AXS: billing error
Call the AXS helpline about a charge made in error; if it is not corrected, dispute it with the card issuer.
What does this mean?
Grade B (good: mostly official pages; check the flagged values before relying on them). 100% of 12 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites; 1 value(s) were read from a search snippet or an archive copy.
Collect
- order confirmation with the fee breakdown
- card statement
Steps
Call the helpline about the charge. The Purchase Agreement says all fees and charges are disclosed during the purchase process.
Put the complaint in writing through AXS Support.
If the charge is not corrected, send a billing-error dispute to the card issuer (rule fcba-billing-error).
Report mandatory fees that were not in the advertised total price to the FTC (rule ftc-junk-fees-rule).
More contacts for this issue
Facts you can cite
- Process
"If you feel that a charge has been made to your Payment Method in error, call our helpline or email our customer service department." The helpline is 1-888-929-7849. The Purchase Agreement also says all fees and charges relating to your transaction will be disclosed during the purchase process.
Source: axs.com, verified 2026-10-13
- Policy
The Purchase Agreement refers to the AXS Terms of Use, "which include a mandatory arbitration provision" and a class action waiver provision.
Source: axs.com, verified 2026-10-13
Rules in force
- Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act (ROSCA) negative option requirements15 U.S.C. 8401-8405
A seller that charges consumers online through a negative option feature (for example an automatic renewal or a free trial that converts to paid) must clearly disclose all material terms before taking billing information, get the consumer's express informed consent before charging, and provide simple mechanisms to stop recurring charges. The FTC enforces ROSCA.
Source: law.cornell.edu, verified 2026-10-12
1 citable point
- Policy
The seller must obtain "a consumer's express informed consent before charging the consumer's credit card, debit card, bank account, or other financial account".
Source: law.cornell.edu, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Written complaint
Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
Card dispute for a cancelled event that was not refunded (rule fcba-billing-error).
Federal regulator
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).
Watch out
- support.axs.com and the current Purchase Agreement page (axs.com/legal/purchase_agreement.html) refused automated access (HTTP 403) on 2026-10-13; a person may need to open them in a browser.
- Refunds depend on the Client (venue or promoter); AXS follows the Client's instructions.
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