Dear Billion Stars Express Customer Service,
I am writing to make a formal complaint regarding our recent journey with Billion Stars Express and to request a full refund of our tickets.
We travelled with your service approximately three weeks ago and had an excellent experience. The journey was comfortable, efficient and exactly as expected, with absolutely no complaints. Because of this, we had no hesitation in booking with Billion Stars Express again.
Unfortunately, our most recent journey was an entirely different experience and fell considerably below the standard we had previously experienced.
The coach was approximately 15 minutes late departing, which in itself would not have been an issue. However, what followed was an extremely delayed and uncomfortable journey. The service was advertised as taking approximately four and a half hours, yet our journey took around eight hours, meaning we arrived approximately three and a half hours later than expected.
We were also extremely concerned by the conduct of the driver. During the journey, the driver was smoking whilst actively driving the coach. He was also wearing a balaclava while driving, which we found highly unusual and concerning, particularly given that he was responsible for the safety of all passengers. In addition, he was playing extremely loud rock music throughout the journey. Collectively, this did not reflect the level of professionalism or passenger safety we would reasonably expect from a coach service.
The lack of appropriate toilet/rest stops was another significant issue. We travelled for approximately five hours without a stop, with the only stop being made because a passenger became desperate for the toilet. Considering the journey was already taking substantially longer than the advertised four-and-a-half hours, we found this completely unreasonable.
We also noticed that the coach took a different route from the one we had taken on our previous Billion Stars journey. We appreciate that routes can occasionally change due to traffic or operational circumstances, but the journey ultimately taking around eight hours, with no explanation provided to passengers, was extremely frustrating.
We fully appreciate that delays can happen and that some circumstances may be outside of the company's control. However, a journey advertised at approximately four and a half hours taking around eight hours, alongside the lack of appropriate breaks and the driver's conduct, represents a significant failure to provide the service we paid for.
What makes this particularly disappointing is that our previous experience with Billion Stars Express was so positive. We specifically chose to use your service again because of that experience, which makes the contrast even more disappointing.
Given the extreme delay, lack of appropriate rest/toilet stops and serious concerns regarding the driver's conduct, I do not believe the service we received was an acceptable representation of the service we paid for. I am therefore requesting a full refund of the fare paid for this journey.
I would appreciate a full response to this complaint and confirmation of when the full refund will be processed.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Ellina Connor
巴士 VIP, Billion Stars Express, 2026年9月3日
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Pham N
The bus company arrived two hours late, outside of business hours, so the assistance was too late.
Driver did not stop near Tai Seng MRT and as a first-timer using this company, I was lost and had to ask the driver for direction and walked over to the mall connected to the mrt. Also the PA system of the bus is very poor, no one understood what the driver was saying through the microphone.
巴士 快速、直達, Billion Stars Express, 2026年8月24日
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Alexander L
Bus departuted without me because the shuttle from Geirgetown was way to late. I had to wait 90min on the terminal to take the next bus. Just a waist of time because the people on the desk werent abme to organize a Shuttle.
巴士 VIP, Billion Stars Express, 2026年8月23日
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elbadawi E
this indian madam was on bus office in penang was deal with ys with very rude
巴士 VIP, Billion Stars Express, 2026年8月18日
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Gaia D
The bus arrived in Singapore one hour later.
It was supposed to arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 20:40 but we arrived at 23:34.
Could it be possible to have a refound due to the three hours later than the scheduled time?
Thank you
Got delayed by one hour and they just told me when I got there + send me a message at te time the van was supposed to leave, almost missed the bus, the organisations English was very poor so they were not very helpful.
巴士 VIP, Billion Stars Express, 2026年8月5日
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Kamish L
The fact that there was no booth or counter representing the bus service, made it inconvenient as it required an e-boarding pass, downloading an application on the spot and getting it done made it chaotic even within tha timeframe of 40+ minutes.
巴士 VIP, Billion Stars Express, 2026年7月31日
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Hasina O
The indications of the drop off point was not complete, I had to go twice inside Tai Seng MRT with my suitcase, where I found someone who happens to know that Tim Howan is the name of a restaurant at the other side of the underground.
The bus arrived 2 hours late at KL
Night bus was initially delayed by 1.5hours to 1am, which happens but communication was quite poor. They also didn’t tell us that we would now need to change bus in KL at 3.30 in the morning. Finally we weren’t dropped at Penang Sentral as expected. Seats comfy and we made it to Penang but biggest issue was poor communication.
巴士 快速、直達, Billion Stars Express, 2026年6月29日
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Martina T
The bus did not stop at the designated arrival point, as described on the ticket. I had to take other transportation to reach the final destination.
Comfortable bus slept well.Did not like that we were delayed 1hr and got the message while sleeping at 11.45pm.we were in bed at 8pm because we had to be up at 2am
巴士 VIP, Billion Stars Express, 2026年6月23日
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Hannah D
despite all the negative reviews, the bus was great and dropped me off earlier
巴士 VIP, Billion Stars Express, 2026年6月21日
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Euan F
Timings on the trip were 12:25pm - 5:12pm we didn’t get there till about 7:20pm didn’t get to eat anything and lost a day due to the travel! Needs to be more specific with breaks etc
巴士 VIP, Billion Stars Express, 2026年6月19日
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Charline M
cockroaches in the bus....
Left at 3:10pm instead of 2:30pm.
Arrived 6 hours behing schedule.....
巴士 快速、直達, Billion Stars Express, 2026年6月3日
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Ong B
Cn I know why till nw still got no news bout my refund tq. Hope cn ASAP reply me tqtq
巴士 VIP, Billion Stars Express, 2026年5月28日
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Hugh P
If you want customer service then this probably isn’t for you. If you want someone that will get you to where you want to go, then this will do.
Arrived 3 hours later than stated on original booking.
However with no real lateness, that must be how long it takes.
Coach was comfortable and managed to sleep.
VERY unprofessional. Starting with the reception, the woman was super annoyed at every question, while giving each passenger different directives (check in, no check in, super confusing), she didn't give us information on the whole procss either, you had to figure it out for yourself, and very overcomplicated. We had to download a different App MIDWAY to keep checking in, which wasn't functional either. Completely ridiculous. Also, the driver was super unprofessional, screaming into his phone all way long, singing terribly, smoking under the smoking prohibited sign... playing on his phone, stearing with his elbows, very terrifying ... NEVER choose this when you have ANY other options
巴士 VIP, Billion Stars Express, 2026年5月17日
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Ella C
The bus itself was good, very comfy. However, the bus driver was unclear about where we were stopping, I know he cannot help the traffic but we arrived a lot later than usual and were dropped far from the location it stated on 12go. It would have been nice to have been told that we were no longer stopping at the planned stop, as we then had to get a 40 minute taxi quite late at night.
巴士 VIP, Billion Stars Express, 2026年5月16日
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Sean T
Bus journey would have been excellent, if not for the staff behaviour.
Either the driver or colleague shouted rudely at me in Malay (which i do not understand), like I was a lowly army recruit all because i stood up for a bit while the bus is moving.
Had no clue why another staff spent nearly 5 minutes discussing and nearly asked another customer to leave the bus, all because the customer's shoes weren't clean
Honestly i don't remember coming across any clear rules and regulations banning customers from boarding a bus due to dirty footwear
This operator could have been perfect but the staff in general, need serious customer service training
巴士 VIP, Billion Stars Express, 2026年5月16日
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Karen T
Coach was comfortable but driver wasn’t on time. The Billion Stars staff wasn’t in his office nor at the coach bay during departure time. Driver was late for 28mins and vehicle number was unknown at that moment.