I meant it was silly, because at least using United miles, you probably can't look on line and determine anything. You have to call.

With all United's possible partners, it can be a waste of time to do anything else but call.

You sometimes can do one thing, however.

Unless United has changed its system since I last used points to travel, United leans toward trying to get you to Europe on its own planes and then using its partners to get you where you want to go in Europe.

So if you can find space on a flight to Europe--anywhere in Europe, not Prague--you may be 90% towards accomplishing your goal.