| Flex 5 means you get five meal swipes per week. 7 means you get 7 meals per week, and so on. Flex max gets you 3,400 dining dollars and no meal plans. Meals are reloaded every monday. If you do not use up all the meals in a given week, they go to waste. Each meal plan also gets some dining dollars, but around 400-750 dollars. This is supposed to last you the entire year.
Dining collars can be quite useful. They can be used at the commons and a nearby Jack in the Box or two. The convenience stores, or C-store around the residence halls and campus also accepts dining dollars.
Only one meal swipe is allowed for each meal. IE. you can swipe a meal for lunch only once, and not for a friend. If you swipe a friend in, they will charge dining dollars. | 
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