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My Thoughts On The Capital One Venture X

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 13, 2022August 15, 2022 35 Comments
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There’s been a lot of talk this week about the Capital One Venture X credit card and rightfully so, as it represents the biggest credit card launch since the Chase Sapphire Reserve. For all the hype, the bottom line is this: it is an amazing card that competes with the best card products from Chase and American Express. It is a card I will gladly add to my wallet.

Capital One Venture X: The Perks

First, it must be noted that the Capital One program has greatly improved over the last two years. So much so that what was once an irrelevant cashback program is now in the same league with Membership Rewards and Ultimate Rewards as a valuable and flexible currency to send to airline partners, including:

  • Aeromexico Club Premier
  • Air Canada Aeroplan
  • Air France-KLM Flying Blue
  • Avianca LifeMiles
  • British Airways Executive Club
  • Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
  • Emirates Skywards
  • Etihad Guest
  • EVA Air Infinity MileageLands
  • Finnair Plus
  • Qantas Frequent Flyer
  • Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
  • TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go
  • Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles

Now, Capital One has introduced a new credit card called the Venture X that rivals the American Express Platinum and Chase Sapphire Reserve.

Let’s review the perks of this card:

  • Earn 75,000 bonus miles after spending $4,000 on purchases within the first three months
  • Lounge access at Capital One or Priority Pass lounges (including restaurants) with two guests
  • $300 in annual statement credit for hotel, flight, or car rental bookings made through Capital One Travel
  • 10x Venture miles on hotels and rental cars booked via Capital One Travel
  • 5x Venture miles on flights booked via Capital One Travel
  • 2x Venture miles on all other purchases
  • No cost to add up to four authorized users
    • Authorized users receive the same lounge access benefits including their own Priority Pass membership
  • No foreign transaction fees
  • 10,000 anniversary miles each year
  • Pre-Check or Global Entry rebate
    • Once every four years
  • Hertz President’s Circle status
  • Insurance
    • Trip Delay – up to $500
    • Lost Luggage – up to $3,000
    • Mobile Phone – full protection minus $50 deductible
    • Car Rental – full coverage for damage

The annual fee is $395, which more than pays for itself with the perks above, not even considering the sign-up bonus. Keep in mind you need good to excellent credit to apply for this card, though there is no concrete lower threshold for approval.

CONCLUSION

If you do wish to sign-up for this card, consider signing up here to support Live and Let’s Fly (you’ll need to scroll down to find the application link)

But wherever you do sign up, please do sign up – this is an amazing card that should have a special place in your wallet.

In this case, I think the hype is warranted and this card truly is worthy of the positive attention it has received. As for a direct comparison between the Chase Sapphire Reserve and this card, it’s not so much about which card is better (that depends upon what you value), but whether this card is worth having, and it certainly is.

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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35 Comments

  1. don Reply
    November 17, 2021 at 3:58 pm

    do you get unlimited access to capital one lounge?

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      November 17, 2021 at 4:00 pm

      Yes.

  2. Steve Reply
    November 17, 2021 at 4:18 pm

    A lot of advantages of this new card, but $10,000 in six months. Unless I had a large purchase to make, a bit tough for me.

    (FYI – I just used your Antigua coffee shop recommendations. Both were great shops! 12 Onzas was quite impressed that you mentioned it in LandLF.)

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      November 17, 2021 at 4:43 pm

      Thanks Steve! Hope you enjoyed some great coffee!

  3. Gene Reply
    November 17, 2021 at 4:40 pm

    @ Matthew — Well, you see traffic on a certain blog is steadily declining. This is an example of why. The amount of greed displayed by some bloggers is absurd,

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      November 17, 2021 at 4:42 pm

      If you mean Ben, I guess I don’t see the issue. Sure, a ton of Capital One posts, but even if he wasn’t paid, it is an objectively good card and he is still churning out a lot of non-credit card content.

      • Hwong Kim Reply
        November 17, 2021 at 5:24 pm

        It’s more the wallpaper, though Leff may have beat him to that punch.

    • cargocult Reply
      November 17, 2021 at 5:45 pm

      Lucky also chose to make his blog much more woke. I rarely read it anymore.

      • SteveL. Reply
        November 17, 2021 at 6:20 pm

        Couldn’t agree more…I dropped him from my reading.

    • cargocult Reply
      November 17, 2021 at 5:52 pm

      I also appreciate that Matthew doesn’t get in our faces with the affiliate marketing.

  4. Mike Saint Reply
    November 17, 2021 at 5:02 pm

    I don’t really understand why people get so uptight or angry when bloggers post on any # of topics. These are FREE blogs. If you don’t want to read a post then just skip over it. Who cares if they are getting paid. Most of the bloggers come across as objective.

    I got this new card and impressed. It’s a good card with great benefits and basically FREE when you factor in the annual benefits. Heck, the first year you make money. Also, the buying platform is solid with a LOT of discounts. Seems like Capital One is trying to copy Rakuten type platform so there are big discounts there too which no one is talking about.

    They fed ex’d my card so I got it literally 3 days after being accepted. The card is heavy and looks great too.

  5. Bob Reply
    November 17, 2021 at 5:02 pm

    “This post is not presented by Capital One.”

    Hah! That makes my day.

    When seeing the post, before clicking, I was about to add something like that in the comments.

    I am glad you had it.

    Nothing wrong to be sponsored. But that was funny to see the ad on some bloggers.

    And it is more fun not to see it on your blog.

    Thank you.

