Terms and Conditions
UAB debit accounts allow the cardholder to electronically authorize transfers of funds for payment for
goods and services at participating locations. Any purchases made with cardholder’s ONE card at authorized locations
(whether located on or off campus) will be deducted automatically from the cardholder’s appropriate debit card account at the time of purchase.
Student Services Office Information
Location: Smolian International House, Room 220
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (all University holidays are observed)
Phone: (205) 996-6273
Email: CampusCard@uab.edu
Web: campuscard.uab.edu
Mailing Address: SIH 220, 1720 2nd AVE S, BIRMINGHAM AL 35294-1280
Disclosure for Electronic Fund Transfers
UAB debit accounts are accessed through an individual's ONE Card. Card eligibility, issuance and usage guidelines are available at www.uab.edu/onecard.
The use of UAB debit accounts is subject to all of the terms, conditions, rules and regulations contained in these Terms and Conditions.
Cash withdrawals from cardholder’s debit account(s) are not permitted.
Transfers of funds between debit accounts are prohibited.
2014-2015 Meal Plans & Rates
| Plan
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Meals
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Flex Dollars
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Cost per Semester
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| Blazer 1
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19 per week
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$100
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$1,820
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| Blazer 2
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12 per week
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$300
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$1,820
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| Blazer 3
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10 per week
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$400
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$1,665
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| Gold 4
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7 per week
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$200
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$1,070
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| Gold 5
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5 per week
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$150
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$795
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| Gold 6
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3 per week
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$125
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$600
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| Green 7
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15 per semester
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$150
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$375
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| Green 8
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12 per semester
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$25
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$150
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Meal Plans
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) policy requires that students living on campus or under a UAB contract with an off-campus property during
fall and spring semesters purchase meal plans with the following options:
Freshmen may purchase any of the Blazer Meal Plans (Blazer 1, 2 or 3).
“Freshmen” are defined as first-year students who reside on campus and meet the following criteria:
- Graduated high school within the last 4 academic years
- Entered UAB with less than 12 credit hours taken at another university after high school graduation
- Have not attended UAB during a previous academic year, excluding the summer term immediately preceding the academic year in question
Freshmen who move into on-campus housing mid-semester will be given the option of purchasing a smaller meal plan for the current semester only,
based on the following scale:
- 80 or less days left in the semester – Gold 4
- 50 or less days left in the semester – Gold 5
- 30 or less days left in the semester – Gold 6
Non-freshmen living on campus may purchase one of plans 1 through 8.
Enrolled students not residing on campus and University employees may elect to purchase any one of the above meal plans during fall and spring semesters.
Meal plan holders must present their OneCard at time of purchase to access their meal plan funds.
*There are no meal plan requirements for summer term, however, summer meal plan options are available to enrolled students and University employees.
Campus Dining Fee
UAB policy requires that the following students be assessed a $225 Campus Dining Fee during fall and spring semesters:
- All enrolled students living on campus or under a UAB contract with an off-campus property
- All undergraduate students taking twelve (12) or more credit hours who do not reside on campus
Enrolled students not assessed the Campus Dining Fee may elect to add $225 to their Dining Dollars account during fall and spring semesters.
Campus Dining Fee funds will be accessed through a student’s Dining Dollars account. Students must present their OneCard at time of purchase to access their Dining Dollar funds.
Meal Plan Selection/Assignment
Pre-registered students may make meal plan selections beginning June 1 for fall semester and November 1 for spring semester.
The deadline for selecting meal plans is July 17 for fall semester and mid December for spring semester, based on the first tuition and fee payment
deadline. Students who are required to purchase a meal plan but do not select a plan by the deadline will be assigned the minimum required meal plan.
Meal Plan Changes
Students can change their meal plan selection online through August 20 (the day prior to meal plan activation). From August 21 through September 2 (last day to drop/add) student
requests to cancel or change their meal plan can be submitted to uabdining@uab.edu and will be processed manually by Student Services staff. Beginning September 3, only upgrade
requests will be accepted, unless the student is approved for withdrawal by the UAB Office of Enrollment Management (e.g. military leave, medical withdrawal, etc.), and upgrades
will only be processed if the student has not exceeded the allowable Flex Dollars component of the requested plan.
