The USave Program provides University employees with variety of savings opportunities. Proof of University employment is required, either with a UCard or a pay stub.
All discounts offered through the USave program, whether they are listed here or with MERSC, are given without any endorsement or guarantee from the University of Minnesota. The University is not liable for businesses not honoring discounts.
MERSC Discounts
The University is a member of the Minnesota Employee Recreational Services Council. MERSC offers discounts to numerous Twin Cities businesses. Contact the vendor directly, not MERSC, if you have a question about a particular discount.
U Card Faculty & Staff Checking
TCF Bank offers the U Card Faculty & Staff Checking account exclusively
to University of Minnesota employees who have obtained their U Card. There
is no minimum balance and no services fees with U Card Faculty & Staff
Checking, and it includes free services such as preferred online banking with
bill payment service, free checks, free travelers checks, and a free Goldy
Gopher Visa™ debit card which can earn you rewards!
For more information about U Card Faculty & Staff Checking, call 612-823-2265
or 800-823-2265 or visit the U Card Web
site.
Metropass
Metropass is offered through Parking and Transportation Services for University employees with at least a 50% appointment. Metropass provides unlimited rides 24 hours a day. It's valid on all regular routes, as well as express, local, limited-stop, or Downtown Zone routes. Metropass is also valid on the Hiawatha light rail line.
The cost for Metropass is $45 per month. The fee is automatically deducted pre-tax from participants' pay checks.
For more information on Metropass, please visit the Parking and Transportation Services
Metropass Web site.
Discounts for Local Attractions, Movie Tickets, & Metro Transit Tickets
Tickets to several local attractions, museums, and many Twin Cities movie theaters are available at a discount. In addition, Metro Transit bus and light rail passes are available at a discount. Tickets and passes can be purchased at the Student Union Information Desks, and more information about specific discounts can be found at Student Unions & Activties Tickets and Passes.
YMCA Memberships
Join the YMCA and the Y will waive its $79 Joiners Fee. The YMCA offers fitness centers, running tracks, gyms, open swim, lap swim, free group exercise classes, free fitness consultations and orientations, strength training, free weights and the YMCA 12-week progressive fitness program for new or returning exercisers.
Financial assistance is available for memberships, childcare, and camping programs.
For information about the 22 YMCA locations in the Twin Cities and Western Wisconsin, visit www.ymcatwincities.org or call 612-465-0450. For more information, contact Sam Hargraves at the Downtown YMCA at 612-371-8749 or SHargraves@YMCAmpls.org.
Concy's Montessori School and Day Care
Concy's will waive the registration fee of $50.
4530 Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55419
952-925-2330
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