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• Banana Bucks
• Flexi Dollars

Students living in campus apartments, ARCH communities, and off campus

Get discounts at UCSC Dining locations with Banana Bucks and Flexi Dollars!

Banana Bucks

Banana Bucks work like a debit account and offer discounts and convenience at UCSC Dining-operated locations.
  • Get access to the all-you-care-to-enjoy buffet at the Dining Halls for $12.23.
  • Get 10% off your purchases when you pay with Banana Bucks at UCSC Dining-operated cafes, coffee bars, and markets.
  • Purchase Banana Bucks using the GET mobile app or website — they are instantly added to your dining account.
  • Banana Bucks are non-transferable and non-refundable; they carry over from quarter to quarter and expire at the end of the academic year (June 17, 2024).

Banana Bucks are available in the following amounts: $50, $100, $500

($500 option not available during the last 3 weeks of the academic year)

Flexi Dollars

Flexi Dollars work like a debit account and offer discounts and convenience at UCSC Dining-operated locations, plus they can be used at the Bay Tree Campus Store, independently-operated campus locations like Iveta Cafe, select off-campus vendors, and for delivery from local restaurants via Grubhub.  

  • Get access to the all-you-care-to-enjoy buffet at the Dining Halls for $12.60.
  • Get 10% off your purchases when you pay with Flexi Dollars at UCSC Dining-operated cafes, coffee bars, and markets.
  • Can be used at additional locations on and off campus
  • Purchase Flexi Dollars using the GET mobile app or website — they are instantly added to your dining account.
  • Flexi Dollars are non-transferable and non-refundable; they carry over from quarter to quarter and expire at the end of the academic year (June 17, 2024).

Flexi Dollars are available in the following amounts: $50, $100, $500

($500 option not available during the last 3 weeks of the academic year)

Banana Bucks and Flexi Dollars are accepted at all locations operated by UCSC Dining

Dining Halls, Cafes, Markets, and Perk Coffee Bars

  
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Dining Halls

  • Cowell/Stevenson
  • Crown/Merrill
  • College Nine/John R. Lewis
  • Porter/Kresge
  • Rachel Carson/Oakes

Markets

  • Porter Market
  • Merrill Market
  • Slug Stop at Quarry Plaza

Perk Coffee Locations

  • Baskin Engineering
  • Physical Sciences
  • Earth and Marine Sciences

Cafes

  • Banana Joe’s Late Night
  • Global Village Cafe
  • Oakes Cafe
  • Stevenson Coffee House
  • University Center Cafe

More locations will be opening in 2023-24!

  • Owl’s Nest Cafe
  • University Center Bistro

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