Thank you so much for the detail in this post. too many variables to make it worth while. Back to the drawing board.
What I do is right down my dates and the meals that I will have so it looks something like this
Saturday 9/15 Dinner
Sunday 9/16 Breakfast
Sunday 9/16 Lunch
Sunday 9/16 Dinner
................ not writing a week out here
Saturday 9/22 Lunch
Saturday 9/22 Dinner
Sunday 9/23 Breakfast (the flight I would take is either the 2 pm or the 6 pm hour one-never again for the 7 am flight because Bell Services knocking at 3:30 am is not for me-I didn't make the arrangements someone else did)
If on dining plan number of nights 8
Then I go back and plug in the type of meal such as
Saturday 9/15 Dinner Counter Service 1 used 7 left
Sunday 9/16 Breakfast Food in room using items brought in luggage and/or a trip to the store (we had actually rented a vehicle for a day a couple of times-but now I would just make other arrangements) plus a snack item later in the morning if needed
Sunday 9/16 Lunch Counter Service 1 used 6 left
Sunday 9/16 Dinner Signature Table 2 used 6 left
...................(keep filling in)
Saturday 9/22 Dinner Table 1 used 0 left
Sunday 9/23 Breakfast Counter 1 used 0 left
2 snack credits left pick up items for the flight such as some mickey rice krispy treats
Hope this helps with the back to the drawing board process