747flyboy
I don't remember getting any extra dosh for working weekends! Is this a new thing since last Nov? As for Christmas - a bonus yes - (still don't know how they worked it out) but £60 for Christmas/NewYear etc, maybe that's new since I left too! Mind you, maybe that's to make up for the fact the flight pay hasn't changed for 6 years (maybe more!).
Don't forget, perdiums are worked out in the local currency and then converted to £ - they come in your pay packet so there's no hand out's down route. So you get the double wammy of having to change it back into local currency again! Fortunatelly the flexible friend is accepted in most stores except Japanese Supermarkets (unless that has changed since November too!)