Bengaluru Student Books Ola To North Korea. Surprisingly, Booking Gets Confirmed With Fare ₹1.4Lakh

There is no denying that road trips are amazing. If it were up to me and if I had the money, I sure as hell would travel the world in a van with my best friends and blaring music. Or I’d make myself a house on wheels like that couple who’ve been travelling ever since.

But even if I do decide on a road trip, there are a few countries which have the most stringent laws which won’t let me enter. Like North Korea, for example. It’s one of the most tightly-controlled countries in the world.

Surprisingly though, a Bengaluru student, 21-year-old Prashant Shahi, managed to book an Ola cab from Bangalore to North Korea. That’s not all, though. The estimated fare comes up to a whopping ₹1.4L.

The cab service app even accepted the booking and sent him a confirmation, along with driver details for the 5-day long road trip.

 

Prashant flagged it off on Twitter to the cab service’s official account but he did not get any response from them.

Trip to #NorthKorea from #Bangalore just at ₹149088. @Olacabs @Ola_Bangalore #Ola #Bug pic.twitter.com/lVcrOtclXS

— Prashant Shahi (@c0degeas) March 17, 2018

It was only after other people tweeted to Ola that they responded. What did they respond, you ask? Well, they deemed it to be a technical glitch and advised him to restart his phone.

This seems to be a technical glitch. Please restart the phone and try again.

— Ola Support (@ola_supports) March 17, 2018

But Twitterati came to the rescue and proved to the cab service that it wasn’t a technical glitch. They began tweeting to Ola with screenshots of cab booking to far off places.

1. A trip to the States?

Still possible dear ola 🤣 I am leaving USA in next one hour ! pic.twitter.com/6qPcFJC7Lt

— Sumanta Panda (@PandaSumanta) March 19, 2018

2. Another one wanting to visit North Korea.

Yes its still possible…😂😂 Not a technical glitch… pic.twitter.com/l8IBns0wfC

— Prabhat Nagpal (@prabhat_nagpal) March 20, 2018

3. Indians love going to Canada, don’t they?

Tried the same @dynamitedroid @Olacabs after seeing news on @inshorts … How will cab travel on water? 😂 pic.twitter.com/ELkmo8LKO6

— Abhishek (@asu9211) March 19, 2018

Some Twitter users also found humour in this situation and made it a point to share the joke.

1. ₹15 for insurance of an international trip? Not bad at all.

And you can add insurance too… Simply ₹15 extra 😂😂😂

— Faith and Fate (@vishalrshah) March 19, 2018

2. The others would also like to go, obviously.

So this is the reason for their strike today is it? Why should only a few drivers get a chance to go and not the others? 🤣

— Shradha Agarwalla (@TheDessertCart1) March 19, 2018

3. It says free cancellation, though.

They'll still charge you 50 rs for cancellation. :')

— nostalgicinsomniac (@thenostalgicins) March 19, 2018

4. Woah, such a big discount!

Coupon lagake 50 rs off ho jayega

— Nimit (@nimitarora1991) March 19, 2018

5. Elon Musk will be proud.

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting you OLA Rocket 🎃 #spacex

— Anup Verma (@furiousAV) March 19, 2018

It sure looks like a technical glitch, but not at the user’s end for sure. Hopefully, Ola fixes the issue soon and puts an end to our looooooooooooooooooooooong trips.

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