When is the last day to use Flex Dollars from the 2005-2006 meal plans?

August 8th, 2006 is the last day to use Flex Dollars from the 2005-2006 academic year.

Click here for information on meal plans for the 2006-2007 academic year.

A: One swipe of your CampusCard buys you one all-you-care-to-eat meal. You can also use a block meal to pay for food at Campus Restaurants retail locations. One block meal equals $6.00. For example, you purchase food at Blazer Café’s Charleston Market and your total comes to $7.00. You ask the cashier to use a block meal. $6.00 is then applied to your total cost. You can then pay the difference in cash, Flex Dollars or Dining Dollars.

A: Flex Dollars on your plan is a debit account that gives you cash to spend on food in addition to block meals. Flex Dollars can be used to purchase food or beverages at any of the campus dining locations. For instance, if you purchase the 100 Block Plan, it comes with $250 Flex Dollars that work like cash to spend on meals. They can be used to pay for food a la carte instead of using a block meal. Or, if you use a block meal to pay for an a la carte purchase, you can use the Flex Dollars to cover the cost over the block meal’s $6.00 cash value.

A: All first-time Freshmen residing in on-campus residence halls must select one of the Block Meal Plans:

• Option 1: 100 Block Plan including $250 Flex Dollars: $1,100 per semester
• Option 2: 75 Block Plan including $275 Flex Dollars:   $940 per semester
• Option 3: 50 Block Plan including $300 Flex Dollars:   $760 per semester

A: All-you-care-to eat in the evening (Monday - Friday) and brunch & dinner on weekends beginning fall semester.

Extended evening hours of operation during weekdays at the Hill University Center Café plus weekend brunch and evening meals beginning fall semester.

Options are now available for students to have hot, prepared meals without the hassle of grocery shopping, cooking and clean-up, which helps Freshmen who are already being stretched with the many new adjustments they are making their first year at UAB.

A: Contact the CampusCard Office IMMEDIATELY at 205-996-6273 or www.uab.edu/campuscard to report a lost or stolen card. Your CampusCard will be deactivated. There is a $10 replacement fee for a new card.

A: Refunds are available through the last day to add a class on any unused meal plan balances if you withdraw from UAB or if you move out of your on-campus resident housing.

After the last day to add a class, refunds will only be allowed for students who are approved by the UAB Academic Policy and Procedure Department for military leave, medical withdrawals, etc. Students will be responsible for any purchases made on the meal plan prior to deactivation.

Cardholders can request refunds by submitting a CampusCard Debit Account Refund Form online at www.uab.edu/campuscard. Refund requests must be made within 12 months of the cardholder leaving UAB.

A: If a cardholder leaves UAB, balances totaling no less than $25 and no more than $100 in Dining Dollars will be available for refund to the cardholder. You can request a refund by submitting a CampusCard Debit Account Refund Form online at www.uab.edu/campuscard. Refund requests must be made within 12 months of the cardholder leaving the UAB.

A: Meal blocks DO NOT roll over. Any unused blocks remaining at the end of each semester will be forfeited.

Flex dollars will roll over during the terms in one academic year (from fall to spring to summer). On the last class day of summer semester, any unused flex dollars remaining on the plan will be forfeited.

Dining Dollars roll over until the student leaves the University.

A: YES! Call 205.934.8025 for more information.

Earn extra income while on campus, make friends, have fun and learn something by being a Campus Dining Services employee. We offer flexible hours to fit your class schedule, competitive wages and the benefit of working “close to home.” Interested students should complete an application at Campus Restaurants office. We will call you to schedule an interview.