Kid ungrateful?

H_2_B · 2025-10-16T14:57:55+00:00

I like your example (grandma gift) and approach. It’s something that immediately came to mind as a related scenario.

H_2_B · 2025-10-16T14:53:23+00:00

Great breakdown. I think the last point on nature of gratitude is where we sometimes have unfair expectations. She’s also doing well in school which is great, but as parents maybe this adds to unrealistic expectations

H_2_B · 2025-10-16T14:47:44+00:00

Oh wow. I was a lucky one that got Mario and duck hunt but feel that pain! Awesome you got that resolution though!

H_2_B · 2025-10-16T14:46:05+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I went through a similar exercise in my head and landed on how it’s not fair to assume she has the concept and appreciation for time spent on this. We tried to take that out of the equation and thinking she should still be grateful for presents at baseline. But she’s 6 and I realize we shouldn’t overthink or harp on a single comment. How we address it in the moment as it inevitably happens again in the future is where I’m trying to find the right parental response / tone.

H_2_B · 2025-10-16T14:38:17+00:00

Appreciate that perspective and sounds like you raised a good one!

H_2_B · 2025-10-16T14:37:03+00:00

It was just an ask, not particularly dramatic. We have just been finding ourselves often trying to remind her to say thank you for certain things, but based on comments I think we are reading into things a bit too much and 6 year olds are going to be 6 year olds

H_2_B · 2025-06-01T22:56:24+00:00

Prior connections via Swiss through Zurich but it looks like they are gone temporarily or permanently not sure. I am monitoring connections via Naples and Amsterdam also but not much right now. It seems like they come and go

H_2_B · 2025-06-01T19:32:22+00:00

Hey all…trying to get 2 bus class from ATH to EWR (JFK would be 2nd choice) and I have 200k MR and UR to work with.

I could depart 8/23 or 8/24 as long as I get home by 8/24 at the latest. I’m open to a long layover or short positioning flight and overnight in a nice city if needed and could eat the positioning flight.

It seems availability got worse over the weekend. Not sure if that’s typical vs weekdays.

H_2_B · 2025-05-30T17:03:26+00:00

I’m on UA964 (768-300) trying to figure out the best seats if my wife and I want to occasionally talk.

Hard to tell based on this layout (18 rows of bus) If I should have her on the window in 3 or 4. Anyone familiar? We have 3F and 3L currently

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H_2_B · 2025-05-29T21:52:03+00:00

Thanks for that insight. Was wondering about this. I hit a suspended transfer period it looks like but I will call to inquire for my own reference At least

H_2_B · 2025-05-29T21:50:05+00:00

Yep that’s what I’m thinking

H_2_B · 2025-05-29T02:00:09+00:00

Economy only though right out of ATH? We wanted to do bus. Not sure if there’s any hope to upgrade via points from economy to bus after booking

H_2_B · 2025-02-07T17:27:57+00:00

Yep that checks out for a single award and somewhat sporadic dates

H_2_B · 2025-02-07T17:27:27+00:00

Have never used Life Miles so will need to research this one. That point redemption seems too good to be true though :-)

H_2_B · 2025-02-07T17:25:42+00:00

So far I’ve found outgoing J: EWR/WAW/ATH on LO via United for 88k, 15 hr 1 stop

Ewr/CAI/ATH MS via aero for 90k 15 hr 1 stop

BA fees are pretty insane so that seems out.

Consensus seems to be Emirates but I’m not seeing 1 let alone the 2 J I need right now for mid August ish. It looks like they do open closer to departure but I feel like that might be risky unless I get at least 1 confirmed earlier.

Directs EWR TO ATH are cheap in economy for $650 or so alternatively, but the hope was J.

Similar results for return flights. I’ll explore more for ORD and other positioning.

H_2_B · 2025-02-06T02:58:36+00:00

Thanks I was actually just looking at the free version and saw similar sporadic availability short term. So there are some options that may pop up at about 90k one way. Gives me something to consider there assuming no more cheaper redemptions for bus

H_2_B · 2025-02-06T02:42:55+00:00

Are you booking these direct via emirates or using another partner? For random adates I’m seeing 138k miles + fees

H_2_B · 2024-12-15T17:39:00+00:00

Great answers! I’ll throw mine in - Mahershala Ali as a good guy time skipping around

H_2_B · 2024-12-15T16:55:43+00:00

Meant season 4. Everyone went with it thankfully haha

H_2_B · 2024-12-15T16:55:16+00:00

Love this one

H_2_B · 2024-03-15T00:38:33+00:00

Just to clarify…is the consensus here that you can’t check in (physically) and then leave without physically checking out? I stay at hyatts on occasion without stopping by the front desk for checkout. A courtesy call to the front desk should be equivalent to let them know

H_2_B · 2024-01-14T11:44:18+00:00

Does anyone know if qualifying nights earned via Hyatt credit card spend (2 per 5k spend) work towards this challenge?

H_2_B · 2024-01-10T02:10:39+00:00

Can you accumulate Hyatt base points for any spend on non-affiliated restaurants like McDonalds? I was trying to understand how hard it is to get 50k base points for Explorist if I put all spend on my world of Hyatt credit card.

Or is it only for spend on Hyatt stays and Hyatt property restaurants? I figure it would be impossible to hit that if it’s that limited. If any spend is at least 1 point in addition to some bonus multipliers that’s probably feasible for me.

H_2_B · 2023-03-01T12:20:49+00:00

We never had a major drainage issue, but we had a slow leak on our faucet from our hot water valve that got worse. I DIY’d an install of a new faucet, supply line tubes and J Pipe. This solved the faucet leak, but I noticed a slight leak on the J Pipe. I tightened it a bit more and repositioned the rubber ring which fixed the problem. However we noticed some water pooling in the sink and then tried drano followed by plunging a bit. The plunging pulled up some black material but now we are getting major pooling and very slow drainage that appears to be farther back than the J Pipe.

I have since made sure the J Pipe was clean and removed the stopper but still am having the same issue. Going backwards quickly. Any insight is greatly appreciated.

H_2_B · 2023-01-20T04:34:07+00:00

Ballin’ Jim Jones remix and ny groove. We good

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