At most consulting companies, can you book a flight with points and have the firm reimburse you with cash? Wondering as I have amassed points more than I can use even for personal flying.

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Ummm. No

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No lol

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You can sell your points online to people or just use it for your family

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Asking for a friend - can I embezzle money if it's just a little?

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Oh I wish we could do this so much but part of the way hotels and airlines make money and continue offering great rewards for business travelers is knowing that points can only be used for personal travel.

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Not advising this, nor ever done it, and only works when your credit card isn't automatically fed into the expense system, but know people who booked a flight with a credit card, got the receipt & expensed, then canceled within 24 hours. Then booked the flight with miles.

Lot of risk for a small reward

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