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What is your United redemption worth?

Pointy is a free Chrome extension that adds a cents-per-point value badge to each flight in United MileagePlus’s award search, right on united.com, so you can tell a great redemption from a poor one before you book.

2 real United searches

We ran these searches on united.com. Prices and award charts change, so your search will differ, which is why Pointy works it out live, on the page.

SFO → NRT

Round trip, Nov 12 – Nov 19, 2026. Searched Sep 29, 2026.

Each bar counts the fares at that value in cents per point. Further right is better.
  1. 10.91¢CPPSFO-NRT 0055 [Economy]$12,012 or 110,000 pts
  2. 7.57¢CPPSFO-HND 0500 [Economy]$12,012 or 158,600 pts
  3. 4.44¢CPPSFO-NRT 0616 [Economy]$7,056 or 158,600 pts
  4. 4.44¢CPPSFO-NRT 0500 [Economy]$7,056 or 158,600 pts
  5. 4.02¢CPPSFO-NRT 0055 [Business/First]$20,105 or 500,000 pts

34 of 140 results had both a cash and a points price; the best 5 are listed.

SEA → JFK

Round trip, Nov 12 – Nov 19, 2026. Searched Sep 28, 2026.

Each bar counts the fares at that value in cents per point. Further right is better.
  1. 1.87¢CPPSEA-EWR 0505 [Business/First]$3,759 or 200,000 pts
  2. 1.87¢CPPSEA-LGA 0505 [Business/First]$3,760 or 200,000 pts
  3. 1.72¢CPPSEA-EWR 0700 [Business/First]$3,450 or 200,000 pts
  4. 1.45¢CPPSEA-EWR 0830 [Business/First]$2,920 or 200,000 pts
  5. 1.33¢CPPSEA-EWR 0809 [Business/First]$2,677 or 200,000 pts

43 of 140 results had both a cash and a points price; the best 5 are listed.

Using Pointy on United

  1. Search with points

    Go to united.com, turn on the points, miles or award option and search as usual. Pointy reads the points price and the cash price already on the page. There’s nothing to type.

    United shows cash and award prices in separate views. Load both, in either order, and Pointy pairs them up. The bar at the top of the page tells you which view it still needs.

  2. Read the badge

    Each result with both a cash and a points price gets a badge with its value in cents per point: the cash price ÷ the points price × 100. Higher is better. The label compares each value with your own United searches once you have 30 saved results there.

  3. Handles all the special fees

    Hover over a badge to see how it was worked out.

    • Currency: other currencies are converted to US dollars at a daily rate.
    • Taxes: Pointy uses the price with taxes included wherever the site shows one.
    • Award taxes on flights: taken off the cash price the same way.
    • Round trips: values compare whole stays, and both legs of a round trip.

    Fares that may mix cabins (part business, part economy) get no badge, so they never pass for a full-cabin deal.

Know the value before you book.

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