u/emir4tes

Hyatt Globalist hitting 150 nights this year and I'll have ~400k Hyatt points by the end of my current stay. Trying to optimize my milestone choice awards (already claimed 20 & 30). Would love opinions

Options repeat across tiers, but basically at each milestone I choose from:

• Points (5k at lower tiers, 10k at higher)
• Suite Upgrade
• FIND credit ($150 or $300)
• Miraval Extra Night (stay one night, get a second free)
• An AA airline perk (MCE seats, or Gold/Platinum status)

My situation:

• Already Globalist, so lounge access is redundant
• Rarely fly American, so the airline stuff feels low value
• Sitting on 400k points already, so I don't need more points

My instinct is still points everywhere, but with 400k banked, am I crazy not to grab the $300 FIND credits or Miraval nights instead? Also wondering if the confirmed Suite Upgrade awards are actually worth it — as a Globalist the suite upgrades are based on availability, so would a confirmed one have real value? What would you do?

Hyatt Globalist hitting 150 nights this year and I'll have ~400k Hyatt points by the end of my current stay. Trying to optimize my milestone choice awards (already claimed 20 & 30). Would love opinions

Options repeat across tiers, but basically at each milestone I choose from:

• Points (5k at lower tiers, 10k at higher)
• Suite Upgrade
• FIND credit ($150 or $300)
• Miraval Extra Night (stay one night, get a second free)
• An AA airline perk (MCE seats, or Gold/Platinum status)

My situation:

• Already Globalist, so lounge access is redundant
• Rarely fly American, so the airline stuff feels low value
• Sitting on 400k points already, so I don't need more points

My instinct is still points everywhere, but with 400k banked, am I crazy not to grab the $300 FIND credits or Miraval nights instead? Also wondering if the confirmed Suite Upgrade awards are actually worth it — as a Globalist the suite upgrades are based on availability, so would a confirmed one have real value? What would you do?

I'm going to be visiting for about a week and I'll be there during the game against Ecuador. I would love to watch it at a bar or another place with great energy and where a lot of fans will be.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Hey everyone, I’m looking for some perspectives on how you plan to handle (or have handled) last names for marriage and future kids, especially from an intersectional lens.

I grew up and live in the US and I know I don’t want to take my husband’s surname.

Here’s the dilemma: I don’t have a good relationship with my dad. I’m a first-gen American and in my ethnic culture, our last name is literally our father’s first name. While I’ve accepted it as my own identity for now, passing it on to future children feels like an honor he simply doesn’t deserve. I also have a poor relationship with my mom, so substituting her name isn't an option either. I am effectively starting from scratch on my side of the family tree.

I’m not marrying someone from the same culture as me so standard Western hyphenation (combining our last names) would mean giving my kids my father's first name, which I don't want to do. Alternatively, I've thought about a hypothetical scenario where we adapt my culture's structure: giving the kids a hyphenated last name made up of my first name and my partner's first name. But living in the US, giving kids our literal first names as their hyphenated last name feels incredibly out of the norm. Beyond that, I worry it would be a total pain in the ass in the future with legal documents, school pick-ups, or traveling internationally when none of us actually share a common surname.

Another option could be finding a whole new surname altogether that we both like, which we would both take and pass on to the kids. But even then, it opens up a new question: from whose ethnic background do we choose this new name?

I feel caught between wanting to resist Western patriarchal marriage traditions (taking a husband's name) and wanting to avoid perpetuating a patriarchal tradition from my own culture that honors a father who doesn't deserve it.

* Has anyone else from a patronymic/naming-culture background dealt with this kind of cultural crossroads when planning a family?
* How did you handle creating a family identity when standard Western hyphenation (using your father's last name) wasn't an option you wanted?
* Would love to hear your thoughts, alternative solutions, or how you navigate these choices!

There was this shawarma fries dish I used to love in a different city. It was fries topped with gyro, feta cheese, ranch , and hot sauce. I haven't come across a similar dish at mediterranean restaurants here yet. Any suggestions?