Capital One transfer partners

Though perhaps not as well-known as transfer partners from brands like Chase or American Express, Capital One allows for Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card, Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card and Capital One Spark Miles for Business rewards cardholders to transfer miles to select airline and hotel partners. The list of Capital One transfer partners changes often, with British Airways, TAP Air Portugal and Turkish Airlines as the latest additions to the club.

The issuer is also adding Choice Hotels, which will go live later this year.

It can be difficult to keep up with an evolving list of Capital One transfer partners, but strategic cardholders can leverage the high value of partner points or miles to stretch Capital One miles further.

Capital One hotel transfer partners

Accor Live Limitless and Wyndham Rewards are Capital One’s first hotel transfer partners, and Capital One is currently the only issuer that offers transfers to both the Wyndham and Accor programs.

You can transfer Capital One miles to Accor Live Limitless (ALL) points at a rate of 2:1. This means that 1,000 Capital One miles translate to 500 ALL Rewards points. While the Accor program is not particularly well-known, it does include the luxury Fairmont brand, which operates 76 properties in 24 countries.

Luckily ALL Rewards offers a fixed-value redemption scheme on hotel stays, with 2,000 points saving you €40 (approximately $48) on a stay. Given the 2:1 transfer rate, you’d need to redeem 4,000 Capital One miles to get 2,000 ALL points and receive the discount.

While the hotel stay discount will get you the most mileage out of your ALL points, you can also use ALL points for stays at luxury private homes and villas, at participating restaurants and bars, and for shopping and experiences. The Points Guy values ALL points at 2 cents per point, which is a bit higher than the site’s valuation of Capital One Rewards miles (1.4 cents), making this transfer worth a look.

Meanwhile, the transfer rate for Wyndham Rewards has improved from 2:1.5 to 1:1, effective April 20, 2021 – meaning 1,000 Capital One miles equals 1,000 Wyndham Rewards points. As the world’s largest hotel franchising company, Wyndham has a wide global reach, operating brands like Wyndham Grand and La Quinta.

At the same time, we currently value Wyndham Rewards points at just 0.7 cents each, so transferring is less likely to save you money. However, depending on where and when you book, it’s still possible to score big savings.

Airline partner transfers value boost

Capital One also recently improved transfer rates for a few of its partners, including Aeroplan, Air France-KLM (Flying Blue), British Airways, Emirates Airlines, Singapore Airlines and Turkish Airlines. You can now transfer Capital One miles to these programs at the 1:1 rate, which boosted the value of these transfer options.

Considering these recent changes, transferring to Singapore Airlines now can yield a nice return and your Capital One miles will go a long way if you transfer them to Etihad, especially with the current promotion.

Unfortunately, you’re not likely to use these airlines often, unless you’re traveling to or within destinations they serve or travel internationally with layovers in these locations. If you mostly travel locally, these new transfer options and increased rates won’t offer much value.

More than 15 hotel and airline transfer partners

Though Capital One announced the termination of partnerships with JetBlue and Alitalia in October 2021, the issuer still boasts a list of more than 15 transfer partners. Now, Venture and Spark Miles for Business cardholders can transfer to the following airline and hotel loyalty programs:

As you can see, the poor transfer ratio begets a loss in miles value when you transfer to a few of these programs. However, with the issuer working on transfer ratios, there are programs where you can stretch the value of your points and miles, and you can always go digging for particularly valuable airline redemptions.

Earn 100,000 bonus miles with the new Venture X card

In addition to earning bonus miles on every purchase, the Capital One Venture X card allows new cardholders to earn 100,000 miles when they spend $10,000 on purchases in the first six months.

Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card

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Rewards rate:  10 miles per dollar on hotels and rental cars booked through Capital One Travel 5 miles per dollar on flights booked through Capital One Travel 2 miles per dollar on all other purchases Sign-up bonus 100,000 bonus miles when you spend $10,000 in first 6 months For a limited time: $200 back in statement credits for vacation rentals within the first year Estimated yearly rewards value ($15,900 spend) $691 Annual fee $395

Cardholders have the opportunity to get excellent value out of the Venture X card – especially during the first year. Assuming a value of 1.85 cents per Venture mile (according to the recent The Points Guy valuations), the card’s 100,000-mile sign-up bonus is worth around $1,850. Plus, for a limited time, new cardholders can receive up to $200 in statement credits for vacation rentals within the first year with the card. Even when you subtract the card’s annual fee, that’s an outstanding potential in year one.

Value of sign-up bonus

Combine that amount with the 2 miles per dollar rate earned on all purchases, and you have the potential to earn plenty of rewards in the first year alone.

Bottom line

While Capital One’s transfer partners aren’t as well-known as Amex transfer partners or Chase transfer partners, there’s still ample opportunity to take advantage of accumulated miles to book vacations all over the world.

With hotel transfer partners like Wyndham and airline partners like Aeroplan, you can use your Capital One miles to their fullest. After the first year and sign-up bonus with the Venture card, however, you may find more flexibility with other issuers’ credit cards.