Uber Rolling Out Scheduled Rides In Seattle (geekwire.com)

Scheduled rides are coming to Uber. The ride-hailing announced on Thursday that users in Seattle can now schedule a pickup request as far out as 30 days in advance. GeekWire reports: The ride-sharing service said scheduling is a top-requested feature from business travelers and the company said priority access will be given to riders who have Business Profiles or are linked to their company's Uber account. Uber says it will bring it to other "major" cities soon.

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This and some more exists in competitors apps

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I use Uber and its Chinese competitors in Shanghai (or in China I'd rather say I use the Chinese car hailing apps and their competitor Uber).
Yidao and Didi already have those scheduled rides and quite some other options:
- Pick-up at the airport, where you provide your flight number so the car adapts to the plane being late
- Hire a car for a half day or full day
- Choose your driver instead of letting the system select
- Integrated text message facility, where you can save your usual messages to be sent in one click to your driver

Uber big advantage is its translated app and worldwide support team that is able to handle cases in your language.