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Welcome Bonus
The Capital One® Venture® Rewards Credit Card is offering 75,000 miles after you spend $4,000 on purchases within 3 months from account opening. This is one of the highest offers ever offered for the card.
These are not the same type of miles that you would earn from an airline credit card. But they can be used for up to $750 in value when you book travel through Capital One, or against travel purchases.
Capital One also has 15 partner airline and hotel programs, which can be the best option to maximize the value of your points.
Here are the 1:1 ratio travel partners:
1:1 Transfer Ratio
- Aeromexico Club Premier
- Aeroplan®
- Asia Miles
- Avianca LifeMiles
- British Airways Executive Club
- Choice Privileges®
- Emirates Skywards
- Etihad Guest
- Finnair Plus
- Flying Blue
- Qantas Frequent Flyer
- Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
- TAP Miles&Go
- Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- Virgin Red
The last option is to redeem miles for gift cards.
You should familiarize yourself with a specific loyalty program before transferring your miles.
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Bonus categories
You’ll earn the following rates:
- Unlimited 2 miles per $1 spent on purchases.
- Unlimited 5 miles per $1 spent on hotels and car rentals booked through Capital One Travel.
Getting 5X on the travel portal is nice if you’re not paying more for your travel purchases compared to other sites.
The 2X miles on all other purchases make this a good everyday card, especially with no limit on how much your card can earn. It could also be a great way to cover taxes.
That almost sounds like only certain categories related to business purchases will qualify but actually this will earn 2% on all purchases.
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Perks
The Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card has a $95 annual fee, but also gets you some extra perk that could make it worth keeping it pas the first year.
You can get credit of $100 for the application fee for Global Entry or TSA Pre-check when you pay with the card.
The card comes with two complimentary visits per year to Capital One Lounge locations or a partnering Plaza Premium Lounge. For the rest or the year, you get a special entry rate of $45 per visit after that.
As a travel focused card, it provides trip protection including rental car coverage, travel accident insurance and round-the-clock travel assistance services if your card is lost or stolen. And if you travel abroad, you don’t pay foreign transaction fees.
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Daniel Gillaspia is the Founder of UponArriving.com and the credit card app, WalletFlo. He is a former attorney turned travel expert covering destinations along with TSA, airline, and hotel policies. Since 2014, his content has been featured in publications such as National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, and CNBC. Read my bio.