Should totally make a video about C1 travel partners in detail about the alliances so people can learn how to fly domestic. Think would help people ❤ keep up up the great work John!
Same! Alliances are so confusing to the layman and it would help if you could make a video on different alliances, which major flights are on each, and what cards have transfer parters to
John great video. Extra tips, if you are using the c1 travel portal you should book with cash and use the points/miles to erase the travel purchace. You will still get 10x on hotels or 5x airfare on the purchase, it will make the points worth 1.1c or 1.05c when you erase the purchase. The VX 300 dollar travel will earn miles for travel purchases in the c1 travel portal, example purchasing 300 dollars in hotel stays will get you 3k miles or 1.5k for flights. I tend not to use the over priced one-way ticket price, in most cases round trip is required. Flying Turkish air round trip from Boston to Manilla is around 5700 dollars((5700/2)-400 fee-142 dollars in lost rewards= a good realistic ~3.4c per points).
@@cspteja purchase/travel Eraser is a capital one term to use points after a purchase has been made to pay for some or all of the purchase. Similar concept but different to the US bank's real time rewards.
@@TenzingChris When logged in via the capital one app or online web portal, under rewards for the venture cards go to redeem, then cover travel purchase.
so you pay with cash, get the points, then use points to pay it off. doesnt this net a negative amount of points, making them worth less than using them in a transfer portal?
This is so helpful, i'm getting a Venture X this month. Please do also make the dedicated video on Capitol One transfer partners and how best to utilize them for domestic and international travel. That's the main thing i can never get my head around is how to know which ones are best to transfer to when and in what scenarios and such.
My best ever redemption for my Capital One Miles was transferring them to AirFrance/Flying Blue Business class flights to Paris, just like you mentioned! Would have cost me over $12,000 for my family but I got well over 5 CPP. Thankfully kids tickets are 25% cheaper with points so that saved me quite a bit! Great video John!
Hi, if I may ask how many miles/ points did you have when you transfer them to airfrance? I have a family of 4 and would love to have that experience as well. We are thinking of going to Paris next year this would save us a ton of money. Thanks in advance
That's exactly it Ethan! I'm actually flying out to CDG next summer for the olympics with Air France in J, should be their updated a350 cabins too! Can't wait
@@Nursemomi25 yeah 70k is what I would plan for per ticket one way, except kids get a 25% discount. But check out their promo awards. JFK Boston and Chicago airports often have cheaper business class, even down to 55k one way. Not common but you can find it.
John, this is awesome. I just got venture back in July and received my 75,000 miles plus the 2X. I currently have over 200,000 miles because I use this for everything, gas, dinning, groceries, you name it. About to travel and these points will come in handy.
Ok I think there’s one thing that needs to be addressed for cpp from transfer partners. Since you’re looking at least a year out, the flight prices in dollars are super inflated… like by 50-200%. So if you were to actually wait until a good booking time (which capital one does in their travel portal), it will look less like the crazy 5-10 cpp that is often quoted for these deals. That being said, it’s still 2-4 cpp typically, so definitely still the best way to redeem, but not exactly always the home run like people say
this is the most useful 15 minutes I've spent on learning about how to maximize my venture card points. save me hours of figuring out how to use transfer partners and the benefits. would LOVE a PART 2 of this video focusing on the details on how to book trips to Asia in business class.
It would be good if you mentioned that this miles game almost always works exclusively for Business/First class tickets. If you don't care about the flight and just want to go economy, it hardly ever makes sense because the final cost in miles will be higher than just buying with cash.
@@danielwestover I tried searching for numerous flights on partner's websites, and comparing them to google flights' price in cash but I couldn't find one single economy flight that was cheaper to buy with miles. I was actually upset because the VX card seemed like a good fit for me that only travels economy but I honestly didn't find a good value in it even if I got the 20% miles added.
Great video! I just redeemed 70K Avios for business class Q-suites with Qatar at a 12.56 CPP, and then another flight to Oslo on Qatar at 6.25 CPP. This was my first ever award booking so I'm ecstatic!
Just wanted to thank you for this!! I booked a flight from IAD to OSL business class for next year!! The CPP is 9.7!!! The taxes and fees were cheaper than an economy flight there!!! Thank you!!! EDIT: I wanted to update this because that was only half the flight. I have what I purchased on the reply below but according to the CPP calculator, My CPP is 10.57!! THAT IS AMAZING!!
