Frequently Asked Meal Membership Questions

Meal memberships include meal swipes for the Islander Dining Hall, Dining Dollars for use at dining locations, and meal trades that exchange a meal swipe for a combo meal at select dining venues on campus, including Chick‑fil‑A, Panda Express, and the Salty Seagull.  

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Meal memberships are available to all students living on or off-campus, faculty, and staff. 

Any student residing in Miramar must have a meal membership. Based on room assignment, Miramar residents are automatically enrolled in the Island 200 membership plan, and students residing in Miramar Apartments will automatically be enrolled in the Beach 160 membership plan. These will be automatically posted to your S.A.I.L account, and you will pay for the plan when you pay your tuition and fees.    

Any student living in Momentum Village or off campus may choose either a Resident Meal Membership or a Commuter Dining Membership. These can be purchased by visiting the SandDollar$ Office or going online to the GET app. All non-required memberships must be paid for at the time of selection. 

Faculty & Staff may purchase a membership by filling out this form.

Islander Dining offers a variety of meal membership options designed to fit different schedules and lifestyles, including plans for residential and commuter students with varying amounts of meals and Dining Dollars.  

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Each meal membership consists of Meal Swipes to use any time throughout the semester in the Islander Dining Hall for an all-you-care-to-eat experience. All the students have to do is swipe or tap at the register when they walk in, then they may enter to have as much or as little as they would like for as long as they’re in the Dining Hall. Students may also use a Meal Swipe as a Meal Trade at Chick-fil-A, Panda Express, or the Salty Seagull.  

Unused Meal Swipes do NOT carry over to another semester. Meal Swipes expire at the end of each semester.

Dining Dollars are included with most meal memberships and are a dollar-for-dollar declining-balance used at dining retail locations across campus for meals, snacks, and beverages.

Dining Dollars work like cash with the added convenience of being accessible from your SandDollar$ ID Card. Dining Dollars are accepted at all on-campus retail dining locations.  

Every meal membership includes $100 - $200 of Dining Dollars to spend at any on campus dining location, depending on your membership. When you present your SandDollar$ ID to the cashier, the purchase amount is immediately subtracted from your prepaid Dining Dollars balance.

All Dining Dollars expire at the end of the Academic Year. Additional Dining Dollars can be purchased at University Center 120 or here. You do not need to pay tax when you purchase meals with Dining Dollars that come with your meal plan. When you add additional dining dollars, you will need to pay tax at the time of food purchase. 

Meal trades allow you to exchange a meal swipe for a combo meal at participating retail dining locations, giving you added flexibility beyond the dining hall. 

Students will have the flexibility to pay for their meal at select retail locations by "trading" a Meal Swipe for a combo meal at one of our retail dining locations rather than the dining hall.  

Meal Trades are available at the following locations:  

• Chick-fil-A 

• Panda Express 

• The Salty Seagull. 

You can use one swipe to purchase a meal at Chick-fil-A, Panda Express, and The Salty Seagull. You can use up to five meal trades per week. Meal Trades refresh for the students’ weekly needs every Sunday.

Hours vary by location.

Yes, through the Boost app. Download the Boost app, select TAMU-CC as your location, and start ordering online. Currently, you can place your orders ahead of time for pick up at Panda Express, Islanders Sandbar & Grill, The Salty Seagull, Crave, and The Island Café.

The Late-Night Grill is only available through the Boost app. 
Starbucks mobile ordering is also available through the Starbucks mobile app.

Unlimited Dining memberships allow students to bring one guest per week. All other memberships do not allow members to bring guests and use their meal swipes to cover their guests' meals. 

Although you cannot have your meals directly delivered on campus, we have several additional options available to you. 

University Auxiliaries has partnered with Grubhub to provide TAMU-CC students access to Grubhub Plus for free. This removes the delivery fee on participating locations and gives access to deals and promotions that you would otherwise not be able to. Simply go to the Grubhub app and under account and select a school to affiliate with. Follow the prompts to add your SandDollar$ All Services as an option to order and enjoy the benefits. 

Through the Boost app, students can place a mobile order through their phone ahead of time for pickup at the location. This order can be placed as ASAP or can be scheduled in available time slots over the next several days.  Mobile ordering is available at Panda Express, The Salty Seagull, Crave, and The Island Café.  Your order will be waiting for you at the designated location in the retail area.

