Chef, totally agree with you the applications seem so random and the fate of some peoples holidays depends on when their application is taken out of the tombola for processing
I applied on the 6th feb where the timeline was shown as 3 weeks and almost 7 weeks later I’m still waiting for mine to be printed and I’m due to fly on the 28th
Mine was marked as processing on the 23rd feb and approved 19th March so hopefully yours is approved soon too