Dining Plans -
INFORMATION FOR 2012-2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

University of Kentucky Dining Services offers a variety of plans to accommodate different schedules and eating habits. We are dedicated to bringing you the best quality food, a variety of menu items, and excellent service.

Dining Services continuously brings new and exciting tastes to campus. In addition, throughout the academic year, we offer theme dinners and special events which feature regional favorites and authentic ethnic dishes from around the world. Low-fat and vegetarian items are also available daily at all campus dining locations.

Dining Services offers:

• Food served from 7 am until Midnight
• 21 restaurants and 3 convenience stores located campus wide - close to classes and home
• No grocery shopping, cooking, or clean up
• Abundant food choices.

Dining Plans Explained

Dining Plans consist of Meals and Flex Dollars that are set up as an account which can be accessed using a UK or BCTC Student or Faculty/Staff ID like a debit card. Each time a purchase is made using one of the accounts, the total is deducted from either the Dining Plan or Flex Dollar balance. Account balance totals are available whenever a purchase is made at a dining location or convenience store on campus.

Each Dining Plan has two components, Meals and Flex Dollars.

Dining Plan Meals - Use this option to enjoy all-you-care-to-eat at Blazer and Commons or build your own "Combo Meal" at K Lair, Ovid's Cafe or Bluegrass Cafe (BCTC) by choosing an entree, adding side(s), and a drink.

Our restaurants and stores use this symbol to show the restaurants that take the Dining Plan Meals.

Flex Dollars - Use this option for payment at all campus restaurants and convenience stores including Chick-fil-A^®, Panda Express^®, Sbarro^®, Starbucks^®, and Subway^® using your student ID as a debit card.

Our restaurants and stores use this symbol to show the restaurants that take Flex Dollars.

Living on Campus? Which Plan is Right for You?

Step One: Determine the number of meals you'll need each semester.

Step Two: Choose a Dining Plan to meet your needs:

# Meals	Plan	Flex Dollars	Cost***
5 per wk/85 per semester	Minimum*	$300	$1,166
5 per wk (average)/85 per semester	Champion**	$700	$1,523
8 per wk (average)/130 per semester	Wildcat**	$300	$1,523
10 per week/170 per semester	White	$300	$1,726
14 per week/238 per semester	Blue	$300	$2,244
21 per week/345 per semester	Comfort	$300	$2,841

*All students living in a residence hall automatically have the Minimum Plan as part of the housing contract.

**The Champion and Wildcat Plans are Block Plan options

***Cost is per semester and includes Flex Dollars for each plan.

See FAQs for more details

Living Off Campus? Dining Plans are Still a Good Choice and Value.

UK Dining Services allows everyone who is part of the campus community, but doesn't live in the residence halls, the opportunity to save money and guarantee access to a variety of meals. All Dining Plans are available to UK or BCTC non-residence hall students, faculty and staff.

Another option for UK or BCTC non-residence hall students, faculty and staff is the Big Blue Community Plan.

The Big Blue Community Plan can be used to budget what you spend for meals each day. The Plan is a Flex Dollar account which is accepted at all UK Dining restaurants and convenience stores on campus. The account can be accessed using a UK or BCTC student, faculty or staff ID like a debit card. Funds may only be used for campus food or convenience store item purchases. Each time a purchase is made using the account, the total is deducted from the account balance. Money may be added to the account at any time in The Dining & Plus Account Office (Rm. 101 in the Student Center).

Unused Flex Dollars will carry forward from Fall to Spring for students enrolled for the Spring semester.

Step 3: How to Sign Up

UK Community members, including students living off campus, can fill out the appropriate forms under our "Forms" Tab located at the top of this page and then mail or bring the forms to the Dining and Plus Account Office in room 101 in the Student Center.

Any other questions?

Please call (859) 257-6161, the Dining Services Administrative Office, with any further questions or clarification.

Please email ContactUKDining@lsv.uky.edu with any questions or to request any additional information.

 

 

Choosing your plan

Am I required to participate in a Dining Plan?
How do I pick a Dining Plan?
How are the Wildcat and Champion plans different?
Is there a dining plan for commuter/off-campus students, faculty, and staff?

Choosing your plan

Am I required to participate in a Dining Plan?
Students living in a Residence Hall are automatically enrolled in the Minimum Dining Plan for the 2012-2013 academic year as part of the housing contract.

This plan provides 5 Meals per week and a total of $300 Flex Dollars per semester. Students have the option to upgrade from the Minimum Plan to any of the other 5 available Dining Plans. All Dining Plans are for the academic year. Select "Dining Plan Info" for more information.

How do I pick a Dining Plan?
In order to determine the best Dining Plan for you or your student, first you must determine how many meals will be consumed per week and how much flexibility in meal choices you or your student would like to have. Using the chart above, determine which plan suits your needs.

How are the Wildcat and Champion Plans Different?