University employees will not be able to make changes to their meal plan after payment has been processed.
Enrolled students and University employees who have not previously selected a meal plan for the current semester may do so online at any time during the semester.
Meal Plan and Campus Dining Fee Charges and Payments
Meal plan and Campus Dining Fee charges for enrolled and pre-registered students will be posted to the student’s account a minimum of ten days prior to the first published payment
deadline and can be paid through BlazerNET or in person in the Student Accounting office in LHL 110. Payment deadlines for meal plans and the Campus Dining Fee are the same as published tuition payment deadlines.
Employees will be required to submit payment by credit/debit card when they select their meal plan to complete the ordering process. Employees who prefer to pay by check can come
to the Student Services office in SIH 220 to sign up and pay.
Meal Plan and Campus Dining Fee Activation
Meals and Flex Dollars associated with selected plans will be available for use beginning August 21 (first official housing move-in day)
for fall semester and January 4 (the day prior to the first day of class) for spring semester.
Campus Dining Fee funds will be available for use beginning August 20 for fall semester and January 4 for spring semester.
Campus Dining Locations
Dining Dollars and BlazerBucks may be used in all Sodexo-managed campus dining facilities. These include Commons on the Green, Denny’s (formerly the Diner), Starbucks in Sterne Library,
Einstein Bros Bagels in the Learning Resources Center, Zime in the Business and Engineering Complex, World of Wings, the C-Store in Camp Hall, Sandella’s in Lister Hill Library, Simply to
Go in Campbell Hall and the Jump Asian Express Food Truck. These funds can also be used at PowerZone in the Campus Recreation Center and at the faction of local food trucks during their scheduled time on-campus.
Flex Dollars can be used at all aforementioned locations, excluding the PowerZone at the Campus Recreation Center.
Meals can be used at the Commons on the Green. The Commons will provide all-you-care-to-eat service during all hours of operation.
Additional Meal Plan Rules
Individuals can use up to five meals per day. Meals are used exclusively for the meal plan holder, only the Flex Dollar portion of the meal plan can be used for guest purchases. Meal plans are non- transferable.
ONE Card Account Roll Over Options
Meals
Meals in both the Blazer and Gold plans will be valid each week from Monday through Sunday. On Sunday night any unused meals will be removed and replaced with the upcoming weeks meals.
Meals in the Green plans are valid during the semester purchased. Any unused meals will be removed at the conclusion of the semester.
Flex Dollars
Flex Dollars are valid during the semester purchased. Any remaining balance will be removed at the conclusion of the semester.
Dining Dollars
Funds in student Dining Dollars accounts will roll over through all three terms included in one academic year (i.e. fall to spring to summer). After the last class day
of summer semester, 25% of any remaining balance in student Dining Dollars accounts will be converted to BlazerBucks and the remainder of the funds removed.
BlazerBucks
BlazerBucks balances roll over continuously from year to year - see refund information below.
BlazerBucks
BlazerBucks is a declining balance account that can be used anywhere the UAB ONE Card is accepted (e.g. Barnes & Noble @ UAB, participating off-campus dining and retail merchants, etc). Pre-registered
and enrolled students and University employees may deposit funds into BlazerBucks accounts at any time in the Student Services Office via check, through a BlazerBucks Value Transfer Station,
located in One Stop Student Services and Sterne and Lister Hill Libraries via credit/debit card or cash, or online at www.uab.edu/campuscard via credit/debit card. University employees may also
sign up for BlazerBucks payroll deduction online.
Cash withdrawals from a cardholder’s ONE Card debit account(s) are not permitted. Transfers of funds between ONE Card debit accounts are prohibited.
