are the money in your mealplan transferrable to second year?

The "Flex" part of it is yes, the main part is not.

you can go and check mac express online to find out how much money is left in freedom and in flex or call mac at 905 525 9140 ext. 27713

and i believe its the freedom part that gets carried onto the next year

Check how much money you have here: http://mealcard.mcmaster.ca/acctnfo.htm
where it says: CLICK HERE to enter the Mac Express secure site. Make sure you LOGOUT when you are done.

Once you log in, go to Financial Status Report-> Submit Query and it'll show you a table
with BASIC, FLEX and FREEDOM. You can't claim any amount in the basic account and you have to us that by April 26th! But flex and freedom are transferred to next year, so you dont have to do anything about those!

my advice is to just buy the basic. u can add on money any time during the year if it is insufficient