Dining Dollars and Meal Memberships are not accepted as payment at the Campus Store. 

Funds deposited into students’ All-Services SandDollar$ accounts, in addition to cash and card payments, may be utilized for purchases at the Campus Store, located in University Center, Room 118. 

Shop online anytime at: https://www.bkstr.com/texasamcorpuschrististore/home

You can upgrade your membership anytime during the academic year. 

Students can make changes to a meal membership before the 12th day of classes every semester. After the 12th day of class, students who wish to upgrade their meal membership can continue to do so by completing the upgrade form, submitting it to the SandDollar$ Office (UC 120), and paying the difference. Upgrades made after the 12th day of classes will not be added to a student’s S.A.I.L. account. 

Miramar residents can upgrade their membership by completing the upgrade form and submitting it to the SandDollar$ Office. The charges will be added to your S.A.I.L. account.  

If you are not a Miramar resident, and you would like to upgrade your membership, visit the SandDollar$ Services office (UC 120) to pay in person or use GET Mobile to purchase online. Faculty & Staff may purchase a meal plan by clicking here.

Yes, additional Dining Dollars can be added to your account to provide additional purchasing flexibility throughout the semester. 

You can add Dining Dollars to your SandDollar$ account to use at any location. Dining Dollars can be purchased at the SandDollar$ Services Office, online through GET Mobile. or by visiting sanddollars.tamucc.edu. Additional Dining Dollars added to the meal plan will have tax added at the time of food purchase.

Any student residing in Miramar must have a Resident Dining membership (Island 200 or Beach 160). Any student living in Momentum Village may choose either a Resident Meal Membership or a Commuter meal membership. 

Miramar residents do not need to purchase a meal membership. The meal membership will be added to their S.A.I.L account and will be available to use when memberships go active in August.

Based on room assignment, Miramar residents are automatically enrolled in their Resident meal membership. Students residing in Miramar Residence Halls will automatically be enrolled in the Island 200 + 100 Dining Dollars, and students residing in Miramar Apartments will automatically be enrolled in the Beach 160 + 200 Dining Dollars. 

Students may opt to upgrade their Dining membership or increase their Dining Dollar amounts. Dining membership upgrades added to the student's account can be made until the 12th day of class. Any upgrades after the 12th of class require that the student pay the difference at SandDollar$ Services. 

For Miramar residents with a required meal, complete the upgrade form and submit it to the SandDollar$ Office. The charges will be added to your S.A.I.L. account.  For all other students, contact the SandDollar$ Services or pay online at the GET App.  Payment must occur at the time of purchase.

Faculty and staff have the option to purchase meal memberships to enjoy the convenience of campus dining locations. 

Faculty & Staff meal plans are valid for one calendar year after they were purchased.

If you reside in Miramar Housing, you are required to have a resident meal plan. Your housing floor plan determines the type of meal plan. Apartments are required to have Beach 160, and residential halls are required to have Island 200.  These will be AUTOMATICALLY posted to your S.A.I.L account, and you will pay for the plan when you pay your tuition and fees.   

If you are not required to have a Dining membership, you may purchase a membership by visiting the SandDollar$ Office or going online to the GET APP. All non-required memberships must be paid for at the time of selection. 

Dining memberships can be purchased at SandDollar$ Services, located in the University Center. You can pay with a debit/credit card or cash; via the app or on the website, you can use a debit/credit card.

All other memberships will need to be purchased for the new semester. 

Upgrades are not processed automatically; students wishing to upgrade need to complete the form every semester. 

Meal Swipes expire at the end of each semester. Any remaining Meal Swipe balances will expire and be forfeited at the end of the Fall and Spring Semesters.  

Any remaining Dining Dollars from the Fall semester will be placed in the Rollover Meal Plan account and activated on the 1st Islander Housing move-in day of the Spring semester. 

Rollover Dining Dollars will be exhausted first, before using Spring semester Dining Dollars.  

Any remaining Dining Dollar balances will expire and be forfeited at the end of the Spring semester.

Commuter Dining memberships are sold and managed by Dining Services and therefore, are not eligible to be added to the student bill. SandDollar$ still manages all sales for voluntary meal memberships. Is there a different reason we can use to explain to commuter students why they are not eligible to be added to student bill? I don’t want students being mislead and attempting to purchase a meal membership through the DOC website.  

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Email: islanderdining@tamucc.edu