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Where can you use the 49er ID Card?

On Campus Transactions
Campus Dining Services Facilities
Copy Center
Copiers
Computer Printers (Labs & Library)
UNC Charlotte Bookstore
Vending Machines
Laundry Facilities
Fun & Games
On Campus Building/Classroom Access
Value Transfer Stations (VTS)

On-Campus Transactions
You can now use your 49er ID Card in many more places on campus other than Campus Dining Services facilities. In all cases, you'll save time because using the 49er ID Card, with the 49er Account, is so much faster than using cash.

Campus Dining Services Facilities
You can put a meal plan on your 49er ID Card. There are several meal plans available, ranging from all- you-can-eat full meals served in the two main dining facilities to plans with varying levels of "declining balance" funds that can be used for other food purchases. Declining balance funds allow you to make purchases in campus retail eating facilities such as: Chick-Fil-A, The Prospector Cafe, Burger King, Main Street Market, Pizza Hut, and all campus "C" (convenience) stores. Declining balance funds are withdrawn from this account every time you use the 49er ID Card for food or drink at any campus dining facility. Once you have a meal plan, just give your 49er ID Card to the cashier when you purchase food. Your account will automatically be debited and you can check the remaining balance after every transaction.

With a 49er Account, you can use your 49er ID Card for food purchases in any Campus Dining Services facility without purchasing a meal plan. Designed for students who don’t have a meal plan, this added feature allows students with a 49er Account to buy food anywhere on campus. Remember, food purchased this way doesn't qualify as a meal plan and is subject to NC Sales Tax.

Buy products at any on-campus convenience store with your 49er Account and you’ll have no need to find enough change or cash to buy a toothbrush or a candy bar late at night.

Copy Center
The campus Copy Center accepts the 49er Account, along with cash, as payment. Check out their services. They offer binding, full-color copies, oversized copies, transparencies, and a large selection of paper colors and weights. They also provide faxing services.

Copiers
Your 49er Account gives you the ability to make copies on any public copier on campus. There are 55 copiers equipped with debit card readers on campus. Just put the card in the swipe channel, slide it to the bottom, and leave in place. Once you've made all the copies you need, remove the card. It's that simple.

The cost per copy is just 7¢ per page.
The copier readers are a convenient place to check the balance in your 49er Account. Just slide the card down the swipe channel and leave in place. The balance on your card will appear. You do not have to make a copy and your account does not get charged.

Computer Printers (Labs & Library)
All public use computer labs and the Atkins Library charge for printing. Your 49er Account allows you to pay for your printing. When you send your file to the printer, a "pop-up" window appears for you to name your file. The window will also allow you to protect your print file with a password. After filling in the information, you go to the print release station, swipe your 49er ID Card in the reader attached to the keyboard, and choose your print file. On the screen you will see the number of pages and the total cost of your print job. Just release your print job, exit the screen, pick up your printing, and go on your way.

The cost for black and white printing is just 7¢ per page. There is a color printer available on the 1st floor of the library. You'll pay 50¢ per page if you use this printer.

UNC Charlotte Bookstore
The UNC Charlotte Bookstore now accepts the 49er Account. With appropriate funds in your 49er Account, you will be able to purchase items from the UNC Charlotte Bookstore. Just give your 49er ID Card to the cashier, and you’re on your way. No waiting to make change, verify credit or call for check approval. Encourage your friends to get a 49er Account and use their 49er ID Cards, too, and lines for books and supplies will be a thing of the past.

Vending Machines
Use your 49er Account at any of the many reader-equipped vending machines on campus and you’ll never have to wait for change, find change or try numerous dollar bills before the bill acceptor accepts one of them. Just swipe your 49er ID Card and get your stuff.

Laundry Facilities
Never be frustrated again because you need to do a load of clothes and change isn’t available. Simply swipe your 49er ID Card in the reader in any of the 16 laundry rooms on campus, select the first available machine and start getting your clothes clean.
Watch for specials, where off-peak service will ensure savings for 49er Account users only.
 
Fun & Games
Concessions At Home Basketball Games: Use your 49er Account to purchase food at home basketball games and save.
 
Candy Shoppe in Cone Center: Satisfy your sweet tooth by using your 49er Account to purchase your favorite confection or trail mix at the Cone Center Candy Shoppe.

Game Room in SAC: Enjoy time with your friends shooting pool or playing video games in the Game Room in the Barnhardt Student Activities Center. Your 49er Account is accepted for payment here, too.

On-Campus Access
If you live on campus, your 49er ID Card will give you access to your residence hall. Just swipe your 49er ID Card in the reader at the applicable entrances and you’ll be admitted. For security purposes, your 49er ID Card works only in the residence hall where you live.

As a student, staff or faculty member, your 49er ID Card allows you access to academic buildings, computer labs, meeting and entertainment venues (Cone University Center, Belk Gym and the Student Activity Center). Depending on the hour of access, all you need to do is show your 49er ID Card to an attendant or swipe it through a reader.

As a student, staff or faculty member, your 49er ID Card allows you to attend athletic events where tickets are required, check out books and papers from the library and vote in campus elections. Simply show your Card to the attendant at the respective venue.

Value Transfer Station (VTS)
You can add money to your 49er Account at four (4) automated Value Transfer Stations. The machines only accept cash and do not give change. The machines are located:

• Atkins Library, 1st floor Info Commons
• Atkins Library, 2nd floor Copy Center
• Barnard, 1st floor Computer Commons
• Residence Dinning Hall, 1st floor Foyer