@@Kauffman578 Air France. The total for the trip is $1075 and 200k in Capital One points. That's business class from IAD to OSL And ZRH to IAD as a return flight. FIRST BOOKING AND I'M A BELIEVER! I should add that this is for two people
This is crazy! My jaw dropped when you use Philippines as an example as I was traveling back and forth to the Philippines. Perfect for me! 🥰💓 thank you so much for all the information. Your videos has always been helpful 💖
Those transfer partners can provide some killer value if you find the right bookings!! I've found some good value in Capital One's travel portal as well, but at the end of the day, transfer partners are almost always the best way to go as you displayed here. Nice video John!
I would also talk about the opportunity cost of spending so many miles on business class fares. If you blow 70,000 miles on one single flight, you should be also calculating. What is the opportunity cost of that? How many economy flights could I have redeemed for that, same number of miles? Let’s say the answer is you can book a single economy flight for 20,000 miles. That means in my head when you blow 70,000 miles that has an actual cost of around $700 of lost opportunity.
The only way I would fly business/lay flat is for straight flight over 10+ hrs (to Asia/middle east). I’d rather 10+ free economy flights of less than 10 hrs.
2 and 3 should be swapped right? Since you gain miles when purchasing the travel expense, then use miles to counter that expense later. Still close to 1 mile per cent but slightly better
I’ve noticed that most of your videos about transfer partners is always flying to Europe or flying to Asia - are there any transfer partners for Chase, Amex or Cap One that can fly domestic flights ?
At 14:23 those fare prices are for “Economy” and not Business class like you’re implying. I searched BOS➡️MNL in multiple months and economy was 65-75k and business 250-275k one way.
As a 20 year old who just go into the credit card game your videos are a HUGE help! You’re the reason I decided to do business with Capital one and this was just the video I needed! Thank you so much! Keep up the great videos and thanks for helping me create the perfect trio of Capital one Venture X / Savor one & Citi custom cash. Also PLEASE make that in depth video of Capital one transfer partners for international flights 🙏🙏🙏
@@sebastianr5019How’d you get approved for the Venture X? Did you check the pre approval tool first? I’m tryna get it since I already have the Savor One but the pre approval tool only approves me for the Quicksilver for Good Credit
Awesome Timing!! Ive been researching travel videos and found your videos so helpful!! I ended up competing and getting approved for Venture X. Thanks to you, i will then sign up and hopefully get the Savor card and used them in Tandem. Then i saw this video!! US to Phillipines is exactly what we're planning to do!! Thank you!!!
@@chosenlieutenant3978 how's your points thing going? I just commented a few weeks ago. Because I finally booked a flight via points. I booked with Air France for next year. The total for the trip is $1075 and 200k in Capital One points. That's business class from IAD to OSL And ZRH to IAD as a return flight. That's cheaper than a one way Coach flight for two! FIRST BOOKING AND I'M A BELIEVER! I should add that those flights are for two people.
I have done EXTENSIVE research on the transfer miles method to redeem my own Capital One Miles for a real trip (not a hypothetical one-way to Paris) my 45,000 miles will pay for a $900 flight AFTER paying $370 in taxes and fees. ($530 value) Yes you can get some value out of this if you have a huge amount of points and want to worry about booking flights thru specific agencies. Just please know it is not NEARLY as rewarding as the paid promotion says it is.
This video was so helpful! Thank you! Putting in another vote for you to do an in depth transfer partner video for international/domestic/ AND hotels! I have the Alaska credit card (almost 15 years), my husband has the United Explorer card (almost 8 years), I have Platinum status with Expedia, and I am totally overwhelmed trying to figure out which travel card would be best to work with everything we already have! We are also platinum honors with BofA, so even contemplating their premium rewards card for cash back but worried about never having miles 😔 Would love any help!
Thanks for the video. I now know how bad the other options are. However, I got lost at the point-redemption part. This gives different results from the Travel portal? Would I have to be a member of Flying Blue already? When I look at the point-redemption page, it normally says that things are at a 1-1 value, so I couldn't follow how it ended up at 4-1 or 5-1.
This is the best video I’ve seen explaining point redemption value. Can you do chase, citi, BofA as well. Also can you do a video comparing the CC issuers and who has the best value for point system. Like compare the best type of redemption from CapOne vs the best redemption from Chase
John, you’re killing it! I learned so much from you in this video. Is there any way to transfer Capital One ‘miles’ 😜 to get into the Marriott Bonvoy program? I’m dying to stay at the Westin in Perth, Australia, this holiday season, and have a ton of Capital One miles.
