How Do I Pay for a User's Ride?

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I want to use the Uber API to initiate a trip for a user. However, I want to pay for the trip (using my preset pickup and drop-off locations). It would be acceptable to launch a ride request with a prepaid promotional credit of my ride budget.

Is this possible in the Uber APIs? I appears that the payment methods endpoint returns payment methods for the rider. It also appears that the payment_method_id option to the ride request endpoint wants a rider's payment method.

Is there a way I can initiate a trip to/from preset locations, while also ensuring that I pay (up to) $XX for the trip?

Thanks!

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There is not any publicly available way to do this currently. The Uber Developer platform are working on making this option available. I am not able to share any timeline on that, but it is indeed being worked on.

In the meantime, I would direct you to non-API solutions that may in some way fit into your use-case of paying for another user's uber ride: 

https://www.uber.com/events
https://uber-central.com/
https://www.uber.com/business/

Hope that helps.