I live in the same town as this poster and took a cab to DCA from my house (33 miles) and it cost $96 plus tip

I wonder if she requested the SUV as the article didn't say

I nearly passed out’: A $640 Uber ride for a 30-mile trip to the airport

Bonnie Lieb said she expected to pay more than usual for an Uber ride from her Sterling, Va. home to Reagan National Airport Monday morning. With her car still covered in two feet of snow and her street unplowed, she said, she agreed to pay the Uber surge price of 4.4 times the normal fare.

Neighbors had said an Uber ride to the airport typically cost $50 to $70, so she figured she had agreed to pay about $250 -- expensive for a 30-mile trip, but she had to get to Denver for a client meeting.

So Lieb said she was floored when she got through the security checkpoint at Reagan, checked her email and saw her emailed Uber receipt: $640.94 had been charged to her American Express card.