Not bad. But I think you missed the absolute best redemption partner. Granted it's a lot of work, but the value is insane. And thats using ANA. And you can get a Business seat from the states to Asia for around 80k miles. ROUND TRIP. You just have to transfer your miles from Capital One to Virgin Red, and the from Virgin to ANA.
Great call out!! That's definitely one of the best values to be had, though very difficult to book. Back in the day I was luck to fly ANA F ORD > NRT on their old First class suite. Would love to try their new one
@@johnsfinancetips that is very true. You basically have to have a trip you want to take next year with points ready to go. As you need to book almost the day of the flight becoming available to get reward space.
What I did was transfer my Venture X miles to Singapore Krisflyer, 125k miles = 1 way business class seat valued at $3.5k-$5k from LAX to SIN to BKK(the flight from SIN to BKK goes back to Premium Economy but it's only a 1 hour flight). For a long haul 16+ hour flight across the pacific economy and even premium economy is torture I really recommend flying business. Transferring to a partner airline will always net you the most CPP.
Thanks for all the videos you made. I've learned a lot from them. Quick question: how did you decide which Airline partner to transfer to. I tend to look for Asian airlines to fly to Asia but in this case you chose British Airways.
What do you think a good amount of time in between applying to different credit cards is? Just got Venture X and looking to pair it with good dining/entertainment/everyday type of card
Personally as long as you're able to meet the min spend requirement and are not breaking any bank rules you're good to apply as soon as you want. By bank rules I mean things like Chase's 2/30 = only 2 applications in 30 days
Hopefully one day I’m eligible for the C1 VX. I’ve been using the pre-approval tool, and each time it says “too many revolving accounts”. I’ve closed an old WF CC, and now I’m just gonna play the waiting game and try every 4 weeks or so. Awesome video!
I want to say thank you for all the information you are giving. I am pretty new to the credit card game. I have an aadvantage card that I’ve been using for miles. I’ve been seeing the red aviator I think it’s called. Would that card be worth getting. Is there a travel partner for capital one that would have AA? I’m thinking of getting the venture x. Thank you for the help.
Incredible video, thanks for the insight. Two questions if you know. I just opened a venture one rewards card with a welcome bonus of 20k points after spending $500 within the first 3 months. Do I get those points automatically once I spend $500 in the first 3 months? Or do I wait until 3 months no matter what? Additionally can I ease some of the cost transferring points to an airline even though I don’t have the full points required? Thanks!
John great video and explanations! I'm new to credit cards and miles. But just received my Venture card and trying to utilize it. My question is, how long does it take for the miles to be converted? Is it a few days or within a few hours? That is because lets say I find a better deal after converting, can I re-convert it back? How does that work in that case?
When you transfer your miles to an airline, you wouldn’t be able to use the $300 travel credit to pay for the cash portion right? That travel credit can only be used on the Capital One portal?
That's correct! But you do get more value for your points when you use the transfer partner. For example, I went to Air France and booked a trip for next year. The total for the trip is $1075 and 200k in Capital One points. That's business class from IAD to OSL And ZRH to IAD as a return flight. I should add that this is for two people!
thinking of getting this Ven ture X and dropping Delta Skymiles Platinum. So, the best way to use the points is to transfer to Airlines ? Please advise.
Hi, how did you how much to transfer to Turkish airline for your flight to Asia? Curious on the steps you would taken to figure out the number of points to transfer. Thanks.
I like the option to get cash just in case if I dont feel like traveling, but .5 redemption rate is a total f.. rip off from CapitalOne. Even Chase, while having crap category multiplies for typial spending (no gas for instance) is giving 1 to 1 for redeeming Ultimate Points for cash.
Hey John! I'm a junior in college and wanted to share my list of cards that I'm planning on getting. I did start off with the Discover It student credit card.
1. Discover It student 2. Citi Custom Cash (Gas) 3. Chase Freedom Unlimited (Everday) 4. Capital Savor One (Food) 5. Capital One Venture (Travel) 6. Chase Sapphire Preferred (Travel)
I know you talk about transferring cashback from the Savor One card to Venture X miles, but can it go the other way? What is the exchange rate? That could help to get the 1 cent-per-point for cash if miles transfer 1:1 to cashback on a non-travel card.
