Is she enlisted or officer?
It actually different when it comes to BAS. It is really pennies when it comes to their overall pay...can't remember,but maybe $200 bucks a month? At least that is what Bullet use to get. ~ If I recall correctly, or maybe it was just fliers, but the dining hall was only free to enlisted members that live in the dorm or if TDY as an officer....not permanent duty officers.
~~ She might want to check into seeing if the flight line is open when she gets off shift.
BAS stands for Basic allowance for Subsidies. Most use it for uniforms..
~ We lived in the UK you might be confusing it with what is called COLA.
COLA =Cost of Living Allowance. They will use their formula/algorithm regarding what the rate is going for regarding conversion rate. It is an additional part of her pay. It is suppose to equalize purchasing on the economy....it never does. I am guessing that is what they have yet to process. We always laughed at COLA it would take them forever to get the money at the new rate if it was bad, but if it was strong they fixed it by the next pay period.
That being said, I agree get use to it.
Just wait for your 1st PCS. It will probably be all over the place. You will get TLA, DLA at different times, than add in a new BAH and you will be running a spread sheet to figure out what has and has not been paid.
~ Also if you take the career starter loan and invest it gets crazier.
My story....
Bullet and I got married between two schools with TDY in between. Plus, a PCS. This was back when you got paper LESs.
We get to our first base and he looks and says this has to be wrong. He walked into accounting and finance and said, sir, you're right we overpaid you by giving you BAH and you live in base housing....
Our next paycheck for two weeks was $50 bucks. Meanwhile, we thought between the moves, TDY,etc that we were fine, and spent the money. We didn't know it was wrong for over a month. Luckily we had savings, but it was a lesson we took to heart as an O2.
Another friend changed his residency to Alaska, but it was inputted as AL, not AK. He spent a year fighting to get it changed to AK, and lost the chance of the permanent fund from AK because the AF said he was a resident of Alabama.
Watch your pay like you watch your credit rating. It is harder to correct later on.