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MD is? Anyway, it's not strength that's an issue really, if you can get the actual stuff, that's great, but are there not still a lot of bad ones around, PMA, BZP, 2-CB etc? 

It can take up to 2 days for weekend transactions to be cleared. Also depends on the merchant’s system processing the payments. I had a holiday balance payment sit in pending for 5 days once. The delay wasn’t my CC but the holiday company. All went through fine. 

Correct. Takes 2 days for my weekend purchases/payments to move out of “pending” on my credit card. 

Have been reading everyone’s comments with interest and mulling over why I feel as low about it as I do. I think actually a lot of it is just habit. Would have been our 16th, so it’s kind of a routine now. Also my birthday weekend which is an added sting. I’m definitely struggling to think of anything we might be able to do instead that gives me any enthusiasm, but we do have some tricky life restrictions that mean holidays abroad etc. are not an option for us currently.  Oh, I’m sure I’ll cheer up soon. Rationally, we didn’t actually have that great a time last year, it was a struggle quite often. And we had no interest in last year’s headliners and none in the rumours for this year, so likely it is time to move on. It’s hard when somewhere has been a huge part of your life for so long. Will feel empty in the run up, for sure. 

I'm sure he has the Sunday free but is sandwiched on either side with dates in Germany if I remember rightly