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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 11:35 pm
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Originally Posted by ankitgu
....so I'd be interested in getting a value close to the market price of those flights. ...
all non-flight use of miles tend to return very poor value (something like 1/4 to 1/2 cpm)

Originally Posted by ankitgu
...Any advice is helpful. I'll be making business trips, but that's about all I foresee, and my employer pays for those - I wish I could use my points and get "reimbursed" with dollars haha... Any thoughts are helpful
miles can be used for upgrades on UA/CO operated flights
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