Two ( Russian) aircraft went around and continued to the alternate..frontal weather with little chance of improvement more probably worsening...holding for two hours makes no sense.if not that you are under commercial pressure or worried of possible consequences...
Actually, it is fairly standard.
You will note all the brow-beaten captains in certain airlines diverting immediately, because they have no fuel. While I like to take extra if possible, and hold. Not having to divert can save shed-loads of money, if you get it right. Which I have done on many occasions - while everyone around me was diverting - and ending up as the first one in (after two hours holding, you are invariably at the bottom of the stack).
But I do remember holding for two hours once, and having to go back home. :-(