Capital One VentureOne Rewards Credit Card Review (2021.12 Update: 40k Offer!)

2021.12 Update: There’s a 40k offer on this card. In order to see it, you may need to try several times using incognito mode.

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Benefits

1. 40k offer: earn 40,000 Capital One Miles after spending $1,000 in first 3 months.
2. Earn 1.25x Miles on all purchases.
3. The overall value of Capital One Miles is 1.6 cent/point. See below for a brief introduction.
4. No foreign transaction fee.
5. No annual fee.

Disadvantages

1. Capital One will pull all three major credit bureaus (Experian, TransUnion, Equifax) for one credit card application!

Introduction to Capital One (C1) Miles

• You can earn C1 Miles with two kinds of cards: Miles earning cards, or cashback earninng cards. Miles earning cards mainly include: Capital One Venture, Capital One VentureOne, Capital One Spark Miles (Business Card). Cashback earning cards mainly include: Capital One Savor, Capital One SavorOne, Capital One Quicksilver, Capital One Spark Cash (Business Card) etc.
• You can move your C1 Miles from one Miles earning card to another Miles earning card at any time, and you can also move your cashback from a cashback earning card to a Miles earning card at any time. However, you can not move your Miles from a Miles earning card to a cashback earning card, therefore cashback is more flexible than Miles in C1’s system.
• C1 Miles never expire. You will lose the C1 Miles on one card if you close the account, but you can prevent losing your C1 Miles by moving the points to another C1 card beforehand.
• If you have a Miles earning card, C1 Miles can be transferred to some airline miles and hotel points. Some good 1:1 transfer options are: Air Canada (AC) (Star Alliance), Avianca (AV) (Star Alliance), Asia Miles (CX) (Oneworld), British Airways (BA), and Wyndham hotel points, etc. If you use C1 Miles in this way, the value is about 1.6 cents/point.
• You can redeem your C1 Miles towards travel expense at a fixed ratio 1.0 cent/point. You can also redeem your C1 Miles towards some merchants gift cards at a fixed raiot 1.0 cent/point.
• You can redeem your C1 Miles towards statement credit at a fixed ratio 0.5 cents/point.
• In summary, we estimate that C1 Miles are worth about 1.6 cents/point.

Recommended Application Time

1. We recommend you apply for this card after you have a credit history of at least two years and you are very comfortable with the credit card game.
2. [1/6 rule] You can only apply for 1 Capital One credit card for every 6 months, including both personal and business credit cards. You will get automatic denial if you violate this rule, but there will be no hard pull.

Summary

The welcome offer is pretty good for a no annual fee card. If you want to earn a lot of Capital One Miles, maybe Capital One Venture of Venture X is more suitable. But what’s good about this card is it has no annual fee, so it’s a good downgrade option. You should be careful that Capital One will pull all three major credit bureaus (Experian, TransUnion, Equifax) for one credit card application (see Characteristics of Major Banks for more details).

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