I would love to know if you need to be a "member" or sign up to lets say, Turkish airlines profile , in order to transfer your C1 miles...Im planning a trip to Switzerland and it looks like it's going to be with TAP Airlines (Portugal airlines) so that's my question.
Hi John , how do I compare flights in partner airlines in regards to miles , when I try to look up flights to see if it’s worth transferring miles I could not see cash conversions to miles . Where and how can I compare?
Saving up miles, found something to do later this year, but for two people! Only enough points for one person round trip, how do I purchase trip one on points and one on cash?
The math is wrong in the video. For the VentureOne card, every dollar spent yields 1.25 miles for the other two consumer travel credit cards (The Venture X and Venture) in Capital One line up yields 2 miles per dollar spent. The video is assuming that one dollar spent yield one mile but that is not the case when at minimum using a Capital One card gives 1.25 miles per dollar.
Hi John. Can you please help me with something. I have a capital one credit card. And I use there App. I can see I have points. But.. what I can't see anywhere in the App. Is how to redeem the points. Are you able to explain. What the steps are. Or what I click on in the App. To be able to redeem my points?
Should totally make a video about C1 travel partners in detail about the alliances so people can learn how to fly domestic. Think would help people ❤ keep up up the great work John!
Agreed!
Absolutely agree
Same! Alliances are so confusing to the layman and it would help if you could make a video on different alliances, which major flights are on each, and what cards have transfer parters to
Thank you for the suggestion, and I'll get that added to the queue!
I agree as well! Iam, like a lot of people, interested in flying domestically with C1 miles!
Such awesome content. I am loving my Capital One Venture X card obtained based on your guidance.
Same here
This videos dropped at the perfect time for me.
I got approved this morning 😂
@@Lucuman91Congrats 🎉
For sure !
Literally same. This morning!
John great video. Extra tips, if you are using the c1 travel portal you should book with cash and use the points/miles to erase the travel purchace. You will still get 10x on hotels or 5x airfare on the purchase, it will make the points worth 1.1c or 1.05c when you erase the purchase. The VX 300 dollar travel will earn miles for travel purchases in the c1 travel portal, example purchasing 300 dollars in hotel stays will get you 3k miles or 1.5k for flights.
I tend not to use the over priced one-way ticket price, in most cases round trip is required. Flying Turkish air round trip from Boston to Manilla is around 5700 dollars((5700/2)-400 fee-142 dollars in lost rewards= a good realistic ~3.4c per points).
What do you mean by “erase the purchase”?
@@cspteja purchase/travel Eraser is a capital one term to use points after a purchase has been made to pay for some or all of the purchase. Similar concept but different to the US bank's real time rewards.
@@engineerengineer2218how would you “erase” the purchase with points after making the purchase? genuinely asking, new to the card game
@@TenzingChris When logged in via the capital one app or online web portal, under rewards for the venture cards go to redeem, then cover travel purchase.
so you pay with cash, get the points, then use points to pay it off. doesnt this net a negative amount of points, making them worth less than using them in a transfer portal?
This is so helpful, i'm getting a Venture X this month. Please do also make the dedicated video on Capitol One transfer partners and how best to utilize them for domestic and international travel. That's the main thing i can never get my head around is how to know which ones are best to transfer to when and in what scenarios and such.
My best ever redemption for my Capital One Miles was transferring them to AirFrance/Flying Blue Business class flights to Paris, just like you mentioned!
Would have cost me over $12,000 for my family but I got well over 5 CPP. Thankfully kids tickets are 25% cheaper with points so that saved me quite a bit! Great video John!
Hi, if I may ask how many miles/ points did you have when you transfer them to airfrance? I have a family of 4 and would love to have that experience as well. We are thinking of going to Paris next year this would save us a ton of money. Thanks in advance
That's exactly it Ethan! I'm actually flying out to CDG next summer for the olympics with Air France in J, should be their updated a350 cabins too! Can't wait
@@Nursemomi25probably about 70k + $200 per person each way. Save up about 560k points and $1.6k cash for your trip.
@@LK_EBM exactly right
@@Nursemomi25 yeah 70k is what I would plan for per ticket one way, except kids get a 25% discount. But check out their promo awards. JFK Boston and Chicago airports often have cheaper business class, even down to 55k one way. Not common but you can find it.
Also, hands up if you think they should just be called Capital One points
The Venture X is one of my favorite cards and I think the credits are some of the easiest to use. The Premier Collection is also pretty cool as well!
