Uber: billing error
Dispute a wrong ride or order charge in the app's Help within 30 days, or you may lose the right to dispute it later.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 29 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- trip or order receipt
- the charge on your statement
- what you expected to pay
Steps
Open Help in the app, select the trip or order, and report the charge problem. Do this within 30 days of the charge.
AppUber app Help (rides and Uber Eats) Uber app > Account > Help (or the Help tab in your account) Sign-in requiredIf Uber does not fix it, dispute the charge with your card issuer.
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Facts you can cite
- Deadline
Uber's Terms ask users to dispute a charge through the Help tab within 30 days after the charge occurred, unless the app gives a different timeframe; otherwise the user waives the right to dispute it later.
Source: uber.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
Uber's Terms say charges are final and non-refundable unless Uber or the third-party provider decides otherwise, and amounts for lost and found goods are non-refundable.
Source: uber.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Contact
Uber says it does not offer a customer service phone number for Uber riders; riders sign in to get personalized support.
Source: help.uber.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Process
The informal dispute resolution conference must occur within 60 days after the other party receives the notice, and is a condition precedent to arbitration.
Source: uber.com, verified 2026-10-12
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
AppUber app Help (rides and Uber Eats) Uber app > Account > Help (or the Help tab in your account) Sign-in requiredCard 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 if Uber does not reverse a wrong charge. The Terms ask you to raise it in Help within 30 days first.
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
MailNotice of dispute (informal dispute resolution before arbitration) Uber Technologies, Inc., Attn: Legal Department, 1725 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94158Send a written notice and hold an informal conference within 60 days before arbitration.
Watch out
- No customer service phone line for riders; nearly all support needs the account holder signed in to the app or help.uber.com.
- help.uber.com articles load with JavaScript, so an agent may not be able to read them.
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