The Wildcat and Champion Plans are Block Plans that allows flexibility for the number of meals eaten throughout the semester. The plans are based on 5 or 8 meals per week but your student determines how many meals to use. Instead of the number of meals resetting each week, these plans allow for meals to be carried from week to week throughout the semester. Unused meals expire at the end of each semester and are non-refundable and non-transferable.

The Minimum, White, Blue, and Comfort Plans are considered weekly dining plans. Weekly Plans provide for a specific number of meals each week during a semester. If your student has a weekly dining plan the meal allowance begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday each week. Unused meals cannot be refunded, accumulated or carried over to the next week.

Is there a Dining Plan for commuter/off-campus students, faculty & staff?
Commuter/off-campus students, faculty & staff members may sign-up for the Big Blue Community Plan (Flex Dollars only). UK or BCTC commuter students, faculty & staff members also have the option of purchasing a Dining Plan (Meals & Flex Dollars).

If a Dining Plan is purchased after the beginning of the semester, the cost will be pro-rated based on the type of plan selected. Dining Plans are for the academic year.

The Big Blue Community Plan is for the academic year but a Spring deposit is optional.

About the Contract

How Long Does A Dining Plan Contract Last?

All Dining Plans are one academic year contracts that last through the Fall and Spring semester. The Big Blue Community Plan is for the academic year but a Spring deposit is optional and requires new forms.

Using the Dining Plan

How do I use my Dining Plan?
Where can I use my Dining Plan?
What are Flex Dollars and where can they be spent?
How will I know how many meals I have left at the end of the week/semester?
What if I run out of meals in the middle of the week?
What happens if I don't use all of my meals?
Do any of the dining locations accept credit cards?

Using the Dining Plan

How do I use my Dining Plan?
Each Dining Plan has two components, Meals and Flex Dollars. Choose from Weekly Meals or a Block Meal Plan. Meals may be used to purchase an "Unlimited Choice" Meal at Blazer and Commons and a Combo Meal at K Lair Grill, Ovid's Café or the Bluegrass Café at BCTC. Flex Dollars may be used at any of our 21 Dining Services restaurants and 3 convenience stores on campus.

Unused Weekly Meals cannot be refunded, accumulated or carried over to the next week. Unused Block Meals cannot be refunded or carried over at the end of the semester.

Unused Flex Dollars will carry forward from Fall to Spring for students enrolled for the Spring semester.

Unused Flex Dollars expire at the end of the Spring Semester and are non-refundable and non-transferable.

*The Big Blue Community Plan does not include Meals.

Where can I use my Dining Plan?
Weekly meals may be used at Blazer, Commons, K Lair, Ovid's Café and Bluegrass Café (BCTC), while Flex Dollars may be used at any of the on campus UK Dining Services locations.

What are Flex Dollars and where can they be spent?

Every Dining Plan comes with $300 Flex Dollars ($700 with the Champion Plan) that are equivalent to the cost of 33 dining meals (77 for the Champion plan). Flex Dollars work like funds in a debit card account and may be accessed using a UK or BCTC Student or Faculty/Staff ID..

Flex Dollars can only be used for on purchasing food or necessity items at campus dining locations including:

• All-you-care-to-eat buffets at Commons and Blazer
• National franchises: Starbucks^®, Subway^®, Chick-fil-A^®, Panda Express^®, and Sbarro^®.
• Dining Services locations in academic buildings including Erikson, Gatton College of Business, Ag North, Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC), and Patterson Office Tower.
• Locations close to residence halls including Ovid's Café, the Food Court at the Student Center, and K Lairl.
• Three Quick Stop convenience stores: Blazer, Commons, and Student Center.
• Unused Flex Dollars will carry forward from Fall to Spring for students enrolled for the Spring semester.
• All unused Flex Dollars expire at the end of the Spring Semester and are non-refundable and non-transferable.
• Adding money to your Flex Dollars is easy at the Dining & Plus Account Office in 101 Student Center.

How will I know how many Meals I have left for the week or the semester?
On the Dining & Plus Account website use the "Manage Your Account" feature. You need to click on "I'm new here" and obtain a password in order to manage your account. You may then login and view your account balances and transaction history. Select "accout Activity" from the menu to view your transactions. You may view transactions from the past 6 months.

What if I run out of meals in the middle of the week?
You may use the Flex Dollars component of your Dining Plan to purchase meals at Blazer, Commons, K Lair Grill, Ovid's Café, and Bluegrass Café. You can also use your Flex Dollars or Plus Account at any of the on campus UK Dining Services locations.

What happens if I don't use all of my Weekly Meals or Block Plan Meals?
Weekly meals do not accumulate or transfer to the following week. The Wildcat and Champions Block Plan Meals do not carry over to the next semester.

Do any of the Dining Services locations accept credit or debit card?
All Dining Services locations accept cash, check, Visa^®, MasterCard^® , Discover^®,, or American Express^®.