John, this is awesome. I just got venture back in July and received my 75,000 miles plus the 2X. I currently have over 200,000 miles because I use this for everything, gas, dinning, groceries, you name it. About to travel and these points will come in handy.
Ok I think there’s one thing that needs to be addressed for cpp from transfer partners. Since you’re looking at least a year out, the flight prices in dollars are super inflated… like by 50-200%. So if you were to actually wait until a good booking time (which capital one does in their travel portal), it will look less like the crazy 5-10 cpp that is often quoted for these deals. That being said, it’s still 2-4 cpp typically, so definitely still the best way to redeem, but not exactly always the home run like people say
Thanks!
Just got my VX after waiting almost 4 months since getting the Savor1 so I’m extra HYPED for this video. Thanks John!
That's awesome, congrats on the VX! Enjoy the card!
this is the most useful 15 minutes I've spent on learning about how to maximize my venture card points. save me hours of figuring out how to use transfer partners and the benefits. would LOVE a PART 2 of this video focusing on the details on how to book trips to Asia in business class.
It would be good if you mentioned that this miles game almost always works exclusively for Business/First class tickets. If you don't care about the flight and just want to go economy, it hardly ever makes sense because the final cost in miles will be higher than just buying with cash.
I disagree. You can often get 20 percent miles added when you transfer to Flying Blue, and some of the economy tickets have crazy good value.
@@danielwestover I tried searching for numerous flights on partner's websites, and comparing them to google flights' price in cash but I couldn't find one single economy flight that was cheaper to buy with miles. I was actually upset because the VX card seemed like a good fit for me that only travels economy but I honestly didn't find a good value in it even if I got the 20% miles added.
Not a hard rule, but yes the case is to buy luxury air seats and hotel stays to get higher redemption value.
Disagree hard. I use my redemption for economy all the time and find great value in it compared to cash.
Would love to see a video using CapOne miles to fly domestic for a good value
There's a bunch of videos for that. Avianca, Turkish Airways, British Airways, and Air Canada are all part of alliances to get domestic US flights.
My man you need to do a Boston centered video. Review the airport, lounges, trip ideas. I need that! 🙏🏻 great video!
Great video! I just redeemed 70K Avios for business class Q-suites with Qatar at a 12.56 CPP, and then another flight to Oslo on Qatar at 6.25 CPP. This was my first ever award booking so I'm ecstatic!
Did you find those rewards one year in advance? It’s hard to find Qatar airways business class tickets for 70k avios points
@ yes I booked a year in advance
Man thanks for explaining it made more sense.
Not at all, happy to help!
As a newbie learning about points &/or miles, I loved this breakdown.
Just wanted to thank you for this!! I booked a flight from IAD to OSL business class for next year!! The CPP is 9.7!!!
The taxes and fees were cheaper than an economy flight there!!!
Thank you!!!
EDIT:
I wanted to update this because that was only half the flight. I have what I purchased on the reply below but according to the CPP calculator, My CPP is 10.57!! THAT IS AMAZING!!
What airline web site u used?
@@Kauffman578 Air France.
The total for the trip is $1075 and 200k in Capital One points.
That's business class from IAD to OSL
And ZRH to IAD as a return flight.
FIRST BOOKING AND I'M A BELIEVER!
I should add that this is for two people
Great breakdown. Clearly more advantageous for International travel. since I don't do that much anymore, I do #3 on your list all the time.
Remarkably good breakdown. Exactly what I needed, thank you!!
This is crazy! My jaw dropped when you use Philippines as an example as I was traveling back and forth to the Philippines. Perfect for me! 🥰💓 thank you so much for all the information. Your videos has always been helpful 💖
John, you're the best! Thanks for sharing this smart ways on using cap1 points.
I'm planning to see friends and family in Malaysia and Singapore next year and this really helped
Thank you for what you do, keep up the good work
Those transfer partners can provide some killer value if you find the right bookings!! I've found some good value in Capital One's travel portal as well, but at the end of the day, transfer partners are almost always the best way to go as you displayed here. Nice video John!
You’re the reason I got this card. I love your videos!
I would also talk about the opportunity cost of spending so many miles on business class fares. If you blow 70,000 miles on one single flight, you should be also calculating. What is the opportunity cost of that? How many economy flights could I have redeemed for that, same number of miles? Let’s say the answer is you can book a single economy flight for 20,000 miles. That means in my head when you blow 70,000 miles that has an actual cost of around $700 of lost opportunity.
