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    I’m just £100 shy of the £15k spend to earn my Companion Voucher and it must be done by Tuesday 20/5. I have a charge from CrossCountry rail that is still pending and it’s driving me nuts, what if it doesn’t process in time :*(

    Being the weekend isn’t probably helping, maybe it will all be fine tomorrow. But does anyone know of any merchants that are good for processing a charge asap? (I could book a refundable hotel or buy gift cards etc.)

    I know I’m cutting it close and should have sorted it last week. Thanks for any suggestions x

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    @KookyCat28 – given the importance of making sure you cross the threshold in time, for certainty I would do more than one type of transaction.

    As you say, it being Sunday doesn’t help and there’s a lot of change in the payments world so what was quick to process before isn’t necessarily today. As a financial institution, PayPal payments should process quickly so it might be worth considering that. I would expect a payment at a big supermarket also to process quickly. So if you can bring forward a bit of varied spending going comfortably over the £15k today you greatly improve your prospects.

    Going comfortably over also reduces the risk of some pesky unexpected refund popping up at the wrong moment.

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    Most Filling Stations process promptly.

    Top up your Octopus account, buy an Amazon voucher, supermarket spend. Lots of choices.

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    Amazon is pretty quick, also supermarkets as mentioned.

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    Great thanks guys, I’m on it!

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    Hotels.com always fast for me and fast to refund too

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    Agree on hotels.com and supermarkets.

    I’ve also found Airbnb to be speedy.

    Buying Amazon gift card is normally v swift also

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