Recently one of the 777 Capts was on a TIP layover, and checked the allowances issued by the hotel. He found that the lunch allowance on the last day was not being paid. On questioning the station manager, the rather wet-dick excuse given was that the crew leave the hotel 15 mins before the allowance is due..wrong answer pal!!
So the Capt persisted in chasing up the missing allowance, which had incorrectly and very conveniently been missed out for all crews since the TIP layovers started some months ago. He'll probably never get to see the money promised as "back pay" in his wages sometime in the next decade, but at least the future allowances in TIP should be correct.
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how much money has been "saved" on this one...and of course questions remain where that money has gone..not that we'll go there of course.
Also, there seems to commonly be "mistakes" made in calculating allowances when we shift hotels, and other occasions.
So...moral of the story...how about we all make an effort to check allowances due at destinations, and take the company to task if we're being short changed. After all, the allowances hardly let me get pissed anymore anyway.