The only way I would fly business/lay flat is for straight flight over 10+ hrs (to Asia/middle east). I’d rather 10+ free economy flights of less than 10 hrs.
How about any us based airline travel partners to fly domestic?
2 and 3 should be swapped right? Since you gain miles when purchasing the travel expense, then use miles to counter that expense later. Still close to 1 mile per cent but slightly better
Great call out!
I’ve noticed that most of your videos about transfer partners is always flying to Europe or flying to Asia - are there any transfer partners for Chase, Amex or Cap One that can fly domestic flights ?
amex has delta, chase has united & southwest, not sure about cap one
At 14:23 those fare prices are for “Economy” and not Business class like you’re implying.
I searched BOS➡️MNL in multiple months and economy was 65-75k and business 250-275k one way.
Yeah idk how he saw those prices.
As a 20 year old who just go into the credit card game your videos are a HUGE help! You’re the reason I decided to do business with Capital one and this was just the video I needed! Thank you so much! Keep up the great videos and thanks for helping me create the perfect trio of Capital one Venture X / Savor one & Citi custom cash. Also PLEASE make that in depth video of Capital one transfer partners for international flights 🙏🙏🙏
Welcome the game! And that is a SWEET set up!!
I plan on doing this exact strategy as a 21 year old lol. Got the venture x but have to wait for the savor one because of the rule
@@sebastianr5019 I feel like it’s the best setup for people our age! And yeah waiting the 6 months was super annoying
@@sebastianr5019How’d you get approved for the Venture X? Did you check the pre approval tool first? I’m tryna get it since I already have the Savor One but the pre approval tool only approves me for the Quicksilver for Good Credit
Awesome Timing!! Ive been researching travel videos and found your videos so helpful!!
I ended up competing and getting approved for Venture X. Thanks to you, i will then sign up and hopefully get the Savor card and used them in Tandem.
Then i saw this video!! US to Phillipines is exactly what we're planning to do!!
Thank you!!!
I have the savor and I love it. I'm waiting to get a venture x card
@@chosenlieutenant3978 how's your points thing going?
I just commented a few weeks ago. Because I finally booked a flight via points.
I booked with Air France for next year.
The total for the trip is $1075 and 200k in Capital One points.
That's business class from IAD to OSL
And ZRH to IAD as a return flight.
That's cheaper than a one way Coach flight for two!
FIRST BOOKING AND I'M A BELIEVER!
I should add that those flights are for two people.
I have done EXTENSIVE research on the transfer miles method to redeem my own Capital One Miles for a real trip (not a hypothetical one-way to Paris) my 45,000 miles will pay for a $900 flight AFTER paying $370 in taxes and fees. ($530 value)
Yes you can get some value out of this if you have a huge amount of points and want to worry about booking flights thru specific agencies. Just please know it is not NEARLY as rewarding as the paid promotion says it is.
I love your videos bro 🤜🏻🤛🏻🙌🏻
This was a phenomenally helpful video, thank you so much John!
This video was so helpful! Thank you! Putting in another vote for you to do an in depth transfer partner video for international/domestic/ AND hotels!
I have the Alaska credit card (almost 15 years), my husband has the United Explorer card (almost 8 years), I have Platinum status with Expedia, and I am totally overwhelmed trying to figure out which travel card would be best to work with everything we already have! We are also platinum honors with BofA, so even contemplating their premium rewards card for cash back but worried about never having miles 😔 Would love any help!
The only thing with flying blue was great, the taxes and fees were 300 per ticket
did you make a dedicated video of who, what, and, where to transfer my Capital One Venture X points to.
Literally dropped this video at the perfect time I was just googling this type of video 😭🔥
Thanks for the video. I now know how bad the other options are. However, I got lost at the point-redemption part. This gives different results from the Travel portal? Would I have to be a member of Flying Blue already? When I look at the point-redemption page, it normally says that things are at a 1-1 value, so I couldn't follow how it ended up at 4-1 or 5-1.
This is the best video I’ve seen explaining point redemption value. Can you do chase, citi, BofA as well. Also can you do a video comparing the CC issuers and who has the best value for point system. Like compare the best type of redemption from CapOne vs the best redemption from Chase
Anyone care to share some ways they've been using their Capital One miles?!
Thanks for your easy to understand videos!