Mandatory Dining Exemption
Meal Plans:
Campus resident students with dietary restrictions due to a disability or medical condition or with dietary restrictions based on religious
practices may apply for exemption from mandatory meal plan participation. In order to qualify for an exemption, students must submit a Meal Plan
Exemption Request Form and all required documentation to the Student Services Program Director no later than the last day to
drop/add. Exemption Request Forms can be picked up or requested by email from the following departments: One Stop Services – onestop@uab.edu,
Student Services - campuscard@uab.edu,
Campus Restaurants – uabdining@uab.edu, and Disability Support Services – dss@uab.edu
After that point, mandatory meal plan charges will not be removed from the student account unless the student is approved for withdrawal from
the University by the UAB Office of Enrollment Management.
Campus residents who are approved for meal plan exemption will still be subject to the mandatory Campus Dining Fee unless they apply and are
approved for Dining Fee exemption. Students must re-apply for exemption prior to the beginning of each subsequent academic year.
Campus Dining Fee:
Campus resident students and all undergraduate students taking twelve (12) or more credit hours who do not reside on campus with dietary
restrictions due to a disability or medical condition or with dietary restrictions based on religious practices may apply for exemption
from the Campus Dining Fee. In order to qualify for an exemption, students must submit a Campus Dining Fee Exemption Request Form and
all required documentation to the Student Services Program Director no later than the last day to drop/add. Exemption Request Forms
can be picked up or requested by email from the following departments: One Stop Student Services – onestop@uab.edu,
CampusCard - campuscard@uab.edu, Campus Restaurants – uabdining@uab.edu,
and Disability Support Services – dss@uab.edu. After that point, mandatory Dining Fee charges will not be removed from the student account
unless the student is approved for withdrawal from the University by the UAB Office of Enrollment Management.
Campus residents who are approved for Dining Fee exemption will still be required to purchase a meal plan unless they apply and are approved for meal plan exemption.
Students must re-apply for exemption prior to the beginning of each subsequent academic year.
Refunds/Cancellations
Meal Plans
Refunds of any unused meal plan balances will be available until the last day to add a class if a student 1) selected a non-mandatory
meal plan, 2) no longer meets mandatory meal plan requirements, or 3) withdraws from the University.
After the last day to drop/add, refunds of unused meal plan balances will be allowed only for students who are approved for withdrawal
by the UAB Office of Enrollment Management (e.g. military leave, medical withdrawal, etc.) Refunds based on approval by the Office of
Enrollment Management must be requested within one year of the student’s withdrawal from the University; after that time, unused meal
plan balances become non-refundable.
The University reserves the right to cancel meal plans for students who violate any academic or non-academic policies that result in
disciplinary actions. Unused meals resulting from the cancellation of a meal plan by the University will not be refunded.
Dining Dollars
Refunds of any unused Dining Dollars balance from the current semester will be available until the last day to add a class if a student 1) no
longer meets mandatory Dining Fee requirements, or 2) withdraws from the University.
After the last day to drop/add, refunds of unused Dining Dollar balances from that semester will be allowed only for students who
are approved for withdrawal by the UAB Office of Enrollment Management (e.g. military leave, medical withdrawal, etc.) Refunds based on
approval by the Office of Enrollment Management must be requested within one year of the student’s withdrawal from the University; after
that time, unused Dining Dollars balances become non-refundable.
The University reserves the right to cancel Dining Dollars accounts for students who violate any academic or non-academic policies that
result in disciplinary actions. Unused funds resulting from the cancellation of a Dining Dollars account by the University will not be refunded.
BlazerBucks.
Refund requests for unused BlazerBucks funds are accepted only after the cardholder leaves the University. Refund requests must be made within
twelve months of the cardholder’s withdrawal from the University.
Refunds are processed only by request of the cardholder. Cardholders may request refunds by submitting a Refund Request
Form online at www.uab.edu/campuscard.
Transfers to Student Accounts
If a refund request is approved and there is an outstanding balance on the cardholder’s student account, the refund may be transferred
to Student Accounting to be credited against the outstanding balance.
If a refund request is approved and the student account is paid in full, a refund check for any remaining reimbursable funds will be
forwarded to the address provided by the cardholder on the request form.
