UCLA meal swipes

UCLA students living on the Hill can choose between different meal plan options based on the number of UCLA meal swipes allotted per week — 11, 14 or 19. Additionally, there are meal plans that are considered premier, which allow for the use of multiple swipes per meal period and for swipes to roll over week to week. For more information about different meal plan options at UCLA, click the link below. 

UCLA students with meal plans can use UCLA meal swipes at Associated Students UCLA (ASUCLA Restaurants), with one swipe equating to the cash value of $10, per UCLA Dining’s July 2025 update. ASUCLA swipe exchanges are only available during certain UCLA meal hours on weekdays in the regular academic year, from 11 a.m. to 3:59 p.m., according to UCLA Dining. 

UCLA Dining will not allow students to redeem UCLA meal swipes at some on-campus food vendors beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year, including the UCLA Store Market, Panda Express, Carl’s Jr., Subway, Veggie Grill, Kikka Sushi and Yoshinoya. For more information about which ASUCLA-operated restaurants on campus accept meal swipe exchanges, click the link here.

Students with meal plans can check their UCLA meal swipe balance at the link below. 

Students who would like to increase their UCLA meal swipe balance can upgrade their plan at any time during the quarter. Meal plan upgrade amounts are calculated from the Monday of the week the change is requested. Students who wish to downgrade their meal plans for a certain quarter must do so by the Sunday before the quarter begins; otherwise, changes will not be reflected until the following quarter. For more information about meal plan change requests, click the link here.