Thanks! The Chase UR is an interesting circumstance. They offered 25-50% off merchandise on Black Friday (fulfilled through Best Buy) which could be returned for higher prices in store credit. The best return I had was a camera for 7,824 points which translated into a $299 Best Buy gift card. I don't do biz/1st class tickets since I'm moving a family in economy class with miles, so that's a nice redemption rate. In the end, the 112-114K of UR points I spent got me about $2,300 of store credit.

Why I'm going to pay special attention to this again next Black Friday, is because while some people hate Best Buy store credit, it can be transferred into Amazon credit => buy Kindle gift cards. This would a killer way to get Amazon credit @ .02 per point.