Meal Plan Funds
Dining Dollars
What are Dining Dollars?
Dining Dollars are funds that come with certain Carleton meal plans. All Residence Meal Plans include them, as well as certain Off-Campus Meal Plans. Dining Dollars are loaded onto your Campus Card by default.
Dining Dollars have a few specific properties:
- Dining Dollars give the user a 15% discount off all eligible purchases!
- For Off-Campus Meal Plans, Dining Dollars expire at the end of the semester. For Residence Meal Plans, Dining Dollars are split by term and pro-rated based on the number of days in each term.
- You can top up your Dining Dollars through the Campus Card Web Centre if you use them all up before your plan expires!
- Dining Dollars can only be used at select Dining Services locations (currently excludes Bridgehead: The Nicol Building, Tim Hortons Athletics & Tim Hortons Nideyinàn; these locations accept Dining Dollars only through Hey Chef).
Flex Dollars
What are Flex Dollars?
Flex Dollars are funds that come with the RavensFlex Meal Plan. Flex Dollars are funds that can be used at almost all Dining Services locations (excluding Bridgehead: The Nicol Building).
Flex Dollars have a few specific properties:
- Flex Dollars, with the purchase of a RavensFlex Meal Plan, come with a 5% boost in Flex Dollars meaning you will receive $25 bonus dollars to be spent at Dining Services locations across campus.
- Flex Dollars cannot be topped up like Dining Dollars, but you can re-purchase the RavensFlex Meal Plan as many times as you would like!
- Flex Dollars never expire so you can use them throughout your entire time here at Carleton University!
- You can also use your Flex Dollars at vending machines!
Convenience Dollars
What are Convenience Dollars?
Convenience Dollars are funds that can be used to make purchases at various outlets across campus including most Dining Services locations (excluding Bridgehead: The Nicol Building), The Carleton Bookstore, CU on the GO and even vending machines!
While Convenience Dollars do not come with any discounts or other perks like Dining Dollars & Flex Dollars, they do have a few noteworthy properties:
- Convenience Dollars can be used to make purchases from almost all outlets on campus!
- Convenience Dollars never expire so you can use them throughout your entire time here at Carleton University!