Sign-it-to-your-room... just a point of order
"Old Timers" were given the option of changing their base to LHR or not. 2 cabin crew members remained based at LGW, everyone else went to LHR so they didn't have to be rostered solely on the "holiday routes" which didn't have trip pay.
But back then, the dollar rate was nowhere near 2:1 and most trips paid a decent amount.