DalCard account balances explained
Your聽DalCard聽account聽contains聽many types of funds, all with their own uses. This includes聽rewards from our 5% loyalty programs and those focused聽for聽food or books.
The most鈥痜lexible鈥痑ccount:聽money deposited into your Dal Dollars account can be spent anywhere that聽补肠肠别辫迟蝉听顿补濒颁补谤诲.
Dal Dollars will not expire as long as your account聽remains聽active. Use Dal Dollars for in-person Bookstore purchases.
Most meal plans also include聽Foodbucks聽for dining flexibility. Use your Foodbucks at聽on-campus food vendors.
Foodbucks鈥痚xpire at the end of the April鈥痚xam period annually.
Participating vendors offer 5% back on your food purchases paid for with Dal聽Dollars. These funds are deposited every Monday聽into your 5% Back (Food) account and can be used at any on-campus vendors selling food.
5% Back funds will not expire as聽long as your account聽remains聽active.聽Note that you will not receive 5% back on purchases made with聽Foodbucks.
Make a deposit to Bookstore Dollars to be able to make in-person purchases at the .
Bookstore Dollars will not expire as long as your account聽remains聽active.鈥
罢丑别听 offers 5% back on full-priced clothing and giftware purchases paid for with your聽DalCard. These funds are deposited every Monday聽into your 5% Back (Bookstore) account and can be used for your next Bookstore purchase.
5% Back funds will not expire as long as your account聽remains聽active.
5% Back is not available on textbook purchases.
In this section of your account,聽you can see your NovaNet barcode, prox聽number, groups聽and more.
You can also reset your account password and change your PIN.
In this section, you can set your PIN, reset your account password, and deactivate your card in the event that it is lost or stolen.
Deposit funds online using:
Visa or聽MasterCard credit cards
Visa Debit or聽MasterCard Debit
Visit聽this section if you want to聽purchase聽off campus meal plans for select residence dining halls.
In this section of your account, check your balance, review your transaction history, and see current and past statements.
In this section, you can see a history of your meal plans and purchase new meal plans.
You can聽also聽check your meal plan status,聽remaining聽weekly meals (CW 鈥 current week) and your meal plan history.
Make a deposit
You can聽聽(NetID login required) using Visa or MasterCard. Call the DalCard聽Office at 902-494-2334 if you'd聽like to use American Express.
Faculty and staff can have money deposited into their聽DalCard聽accounts through our convenient聽payroll deduction program.
You can also聽load your聽DalCard in person聽using your鈥痙ebit card, credit card, or cash at these convenient locations:
Carleton Campus
- 聽(temporarily closed for renovations)
Sexton Campus
Visit the front desk of Gerard Hall at 5303 Morris St.
Studley Campus
Visit the鈥疍alCard聽Office,聽located聽in鈥疕owe Hall鈥(6230 Coburg Road) to make a deposit in person, and have聽all of聽your聽DalCard聽and聽UPass聽questions answered.
Visit the聽Student Accounts Office聽on the ground floor of the Henry Hicks Building to make a聽DalCard聽deposit. If you have extra scholarship money or payment funds on your student account, you can ask for these funds to be鈥痶ransferred鈥痶o your聽DalCard.鈥
- Library service counters and printing counters
Living in residence? Making a聽DalCard聽deposit is quick and easy. Just drop by the鈥痜ront desk of these residence buildings:
- (proudly serving Starbucks)
