Dining Dollars
Purchasing Power
Dining Dollars come with every meal plan or they can be purchased separately. Money in the account can be used to purchase meals and snacks at any on-campus dining facility. Your account information is loaded onto your Campus ID card, then a quick swipe through a restaurant cash register pays for the meals. Your Campus Spending Account works the same way.
Cool Things to Know about Dining Dollars
Food purchases made with Dining Dollars are non-taxable; this delivers an automatic savings of over 8 percent on every purchase.
If you deposit at least $10 of additional Dining Dollars at the beginning of each semester, you receive an additional 10 percent of purchasing power free. Do the math: add $100 over the minimum for your meal plan, get $110 in purchasing power on your account. If you wait until after the semester starts to add extra money, you must deposit at least $35 to receive the extra purchasing power.
Due to NYS Tax Law, unused Dining Dollars are not refundable at the end of either semester.
Weekly Dining Dollar Balance
To make your Dining Dollars account last until the end of the semester, use the chart below. Of course, you can always add more money to your account.
Dining Dollars Fall 2012
| Start Amount = | $125 | $150 | $200 | $225 | $250 | $300 | $350 | $500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance on Jan. 26 | $117.19 | $140.63 | $187.50 | $210.94 | $234.38 | $281.25 | $328.13 | $468.75 |
| Balance on Feb. 2 | $109.38 | $131.26 | $175.00 | $196.88 | $218.76 | $262.50 | $306.26 | $437.50 |
| Balance on Feb. 9 | $101.57 | $121.89 | $162.50 | $182.82 | $203.14 | $243.75 | $284.39 | $406.25 |
| Balance on Feb. 16 | $93.76 | $112.52 | $150.00 | $168.76 | $187.52 | $225.00 | $262.52 | $375.00 |
| Balance on Feb. 23 | $85.95 | $103.15 | $137.50 | $154.70 | $171.90 | $206.25 | $240.65 | $343.75 |
| Balance on March 2 | $78.14 | $93.78 | $125.00 | $140.64 | $156.28 | $187.50 | $218.78 | $312.50 |
| Balance on March 9 | $70.33 | $84.41 | $112.50 | $126.58 | $140.66 | $168.75 | $196.91 | $281.25 |
| Balance on March 16 | $62.52 | $75.04 | $100.00 | $112.52 | $125.04 | $150.00 | $175.04 | $250.00 |
| Balance on March 30 | $54.71 | $65.67 | $87.50 | $98.46 | $109.42 | $131.25 | $153.17 | $218.75 |
| Balance on April 6 | $46.90 | $56.30 | $75.00 | $84.40 | $93.80 | $112.50 | $131.30 | $187.50 |
| Balance on April 13 | $39.09 | $46.93 | $62.50 | $70.34 | $78.18 | $93.75 | $109.43 | $156.25 |
| Balance on April 20 | $31.28 | $37.56 | $50.00 | $56.28 | $62.56 | $75.00 | $87.56 | $125.00 |
| Balance on April 27 | $23.47 | $28.19 | $37.50 | $42.22 | $46.94 | $56.25 | $65.69 | $93.75 |
| Balance on May 4 | $15.66 | $18.82 | $25.00 | $28.16 | $31.32 | $37.50 | $43.82 | $62.50 |
| Balance on May 11 | $7.85 | $9.45 | $12.50 | $14.10 | $15.70 | $18.75 | $21.95 | $31.25 |
| Balance on May 18 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services, Inc. (ACES) is a not-for-profit corporation that supports the mission of Alfred State College by providing dining services, campus bookstores, cable TV, transportation and vending services to Alfred State College students.
