Airbuspilot72
For starters, pardon the pun, it's a meal allowance, not flight allowance. Some airlines have fairly generous 'meal allowances' that crew use to subsidise their salaries. EK's never been like that and has always based it on the hotels and the discounts available. Yep, some seem tight but in the 15 years I've been here, I've never gone hungry or lived off pot noodles.
It might not cover a session in a London pub or fancy restaurant but I've always found it more than enough to cover a nice meal and a few beers at the Pheasant with the prospect of stuffing your face with a full English the next day for £5!
Now that's cheap as chips!
Harry