<p>Laundry in Birnkramt uses a totally different card which you must load with cash or a credit card. My son got the basic meal plan (Gold?) with no extra dollars. He found that he didn’t spend $300 in discretionary money each semester so to spend an extra $300 per semester to get $500 in credit wasn’t worth it. With the minimal plan, you can basically eat in either dining hall as many times as you want in a day. He often will swipe in to EVK and decide nothing appeals to him and leave to go swipe in again at Parkside.</p>