<p>Ok, on the housing enrollment there is something call Declining Meal Plan. What exactly is it? Is it like the money deduct from your original payment?</p>
<p>Do you mean declining dollars?</p>
<p>opps, yes I meant that.</p>
<p>NYU</a> > Department of Housing overview
NYU</a> > Department of Housing list of meal plans</p>
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<p>All meal plans are a two-part package combining a "meal allowance" with "declining dollars". Depending on your membership, meal allowance reflects the number of meals you eat each week or semester. Each time you enter the dining room, one meal is subtracted from your account. Unused meals in "per week" memberships do not carry over week to week. Unused meals in "flex" memberships do not carry over semester to semester. Declining Dollars are accepted as cash in all dining locations. They work on the same principle as debit cards and can be used to purchase beverages, snacks, or full meals.</p>
<p>Basically they are extra money you can use in the dining hall and at Starbucks.</p>
<p>That's the short answer.</p>
<p>So let me get this straight (haha sorry) ...
the declining dollars is the amount we have to spend at random food locations?
also, if we select a mp on albert, can we change it if we decide to go with a different one? Thanks for the help!!</p>
<p>you can change it up to a certain date - I think like a week or two after classes start, but don't quote me on that</p>
<p>Fall semester: September 13, 2008 last day for changes</p>
<p>if you had clicked on the link that I provided above, you would have seen the answer yourself</p>
<p>Okay so this might be a totally dumb question but...</p>
<p>When swiping your NYU ID card how does it know where to draw the fund from...whether it is a meal from the meal plan, or a deduction from the dining dollars associated with the meal plan, or from your campus cash?</p>
<p>I was wondering the same thing. And I know the point of having it is so you don't have to carry around cash, but if you need cash is there a way to withdraw it from your campus cash account?</p>
<p>You tell the cashier either you want to use a meal or pay with declining dollars</p>
<p>no, you can't get cash from the NYU account, afaik</p>