The situation above I can understand, and a perfectly valid use of resources.
What gets my goat though, is when FR use Manch radar to constantly ask for the RVR at Liverpool when LPL has not only ATIS but a perfectly good tower frequency. Has Mickey Mouth taken out box 2 to save a few pennies?
And if you carried enough fuel for a bit of holding, perhaps it wouldn't become quite so critical when you're asked to take up the hold when surprise, surprise, the wx turns out to be exactly as forecast at your destination.