Perfect timing John! Capital One travel partners next video!!!
John, you’re killing it! I learned so much from you in this video. Is there any way to transfer Capital One ‘miles’ 😜 to get into the Marriott Bonvoy program? I’m dying to stay at the Westin in Perth, Australia, this holiday season, and have a ton of Capital One miles.
Video is very informative and useful. Keep up the great videos 🛩
Amazing video, thanks for the advice!
Amazing video , Pls do the same thing for AMEX and chase .
This was very helpful thanks. Is there a resource that sends alerts to tell us about the point bonuses you mentioned for travel partners ?
Not bad. But I think you missed the absolute best redemption partner. Granted it's a lot of work, but the value is insane. And thats using ANA. And you can get a Business seat from the states to Asia for around 80k miles. ROUND TRIP. You just have to transfer your miles from Capital One to Virgin Red, and the from Virgin to ANA.
Great call out!! That's definitely one of the best values to be had, though very difficult to book. Back in the day I was luck to fly ANA F ORD > NRT on their old First class suite. Would love to try their new one
@@johnsfinancetips that is very true. You basically have to have a trip you want to take next year with points ready to go. As you need to book almost the day of the flight becoming available to get reward space.
What I did was transfer my Venture X miles to Singapore Krisflyer, 125k miles = 1 way business class seat valued at $3.5k-$5k from LAX to SIN to BKK(the flight from SIN to BKK goes back to Premium Economy but it's only a 1 hour flight). For a long haul 16+ hour flight across the pacific economy and even premium economy is torture I really recommend flying business.
Transferring to a partner airline will always net you the most CPP.
Nice! I'm flying SIN J later this month, aboard the a380 too, can't wait!
Good breakdown. I personally would not fly Turkish to MNL but I'd consider Singapore airlines which is a partner so that could be a good option.
Hey Jon, great video! Just one question, the flight to the Philippines for 67,000 point is that round trip or was it 67,000 each way?
One way
Transferring to the travel partners may be great for international travel, but can it be used for domestic flights?
Great info and great smile
You are more helpful than capitalone is. using the travel portal makes things even more confusing
Thanks for all the videos you made. I've learned a lot from them. Quick question: how did you decide which Airline partner to transfer to. I tend to look for Asian airlines to fly to Asia but in this case you chose British Airways.
Once you transfer your miles to an airline, can you transfer it back to your credit card if you change your mind?
No
Thank you so much for the explanation and the examples.❤ Does this formula work for Chase credit cards?.
Can you book a flight on spirit through capital one travel portal?
I love sprit for me it works perfect
What do you think a good amount of time in between applying to different credit cards is? Just got Venture X and looking to pair it with good dining/entertainment/everyday type of card
Personally as long as you're able to meet the min spend requirement and are not breaking any bank rules you're good to apply as soon as you want. By bank rules I mean things like Chase's 2/30 = only 2 applications in 30 days
Can you show how we can get a great ccp to Japan?
What part of Philippines did you go??
Hopefully one day I’m eligible for the C1 VX. I’ve been using the pre-approval tool, and each time it says “too many revolving accounts”. I’ve closed an old WF CC, and now I’m just gonna play the waiting game and try every 4 weeks or so. Awesome video!
Hoping some Saint somewhere can compile a database of C1 travel partners and which can go from specific A to B
I want to say thank you for all the information you are giving. I am pretty new to the credit card game. I have an aadvantage card that I’ve been using for miles. I’ve been seeing the red aviator I think it’s called. Would that card be worth getting. Is there a travel partner for capital one that would have AA? I’m thinking of getting the venture x. Thank you for the help.
Incredible video, thanks for the insight. Two questions if you know. I just opened a venture one rewards card with a welcome bonus of 20k points after spending $500 within the first 3 months. Do I get those points automatically once I spend $500 in the first 3 months? Or do I wait until 3 months no matter what? Additionally can I ease some of the cost transferring points to an airline even though I don’t have the full points required? Thanks!
I don't have any miles cards right now, but I do have cash back cards
To transfer miles to a partner airline, you need an account with that partner. Do partner airlines charge their own annual membership fee?
Letting ppl eat off of accounts 👀👀👀🤔🤔👀👀👀👀
@@fallhasfellboo8430 what?
I can say that British Airways does not. But I don't know about any others.
