Originally Posted by mbreuer

The only way you might do this would be to sign up for a new card with a low or zero interest & no fee balance transfer offer. Xfer to a different card to get a credit balance and then request a check. Note: they usually won't transfer more than the balance of the target card, so you might have to run up a hefty bill. You could always buy some expensive refundable first class tickets and then refund after the transfer.

This also is probably not worth it given the relatively low rate.