.”

The bill for the 7½-hour trip came to $877.61. Jones collected $702.09 after subtracting Uber’s cut.

“It was a nice chunk of change because of the surge,” Jones said. “If it had been regular pricing (the fare) would be about $500 to me for 16 hours (round trip), and that wouldn’t have been as good.”