Refund credits are not effective until approved by the University. If cardholders do not have a student account, the refund check will
be forwarded to the address provided by the cardholder. No cash refunds will be authorized.
Inactive Accounts
Balances will be forfeited for cardholder debit accounts that remain inactive for a twelve-month consecutive period with no refund
request received by Student Services.
Cardholder Responsibilities
The cardholder is responsible for all cardholder authorized transactions. This includes any transactions which are completed when the cash
registers/terminals/readers are not in direct communication with the system processor for whatever reason or when there are insufficient
funds in the cardholder's UAB debit account(s). Should the cardholder's account contain insufficient funds, the cardholder will be
immediately notified to deposit funds to cover such transaction(s) as soon as possible after the system is brought on-line and the
transaction(s) downloaded to the cardholders debit account. Should the cardholder not deposit the necessary funds within (5) business days,
the cardholder agrees that total due for all such transactions may be added to the cardholder's student account for billing and collection
by Student Accounting.
Notification and Replacement Procedures for Lost/Stolen Cards or Unauthorized Card Use
Cardholders should freeze their UAB ONE Card IMMEDIATELY if their card is lost or stolen.
Cardholders can freeze/unfreeze their account activity online at campuscard.uab.edu. One Stop Services staff can freeze account activity if notified by e-mail onestop@uab.edu,
by phone at 205-934-4300, or in person in the Blazer Hall Residence Life Center.
Unauthorized card use should be reported to Student Services staff by email at campuscard@uab.edu, by phone at 205-996-6273 or in person in SIH 220. When reporting a lost or stolen card or
unauthorized card use, cardholder should provide the following information:
- Cardholder’s name
- BlazerID
- Any information which may help in preventing unauthorized card use or further losses
- Contact telephone number where cardholder can be reached
Replacement ONE Cards can be obtained at any UAB ONE Card office. A list of carding locations is available at www.uab.edu/onecard.
Replacement fee for lost or damaged cards or replacement cards as a result of a name/title/department change is $15.00 and is due at
the time the replacement card is issued. Payment may be made by cash, check, credit/debit card or BlazerBucks. Departments may pay
for an employee’s replacement form by submitting a request form including the appropriate costing account number and departmental signature.
CardHolder's Liability for Unauthorized Purchases
If a cardholder believes their ONE Card has been lost or stolen, the cardholder should freeze their account activity online or
report at once such loss or theft to the University. Failure to make a report of a lost or stolen card may result in the
loss of funds in the cardholder's debit account(s). The University is NOT liable for funds lost prior to freezing account activity or
the report of a lost or stolen ONE Card.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
The University may disclose information to third parties about the cardholder's account or the transfer made: (a) in order to comply
with court orders or other applicable laws; (b) if the cardholder gives written permission; (c) where it is necessary for completing
transactions; or (d) in order to verify the existence and condition of cardholder's account for a third party.
Error Resolution Procedures
If a cardholder believes there is a discrepancy with a debit account transaction as shown on cardholder's online account or
receipt or the cardholder desires more information about a transaction listed in the online account or receipt, the cardholder should
contact Student Services immediately and should furnish the following information: (a) cardholder's name and Blazer ID; (b) description of the transaction in question and a detailed
explanation of the discrepancy; and (c) the dollar amount of the questioned transaction. If a cardholder makes a verbal inquiry, the
university may require the cardholder to submit the inquiry in writing to Student Services. The University will offer the
cardholder the results of the investigation within ten business days after the University hears from the cardholder and will correct
any error which was discovered. If the University decides there was no error, it will send the cardholder a written explanation within
five business days after the University finishes its investigation.
Change in Terms Notice
UAB reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of ONE Card use. Any future changes in terms and conditions regulating
use of the ONE Card and debit accounts will apply to all cards then in circulation and will supersede the
terms and conditions in effect at the time the card and debit accounts were acquired. All fees and other
charges are subject to change without notice.
By accepting and using their ONE Card, card holders agree to abide by these terms and conditions at all times.
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