Your Action Card or “ACT Card” is your official student ID for The University of Alabama!
The ACT Card is used for Bama Cash, Dining Dollars, meal plans, building access, NCAA athletic events, University recreation centers, the Student Health Center, campus entertainment events, and more!
Load money on to your ACT Card and you’ll have Bama Cash! From restaurants and grocery stores to gas stations and retail locations, there are over 100 on and off campus Bama Cash vendors.
You can make a Bama Cash deposit by phone at 1-800-474-2288, online througheAccounts, or through the eAccounts mobile app*. *To make a deposit through the eAccounts app you will need to make a first-time deposit through the website and save your payment method. This save payment method will be used through the eAccounts mobile app. For help making deposits, please see our tips.
Certain campus services such as residence hall laundry facilities will only acceptBama Cash.
Bama Cash on the ACT Card is like a debit account, but cash cannot be withdrawn from the account. Bama Cash will stay on the ACT Card and will roll over every semester.
You’ll pay this amount with tuition* and it’s preloaded on to your card. You cannot add funds to Dining Dollars. With this you can make purchases at all Bama Dining locations.
*Undergraduate students are required to have nine (9) on campus hours to be eligible for Dining dollars. This does not include online, co-op, internship or hybrid classes.
Dining Dollars left over at the end of the fall semester will stay as Dining Dollars for the spring semester. At the end of the spring semester, any remaining Dining Dollars will roll into Bama Cash.
When using Dining Dollars or Bama Cash to pay for pre-paid orders by phone or online such as pizza for delivery, you will use your 16 – digit number instead of your CWID. Click here or gotomyBama to find your 16 – digit number.
You can check the balance of these accounts and transactions at any time through eAccounts*. *To check on the number of Meal Plan swipes remaining, login to eAccounts and select Board Transactions. Then select a time frame. You will see the number of Meal Plan swipes used out of the total number you started with. Subtracting these two numbers will give you the remaining Meal Plan swipes you have left.
Bama Cash vs. Dining Dollars
Mobile ACT Card
Students, faculty, and staff can add their ACT Cards in the Apple Wallet on iPhone and Apple Watch and in Google Pay on Android phones.
You can use this digital ID just like a physical card!
You do not need a physical card to add to your mobile devices.
Instructions and system requirements can be found at Mobile ACT Card.
