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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, you may use your credit card at any of the Resident Dining Halls, however, you will pay 1.8 times the posted price for prepared food items.

You can add Dining Dollars to your meal plan at any time, either online through the Cardholder Account Center, in-person at the Meal Plan Office located in the Union Undergrounds, or by contacting the Meal Plan Office at 607-777-6000. You will not be charged any additional fees for adding Dining Dollars - the amount of money added goes directly to your Dining Dollars amount.

Use the meal plan budget chart as a guide to help stay on budget with your dining dollars.

Contact University Police at 607-777-2393. In addition, you should put a temporary hold on your account by accessing your account here, calling the Meal Plan Office 607-777-6000, or by visiting the Meal Plan Office in the Union Undergrounds.

If you find your ID card you must go to the Meal Plan Office to have the temporary hold removed.

Yes, Dining Dollars will carry over semester to semester and year to year as long as you purchase a meal plan each consecutive semester. If you do not purchase a new meal plan consecutive semesters, you will lose your carryover.

**Please note that carryover Dining Dollars will not be available until after the first week of classes for the semester.

Due to New York State tax laws, no refund will be provided to students who have excess dining dollars in their account after the ninth week of the semester, when they graduate, or leave the University for any reason.