How does Dining Services keep track of the number of Meals I've eaten each week?
Each time you use your UK WildCard ID or BCTC Student ID to purchase a Weekly Meal or Block Plan Meal, a computer program tracks how many Meals you have used as well as how many Meals you have left for the week or semester. For Dining Services, the week starts with breakfast on Sunday and ends with dinner the following Saturday.

What if I do not use all of my Meals?
Weekly Meals do not accumulate or transfer to the following week. Unused Wildcat and Champion Block Plan Meals expire at the end of the semester and are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Changing your plan

How Can a Dining Plan be Changed?

Changes can be made to Dining Plan agreements by upgrading or downgrading the type of plan selected using either the Residence Hall Students Form or Non-Residence Hall Students/Faculty/Staff Form to indicate the change.

Upgrades are available anytime during each semester (Fall or Spring). One upgrade is allowed per semester

Unused Flex Dollars will carry forward from Fall to Spring for students enrolled for the Spring semester.

Downgrades may only be made until September 7 for the Fall 2012 semester; January 25 for the Spring 2013 semester. One downgrade is allowed per semester. Following a downgrade, credit will be issued to the billing account. If the billing account is paid in full, a refund check will be issued.

One lateral transition is allowed per semester, from the Wildcat Plan to the Champion Plan or Champion Plan to the Wildcat Plan, may only be made until September 7 for the Fall 2012 semester; January 25 for the Spring 2013.

Dining Plan modifications during the semester will take effect beginning the Sunday after you make the change, as meals are counted during the calendar week, Sunday through Saturday. Additional charges or credits will be pro-rated based on the type of changes requested.

Payments for changes to Dining Plans should not be mailed to The Dining & Plus Account Office. Students will be billed through the appropriate billing office (UK or BCTC) for any balances due.

Where can I add money to my Flex Dollars?
Deposits may be made at the Dining & Plus Account Office, Room 101 of the Student Center. (cash, check, Visa^®, MasterCard^® , Discover^®,, or American Express^®)

About Dining Services

Where can I find vegetarian and/or low-fat options?
Every Dining Services location offers vegetarian and low-fat items. For a listing of these items, please contact the manager at your favorite Dining Services location. All Dining Services locations cook with trans fat-free oils.

What Dining Services locations are open during holidays and breaks?
The hours of operation during holidays and breaks vary from location to location. To get the latest hours of operation, see our Hours of Operation!

How do I get a job in Dining Services?
If you are interested in applying for a job with Dining Services, just visit the Student Employment web site to fill-out an application!

I have a food allergy. Who should I contact about this? What foods can I safely eat?
Prior to coming to the University, you should contact Jacob Karnes at (859) 257-2754. Special meals can be prepared for you.

About the Plus Account

Where can I add money to the Plus Account?
Funds may be deposited in whole dollar amounts at the following locations:

• Online at www.uky.edu/PlusAccount - ($20 minimum deposit, $2 convenience fee)
• The Dining & Plus Account Office in 101 Student Center
• Student Billing Services in 18 Funkhouser Building
• DART machines in Dickey Hall, Med Center Library, William T. Young Library, King Library, Little Library, Gatton College of Business, College of Nursing Building and Mechanical Engineering (Any whole dollar amount)

Online deposits may be made with Visa^® ,MasterCard^®, American Express^®, or Discover^®. The Dining & Plus Account Office accepts cash, check, Visa^® ,MasterCard^®, American Express^®, or Discover^®. Student Billing Services accepts cash or check, and DART machines accept cash only. All Plus Account monies may be refunded less a $5 processing fee or will automatically carry forward. Unused funds expire after five years of non-use.

What if I lose my UK Wildcard Student ID or BCTC Student ID?
If you lose your UK WildCard Student ID or it becomes damaged, report it immediately to the UK WildCard UKID Center, Room 107 Student Center, (859) 257-6159 or deactivate it online using the "Manage Your Account" feature at the Dining & Plus Account website, www.uky.edu/PlusAccount.

If you lose your BCTC Student ID, report it immediately to the BCTC Student Activities Office, Room 202A Oswald Building on the BCTC Cooper Campus, (859) 246-6523, the UK Dining & Plus Account office, Room 101 Student Center, (859) 257-6159 or de-activate it online using the "Manage Your Account" feature at the Dining & Plus Account website, www.uky.edu/PlusAccount.

Please Note: In order to use the "Manage Your Account" feature at The Dining & Plus Account website, you will need to click "I'm new here" and request a password.

• Replacement ID cards: UK, $20 and BCTC, $10.
• The WildCard UKID Center is open Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm, closed official University Holidays.
  
• The BCTC Student Activities Office is open Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm, closed official Academic
• Holidays. Note: The BCTC Student Activities Office hours may vary due to official Student Activities events on campus. You may call (859) 246-6523 or 246-6524 to confirm availability.
  
• The Dining & Plus Account Office is open Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm, closed official University Holidays.

 

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Any other questions?

Please call (859) 257-6161, the Dining Services Administrative Office, with any further questions or clarification.

Please email ContactUKDining@lsv.uky.edu with any questions or to request any additional information.

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