John great video and explanations! I'm new to credit cards and miles. But just received my Venture card and trying to utilize it. My question is, how long does it take for the miles to be converted? Is it a few days or within a few hours? That is because lets say I find a better deal after converting, can I re-convert it back? How does that work in that case?
Can you make a video discussing VentureX versus the new business version?
Please more videos for flights going to the Philippines 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
When you transfer your miles to an airline, you wouldn’t be able to use the $300 travel credit to pay for the cash portion right? That travel credit can only be used on the Capital One portal?
That's correct! But you do get more value for your points when you use the transfer partner.
For example, I went to Air France and booked a trip for next year.
The total for the trip is $1075 and 200k in Capital One points.
That's business class from IAD to OSL
And ZRH to IAD as a return flight.
I should add that this is for two people!
Would you recommend the venture rewards, or the savor/savor one rewards from capital one?
thinking of getting this Ven ture X and dropping Delta Skymiles Platinum. So, the best way to use the points is to transfer to Airlines ? Please advise.
Hi, how did you how much to transfer to Turkish airline for your flight to Asia? Curious on the steps you would taken to figure out the number of points to transfer. Thanks.
I like the option to get cash just in case if I dont feel like traveling, but .5 redemption rate is a total f.. rip off from CapitalOne. Even Chase, while having crap category multiplies for typial spending (no gas for instance) is giving 1 to 1 for redeeming Ultimate Points for cash.
Hey John! I'm a junior in college and wanted to share my list of cards that I'm planning on getting. I did start off with the Discover It student credit card.
1. Discover It student
2. Citi Custom Cash
(Gas)
3. Chase Freedom Unlimited
(Everday)
4. Capital Savor One
(Food)
5. Capital One Venture
(Travel)
6. Chase Sapphire Preferred
(Travel)
I know you talk about transferring cashback from the Savor One card to Venture X miles, but can it go the other way? What is the exchange rate? That could help to get the 1 cent-per-point for cash if miles transfer 1:1 to cashback on a non-travel card.
That’s what I wonder. They probably don’t allow it
The 30+ hr travel time to the Philippines on Turkish Airlines is brutal though.
I have the quicksilver card, should I product change it to the savor one?
I would love to know if you need to be a "member" or sign up to lets say, Turkish airlines profile , in order to transfer your C1 miles...Im planning a trip to Switzerland and it looks like it's going to be with TAP Airlines (Portugal airlines) so that's my question.
Wait can someone help explain "CPP" a bit better? Like what does it mean to get "CPP" while using your miles?
How about US to Australia? Or Bali to Newark? I currently spent 190k and 40k on bus and econ United miles. Trying to shop cap one.
You should use time stamps. Great video!
Hi John , how do I compare flights in partner airlines in regards to miles , when I try to look up flights to see if it’s worth transferring miles I could not see cash conversions to miles . Where and how can I compare?
For the travel partner flights, is it cheaper to book a round trip or buy the two flights separately?
Saving up miles, found something to do later this year, but for two people! Only enough points for one person round trip, how do I purchase trip one on points and one on cash?
Does Venture One get access to transfer partners? I currently am running the chase trifecta plus Amex Plat/Gold so trying to not have so many AF cards
The math is wrong in the video. For the VentureOne card, every dollar spent yields 1.25 miles for the other two consumer travel credit cards (The Venture X and Venture) in Capital One line up yields 2 miles per dollar spent. The video is assuming that one dollar spent yield one mile but that is not the case when at minimum using a Capital One card gives 1.25 miles per dollar.
He's talking about redeeming points, not earning them.
@@maxcutshall1920 No matter what it still throw off the math.
@@maxcutshall1920if total value is a consideration then the purchase points matter.
It's too complicated for me. I just use my points in Capital One Travel portal for 1.0 cpp. But for specific flights/vacations I would transfer.
this is great!
Hi John.
Can you please help me with something.
I have a capital one credit card.
And I use there App.
I can see I have points.
But.. what I can't see anywhere in the App.
Is how to redeem the points.
Are you able to explain.
What the steps are.
Or what I click on in the App.
To be able to redeem my points?
Can I convert cash back from my Savor to miles under my spouse’s Venture X? We are account managers on each other’s cards.
Did i understand this correctly, points must be transferred BEFORE you can see the flights? What if what shows up doesn't work?
how much is $100 at 1.25x mile rate. is that $100 x 0.125 = 12.5 miles? I'm so confused
How can I book a United flight or any flight going to Philippines?