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