Buy an Aggie Swipe Plus Meal Plan or Aggie Cash

Purchase Plans at the Dining Services Support Office

Aggie Swipe Plus Meal Plans and Aggie Cash may be purchased in person at the Dining Services Support Office, located on the first floor of the Tercero Services Center, and by telephone at 530-752-6335.

Submit A Purchase Form

Students need to complete the Aggie Swipe Plus / Aggie Cash Purchase Form (.docx). The form may be emailed to shdsmealcard@ucdavis.edu. Someone will contact them within one business day. Alternatively, the form may be brought into the Dining Services Support Office to complete the purchase.

Note: Residential Meal Plans are included in the residence hall contract or The Green at West Village contract and cannot be purchased separately. For questions regarding these plans please contact Student Housing at 530-752-2033 or studenthousing@ucdavis.edu. Please visit the Dining Services Support Office to inquire about faculty and staff meal plans.

Reload Aggie Cash at Most Dining Locations

If you already have Aggie Cash (e.g., your Aggie Cash account was previously created), additional Aggie Cash may be purchased from any Dining Services location that accepts Aggie Cash, including residential markets and Silo Market, the dining commons, restaurants including Spokes Grill, Silo Market and Sage Street Market | Cafe, and our coffee shops. Please note that Aggie Cash cannot be purchased from Food Trucks.

Payment Options

When purchasing Aggie Swipe Plus Meal Plans and/or Aggie Cash in person, you may pay with cash, credit and debit cards, and by check; please make checks out to UC Regents. When making a purchase over the phone, you must use a credit card (payments are taken over a secure line). We cannot charge student accounts for Aggie Swipe Plus Meal Plans and Aggie Cash purchases. Aggie Swipe Plus Meal Plans and Aggie Cash must be paid for at the time of purchase.

Replacing an AggieCard

If you ever replace your AggieCard (ID card), you must bring your new AggieCard to the Dining Services Support Office to be added to your Meal Plan Account.

Dining Services charges a $15 fee to replace Aggie Cash cards and Dining Meal cards. Dining Services also charges a $25 administrative fee to process all refund requests.

Terms and Conditions

1. The Aggie Swipe meal plan must be paid in full at the time of purchase.
2. Aggie Swipe meal plan purchases cannot be charged to the student's account.
3. The Aggie Swipe meal plan is purchased voluntarily and on an as-needed basis.
4. Aggie Swipe meal plan swipes can be used without limit per day.
5. Aggie Swipe meal plan swipes can only be used at the Dining Commons.
6. The Aggie Swipe meal plan does not automatically include Aggie Cash.
7. Aggie Cash is sold separately, dollar for dollar.
8. Aggie Cash can be used at any Dining location, Campus Food Trucks, ASUCD locations, and additional participating venues. For the most current list, visit: https://housing.ucdavis.edu/dining/aggie-cash/.
9. Non-food items can be purchased with Aggie Cash only at Dining Retail Markets. Purchases of non-food items with Aggie Cash are not permitted at the Farmers Market, The Market at the ARC, Bookstore, or other non-Dining Retail Market locations.
10. A 10% discount is applied when paying with Aggie Cash, except at ASUCD locations, select Food Trucks, the Farmers Market, The Market at the ARC, Bookstore, and other locations as listed at https://housing.ucdavis.edu/dining/aggie-cash/. These locations do not offer the Aggie Cash discount.
11. Students and staff must present a physical official UC Davis ID card, dining guest meal card, or Aggie Cash gift card to enter the Dining Commons. Manual card entry is not permitted.
12. Voluntary meal plan holders without a physical Aggie ID card, dining guest meal card, or Aggie Cash gift card must provide another form of payment (credit/debit card) until a replacement card is obtained. Replacement Aggie Cards can be obtained from the Aggie Card Office. For more information, visit https://ucdavisstores.com/student-aggiecard.
13. Each Aggie Card or Staff ID validated for meals is nontransferable and for the exclusive use of the owner, who must be present at the time of use. The card cannot be given to another person. If the card owner is not present, the card will be retained by staff until the owner is notified and can personally pick it up, to prevent misuse of official campus identification and student resources. Staff IDs with meals must follow the same standard. Duplication of cards is not permitted.
14. There is a $15 fee for lost Meal Cards and/or Aggie Cash Cards. Meal swipe and Aggie Cash balances from student or staff meal plan accounts cannot be transferred to guest meal cards or Aggie Cash cards.
15. Aggie Swipes and Aggie Cash will be deactivated if the account is inactive for more than a 12-month period.
16. Aggie Swipe meal plan refunds must be requested through Dining Services Support at the Tercero Services Center.
17. All student refund requests are processed through Banner. Any outstanding student fees will be deducted from the meal plan refund before a check is issued.
18. All refund requests are subject to a $25 processing fee. Additionally, a $0.50 card return fee is charged for meal card returns requesting refunds for unused swipes.
19. Student refund requests take approximately 21 days to process. A check will be sent to the address listed in the student's UCD My Account. Refunds can be received via direct deposit if set up prior to submitting the refund request.
20. Non-student refund requests must be emailed to shdsmealcard@ucdavis.edu and will be processed by housingap@ucdavis.edu.
21. By purchasing or using the Aggie Swipe meal plan or Aggie Cash, you agree to abide by these terms and conditions.