<p>BruinCard is like a debit card, It allows you to spend money on BruinCard Merchants (whatever they are listed on UCLA site) ONLY. But you don't use it to make payments for your tution/housing. Is my understanding right?</p>
<p>yup and u use it for swiping meal points, like food on the hill (living dorms area) but u dont use it on campus, unless you put money on the debit card and use that</p>
<p>thanks!
do I make deposit in order to have meal points on my card? or the meal plan is purchased seperately?</p>
<p>The meal plan is purchased with your housing – everyone who lives on the hill has a meal plan included in that cost.</p>
<p>It’s also just used as an ID card around campus and to swipe into your building and things like that.</p>
<p>Swipe=You choose either 11 14 14P 19 or 19P, the P just stands for a set amount of swipes but you can use it whenever, the ones without the P means you only have a set amount of swipes but those set is regulated per week.</p>
<p>The amount of money you put on your bruin card is literally cash, but you cant take out cash from it, so just put a small amount like 20 and put more in it whenever you need it cause you can always do it online or at conveniently located areas.</p>