megabus (US): disability assistance problem
Flag special requirements when booking or call the booking line; send complaints to the named Coach USA contact.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 11 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- reservation number
- date and route
- the assistance requested
- what happened
Steps
When booking online, answer "yes" to the question about passengers travelling with special requirements, or call 1-877-GO2-MEGA.
Send a disability complaint by email, phone or mail to the contact on the Customers with Disabilities page.
Escalate to FMCSA if megabus does not resolve it.
More contacts for this issue
Facts you can cite
- Policy
Either party may elect individual AAA arbitration in the customer's county; class arbitration is excluded, megabus pays the arbitration fees for claims up to $75,000 unless frivolous, and small claims court remains available.
Source: us.megabus.com, verified 2026-10-12
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Written complaint
Emailmegabus questions email (answered first by the virtual assistant "Chuck", who can connect a representative) questions@us.megabus.comFederal regulator
Interstate bus carrier.
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)
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).Arbitration
Either party may elect individual AAA arbitration; small claims court remains available.
Watch out
- megabus publishes no general customer service phone number; first contact is a virtual assistant by email or chat.
Let your AI agent handle this
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1. Set it up (needs uv):
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