What are Dining Dollars?
In addition to a meal allowance, each meal plan comes with a weekly Dining Dollar amount (depending on which meal plan you purchase, you will receive $30, $25 or $20 Dining Dollars per week). This meal plan component works on the same principle as debit cards. The amount of your purchase is subtracted from the balance in your account. You can use your Dining Dollars in all NYU dining locations to purchase beverages, snacks or additional meals. Unlike the weekly meal allowance, unused Dining Dollars do carry over from week to week until your meal plan ends. For more information, please click here.
Most meal plans come with a designated amount of Dining Dollars. Accessed through your Eagle One card, Dining Dollars act as a debit account for students to make meal purchases. Students like the flexibility of Dining Dollars because they can be used at any dining location on campus. And, you’ll save 8% (New York State Tax) when you spend Dining Dollars instead of cash. When you make a purchase using Dining Dollars, that amount will be deducted from your account and the remaining account balance will display at the point of sale. You can add Dining Dollars to your account at anytime. Back to top.
Dining Dollars are the dining points given to students when they enroll in a meal plan. These points may only be used at the University’s on-campus dining venues and may not be used anywhere else on or off-campus. Dining Dollars are NOT United States currency but may be utilized to purchase items in the on-campus dining venues throughout campus.
When you buy a University Meal Plan, we will make a deposit to your Dining Dollars account, which allows you to buy food at on-campus dining locations. Dining Dollars should be used on campus before Rocket Card Dollars since your balance will be transferred from fall semester to spring semester. Any balance remaining at the end of spring semester is forfeited at midnight on the last day of exam week. Dining Dollars cannot be transferred into any other account.
“Dining Dollars” is a small debit account that you can use to buy extra meals, snacks or food from any of the campus dining halls or restaurants. It’s just for purchases in the campus dining halls and restaurants. When you want to use your Dining Dollars, just tell the Cashier “Dining Dollars” when handing your HawkCard to them for payment. Add-on Dining Dollars are a required part of your meal plan. You start with $50, $75, $100, $150, $200, or $250 for the semester and spend it down to $0. You can’t get cash refunds from this account. To see how to budget your Add-on, Full or Mega Dining Dollar Plan over the semester, go to our Dining Dollars Usage Guide. Meals and food on campus, paid for with Dining Dollars, are not charged the 5.5% sales tax so you save money every time you use your account.
