Once you’ve racked up an impressive point balance, you’ll want to do something with those points. Unlike your cash & investments, rewards points don’t earn interest, so sitting on them doesn’t really do you much good.
For the sake of completeness, I’ll mention some options that I would never recommend, mainly so that you’re not nudged into wasting your points unnecessarily.
You can use your points to buy gift cards for hundreds of popular restaurants and stores. Gift cards can make great gifts, which I suppose is why they call them that.
If you’re earning UR points on a Chase Freedom Flex or Freedom Unlimited card, you can transfer them to a Sapphire card where the points are more valuable.