2024-2025 Meal Plan Terms & Conditions
- MEAL PLANS ARE A TWO-SEMESTER AGREEMENT. All students who purchase a meal plan or FlexBucks plan for the Fall semester and pay for it with cash, check, or credit card will automatically have their Spring semester meal plan billed to their student account in December for payment.
- UPGRADE/DOWNGRADE POLICY: All meal plans purchased for the Fall semester are a two-semester contract (Fall 2024 AND Spring 2025). Upgrades: Meal plans may be upgraded from the Fall to Spring semester by visiting KUC Room 202. Downgrades: As meal plans are a two-semester contract, a request to downgrade must be received and approved by Dining Services. There is a limit of ONE request for a one-level downgrade per meal plan holder. Fall 2024 downgrade requests must be received by August 11, 2024 and Spring 2025 downgrade requests must be received by December 13, 2024. Please note that meal plans cannot be downgraded to FlexBucks plans.
- CANCELLATION POLICY: No cancellations or refunds will be granted on any meal plans unless the student withdraws from school or meets specific criteria for exception. Meal plans for students withdrawing from the University between the first day of classes and September 21, 2024 will be subject to the 75%/25% university refund schedule as outlined at www.mtsu.edu/tuition/dates.php#fall. Any students withdrawing after September 21, 2024 will not be issued a refund. Refunds are subject to reduction based on any meals and/or FlexBucks used before withdrawal date.
- MTSU ID: Your MTSU ID, which serves as your dining card, is required for all transactions and is limited to your use only –
1. Freshmen that are living on campus are automatically charged for a meal plan through Housing and do not need to complete this form. Freshmen living in campus residence halls are automatically charged for a Unlimited 7 Day Meal Plan with 275 FlexBucks but can choose to switch to the Unlimited 5 Day Meal Plan or upgrade to the Unlimited 7 Day Meal Plan with 450 FlexBucks by September 9, 2024 by request through the Housing Oce. Freshmen living in Scarlett Commons or Womack Lane Apartments are automatically assigned the Weekly 7 Meal Plan but can choose to upgrade to either the Unlimited 7 Day Meal plan or Unlimited 5 Day Meal Plan, or downgrade to the 100 Meal Plan by August 11, 2024 by request through the Housing.
2. UNUSED MEALS: Unused meals from 100, 75 and 50 Meal Plans will roll over from the Fall to Spring semester and expire on May 2, 2025.
3. UNLIMITED AND WEEKLY MEAL PLANS: For the Unlimited 7 Day and Weekly 7 Meal Plans, the dining week begins on Monday morning and ends on Sunday night when McCallie Dining Hall closes. For the Unlimited 5 Day Meal Plan, the dining week begins on Monday morning and ends on Friday night when McCallie Dining Hall closes. If a student is on a Unlimited 5 Day Meal Plan and wishes to eat in a dining hall on Saturday or Sunday, cash, FlexBucks, RaiderFunds, or a credit/check card will have to be used.
4. NON-TRANSFER POLICY: All meal plans are non-transferable to others. Meal plan participants may bring in guests by using the FlexBucks portion of their account.
5. MT Dining cannot be held responsible for any unauthorized purchases. If your MTSU ID card is lost or stolen, you must immediately deactivate the card at blueid.mtsu.edu using your Pipeline username and password. Failure to deactivate your card may result in a loss of funds. You must also apply for a new ID card at the ID oce located in the Student Services Building (SSAC) Room 112.
6. HOURS OF OPERATION: MT Dining Services reserves the right to alter services or hours of operation. Notice will be given with modified schedules posted in all dining locations, online at www.mtsu.campusdish.com, and on the MTSU Mobile App.
7. MEAL EQUIVALENCY: All meal plans can be redeemed for all-you-care-to-eat meal swipes in any all-you-care-to-eat dining hall. In retail locations participating in Meal Equivalency, you will receive a $7 credit towards the total purchase during breakfast, lunch, and dinner and $5 credit towards the total purchase during late night. After the credit is applied towards the total purchase price using the Meal Equivalency option, any remaining transaction balance must be paid using FlexBucks, RaiderFunds, cash or credit. For the Weekly 7, 100, 75, and 50 Meal Plans, the Meal Equivalency option is a once per meal period option that must be exercised as the first swipe of the meal period. After Meal Equivalency is used for a meal period, the meal swipe is deactivated until the start of the next meal period. For the Unlimited 7 Day and Unlimited 5 Day Meal Plans, meals can be used in dining halls an unlimited number of times and Meal Equivalency can additionally be used once per meal period. Meal period times are 7:00am-10:30am for Breakfast, 10:30am-4:00pm for Lunch, 4:00pm-10:00pm for Dinner, and 10:00pm-1:00am for Late Night, Mondays through Fridays only. Please see www.mtsu.campusdish.com for locations participating in Meal Equivalency.
8. CARRYOUT: The carryout option at the dining halls is provided as a courtesy. You must tell the cashier you want your meal to-go at the time you enter the facility. You may not take a seat in the facility once you have your carryout box. Only one beverage cup is allowed and must be used for beverages only. The carryout box must be fully closed when you leave (no filling up lid and base separately). Only one carryout box will be issued per meal period per meal plan.
FLEXBUCKS
1. FlexBucks may be added to any meal plan or purchased separately from a meal plan. The minimum amount of FlexBucks that can be added to an account for billing is $50.
2. FlexBucks purchased in the Fall 2024 semester will roll over to the Spring 2025 semester. FlexBucks purchased in the Spring 2025 semester will not roll over to the Summer 2025 term or Fall 2025 semester.
3. All FlexBucks purchased in Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 will expire after close of business on May 2, 2025.
4. FlexBucks may be used at any MT Dining Services location, which will be identified by in-store signage and on www.mtsu.campusdish.com MT DINING | KUC ROOM 202 | 615.898.2675 | WWW.MTSU.CAMPUSDISH.COM |
Disclaimer:
If purchasing the 1 Free Meal offer, you will be automatically enrolled in Dining Rewards and will receive all dining related marketing and communication.