    :-)))

  6. Jan Reply
    November 17, 2021 at 5:15 pm

    Thanks for covering this. I applied for mine on launch day, approved instantly, got it in the mail 3 days later. It’s a heavy metal card, heavier than my Amex Delta Platinum and CSR. Currently $300/$10k spend…

  7. Santastico Reply
    November 17, 2021 at 6:29 pm

    Great cover in hopefully a single post. Please do not follow other bloggers that have been only writing about this card non stop.

  8. Francisco Reply
    November 17, 2021 at 9:26 pm

    This is just an example of how this site is way above the other similar sites. Congrats for standing out, specialty during this hard times.

  9. Tom Reply
    November 17, 2021 at 9:52 pm

    I applied last week, unfortunately. Next card I do apply for I’ll definitely go through you. Love reading your content and want to support the site. How’s your award booking business? Picking up now that international travel is increasing?

  10. DavidM Reply
    November 18, 2021 at 12:56 am

    Matt, if a reader uses the link on your website to apply for this (or another) credit card , it routes us to the OMATT website. Do you still get at least some credit for the referral? Just making sure…

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      November 18, 2021 at 12:59 am

      We do – thanks for asking. We partner with OMAAT when it comes to credit card affiliate links.

      • Caleb Reply
        November 18, 2021 at 9:24 pm

        At least we know why you’re always so defensive. Thanks for the transparency.

        • Matthew Klint Reply
          November 18, 2021 at 9:26 pm

          Ben and I have been friends for over 15 years. It has nothing to do with the few bucks I make from credit card sign-ups.

  11. Jaymes Reply
    November 18, 2021 at 1:37 am

    Can we just purchase a $200 gift certificate from AirBnb and get the rebate?

  12. Joe B Reply
    November 18, 2021 at 7:33 am

    Your description of how to use the $200 rental credit is incorrect. Go read the fine print on the Cap1 site. It has a cap of up to $200 but can be used on more on multiple purchases.

  13. miamiorbust Reply
    November 18, 2021 at 7:53 am

    Serious question: where is the best place to redeem? Don’t see an obvious airline transfer partners and my go-to for other currencies (Hyatt) isn’t an option. Most of the value of a card to me is on points accrued from spend and on that basis the card looks fine but not overly exciting.

    • Jan Reply
      November 18, 2021 at 9:04 am

      I am still trying to figure that out, even though I already got the card… lol
      Personally, it looks like I will be shooting for an Emirates Skywards J from East Coast > DXB for 72k miles one-way in an A380, or maybe F if that becomes available.
      I have shopped around at FinnAir and Flying Blue but their points value seem to be garbage for the itineraries that I looked at.

      • Matthew Klint Reply
        November 18, 2021 at 9:59 am

        But Flying Blue has some amazing deals if you just fly business class on AF/KL between USA/Canada and Europe (including Israel and Morocco) – sometimes as low as 52K mile one-way.

        • Jan Reply
          November 18, 2021 at 4:39 pm

          Said deal is about as rare to me as the 110k points in ANA F using VA points, which is as far as I am concerned, non-existent.

        • Arthur Reply
          March 14, 2022 at 9:29 am

          Yes, FB save rates in the 55-85 range one way are out there, though no always when you need them, and great. But also transferring to BA for either a business class upgrade from paid PE, or a business award (with a hefty LHR airport fee) can be options. Both require substantial cash, but not a lot of miles, and availability on BA is usually pretty good, so if you need to fly TATL on particular dates, might still be the cheapest available option on any airline for combined cash and miles. Besides, I like the BA lounges and Do&Co onboard catering.

    • Tom Reply
      March 13, 2022 at 9:23 pm

      I’ve been transferring mine to Wyndham and booking vacation rentals through vacasa. Frequent miler has some good write ups on it.

  14. Jerry Reply
    November 18, 2021 at 1:50 pm

    I’m currently enjoying 15X on my Amex Plat thanks to Frequent Miler directing me to the Resy offer. My 6 months expire at the end of January, so I hope the 100K offer on this card is still up and running then. It’s funny, aside from the lounge in DFW, I really don’t have any need for this card, so I’m rather indifferent about it, but my rational side knows it’s too good not to have.

  15. RV Reply
    March 13, 2022 at 9:35 pm

    This is why I enjoy your blog so much – because you strike the perfect balance between informative content about the industry, travel reviews, and the usual hawking of credit cards (which I totally understand – I would do the same if I ran a successful blog).

    Unfortunately, I will say that while I’ve enjoyed Ben from OMAAT’s content very much over the years, his posts about credit cards have increased substantially and I always feel that I have to wade through a lot of random crap to get to the “good stuff”. Perhaps he could take a leaf out of your book…

  16. Cy Reply
    March 14, 2022 at 12:38 pm

    Didn’t you post this article months ago?

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      March 14, 2022 at 12:43 pm

      I did, but re-posted because the offer ends today – want to make sure anyone who has held off has a chance before it is too late.

  17. mmg Reply
    March 14, 2022 at 3:09 pm

    Is it the 100.000 bonus that’s expiring today or the $200 vacation rental, as some other sources pointed out?
    Is there news on what’s to come?

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      March 14, 2022 at 4:32 pm

      I was told the 100K would expire today. TBD.

  18. Gary Reply
    March 14, 2022 at 9:59 pm

    Matthew,
    I am glad you are posting links for a great credit card deal. Your posts are terrific and the content is well presented. I am happy to support the blog so keep the interesting trip reports and product reviews coming.

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