Just thought I'll share the redemption strategy and process in case it's helpful to anyone. Award flights from EUR to USA west coast have dropped a lot. Especially Flying blue used to have amazing redemptions and they have killed it, for dynamic pricing. Anyway, here it is..

Venture X currently has a 20% transfer bonus to BA. I booked a business class award flight from AMS to DEN via LHR. The cost of this flight is 115.5k points and $639. The cash price of this cost is $5361. Here is how I used the points:

• I have 37k Avios in my Qatar frequent flyer account earned purely from past travel. I consider these types of frequent flyer points free.
• I moved these into my BA account since they allow seamless moving of avios on supported programs.
• I transferred 66k Venture X miles to my BA account to make up the rest and get over 115.5k avios with that 20% transfer bonus.

So I'd consider the total credit card miles/points to be just 66k for this trip, making it a 7.15 cpp redemption which is great. If we consider the 37k Qatar earned avios in the calculation, it drops to 4.58 cpp which is still great. (numbers are slightly off since I rounded to 66k, and not the exact balance which would be 65 point something). And the long haul is with their refreshed individual suites on the A350.

Note, the same flight was available through Atmos for 55k points plus $1100 in taxes. However, I don't have any current means to build Atmos currency. However, you could buy enough points to make up the 55k points for about $900 and that plus the $639 still makes for a great cash purchase.

I was in a comment thread a while back asking about traveling to Japan. A number of kind redditors explained the process to me and then linked an r/awardtickets post. Between these two pieces of help I booked my Japan trip this morning. Two business class tickets.

You guys are amazing! Thank you!

Newbie here. 2 nights ago was checking remote non-touristy place in Japan and hotels were around $68/night.

Yesterday, $181/night. Today $221/night. I have no clue what's going on.

Another interesting finding: the price during the search of hotels lower than the price when you click on the actual hotel. It is so fishy.

I currently have the venture x and I’m thinking about adding the Bilt paladium. I like the 3x point accelerator and the partners works well for me. I also have the sapphire preferred and I think they have good synergy. I like the venture x for the rental car insurance, price match in portal and travel credit. I’m wondering if anyone decided to keep both is it redundant and it’s better to just pick one? Thank you! I will also be adding the ritz Carlton card next year as well

I'm looking for guidance from anyone that has successfully been reimbursed for expenses caused by a delayed flight.

I submitted my original itinerary, Bali to Tokyo. I uploaded a picture of my delayed trip certificate from Hong Kong airlines (which was delayed 17hrs due to typhoon) and receipts of all expenses (ie Hotel, food and Uber). Also the new itinerary that was emailed to me by Hong Kong airlines.

I got an email back that states:

"-We could not verify the reason for your travel supplier's delay. Please provide proof from the travel supplier

(airline, cruise line, hotel) or other official report verifying the reason and length of the delay.

- Itemized receipts for all claimed expenses that include the date, merchant, and breakdown of each purchased

item. These receipts are required for all claimed expenses.

-Copy of your updated itinerary or boarding pass showing the date and time of your rescheduled trip and any

change or penalty fees."

I feel like I'm going crazy as my uploads cover all of this. My next step is to re- submit all of this in their pdf form plus a new official statement from Hong Kong airlines that shows old itinerary, new itinerary and reason for delay.

If that doesn't work I'm going to call and try my luck there. Anything else that night help my case?

Just received my renewal card for Priority Pass and noticed it doesn't say 'SELECT' anymore compared to some of my old cards. Is there a difference? Anyone else get the same?

Hi! Any suggestions on how to transfer 100K points from Venture X?

I've been waiting for this multiplier to come back. 31.5k miles for buying a set of tires!

Just yesterday I was complaining about the portal being annoying to use just for the $300 travel credit.

Well today it helped me get a crazy good price on a ticket that may have been selling out.

I was getting a domestic flight within Thailand with Thai airways and for some reason my desired flight time on Thai airways website was showing something like $125 USD or so but when I clicked into the flight the cheapest option or seat available was $200 USD+.

Strangely on AirAsia it was showing for $125 USD or so also, and Google flights, and capital one travel.

So I ended up booking on capital one travel for a total of about $121 USD somehow, including the checked bag and everything, which is way better than the $200+ booking direct was trying to charge me! And I got my 5x miles! So that’s like $6 back for free!

Well this was strange and I’m not really sure why that is but it’s making me like VX and whatnot even more. If I had to guess Thai airways decided that their direct booking seats should have their prices increased but then “3rd party travel agencies” hadn’t updated yet hence the lower price on AirAsia (not an AirAsia flight btw), c1 travel, and google flights, as well as the initial price / flight list on Thai airways website.

Hey, this is awesome. Even more benefits. I’ll take it!

Also with the miles back it actually makes it quite competitive with AirAsia pricing (not the Thai airways booking through AirAsia, but an actual AirAsia flight). Like the base fare shown on AirAsia is cheap but then they charge extra for checked bags, etc. whereas Thai airways includes a checked bag (and this is a totally separate discussion). Edit: I do think technically AirAsia might’ve came out to be cheaper a tad but presumably Thai airways is a lot more comfortable.

Edit: adjustments, mobile text typo.

Hi y’all! I just got approved for the card yesterday. Capital One says it’ll take around 7–10 business days to receive the physical card, but I have a two week international trip coming up and leave Monday.

For those who recently got approved, how long did it actually take for your card to arrive? Also, is there a way to access a digital version of the card or add it to Apple Pay before the physical card arrives?

Thanks!

Solo traveler that travels about 4-5 times a year and has a priority pass lounge at local airport. I could also go to New York for the C1 lounges but usually don’t. Is it worth it to get this card for PP lounges ? I would make use of the $300 credit also.

I'm almost to 500k and a kind of itching to use them, but get very overwhelmed trying to find options.

What are your favorite fixed miles programs for business class? (From Seattle or Vancouver) Premium economy if less than 5 hours.

What hotels do you feel have the best value per point?

Small win today with the price match; used it for the first time. Only $15.99 but anything counts! Absolutely love the C1 travel app and service. They credited my account within like 3 min after the call.

Looking to sign up for Venture X to pair with Savor. What’s a good sign up promo to wait for?

So I’m due to renew my Venture X card by the end of the month, and I’m not sure I want to. With the Capital One credits and annual bonus, the card is essentially free, so I don’t see why not. However, the base perks of this card, compared to others, are probably about the worst you can get. Capital One Travel is almost guaranteed to be more expensive than booking directly or through a third party. They reduced the lounge access to only the main cardholders; before, it came with a guest.
Other cards without a fee are arguably better. You can almost get a standard 3% back on everything, while Capital One is only at 2%. The travel coverage is nice, but it’s only truly covered through Capital One bookings, and like I said it’s gonna cost more.

I guess I’m looking for reasons to renew. What’s your guys thoughts on the card and would you renew?

Profits earned yet the lounge capacity and the food quality/varieties won't increase anytime soon.

I booked through the Capital One Travel app and was considering changing my return flight to a day later, for those who have don’t it, is it a pretty straightforward process? Or is there hoops I have to jump through?

Back in June they had an offer of 30x miles on Viator. We had 2 long cruises coming up and I booked 6 different Viator tours. I know not to use my computer as I have tracker/ad blocker on the router level, so I used my Pixel phone connected via 5G and the chrome browser.

3 of bookings awarded just fine. The other 3 did not. I called a month ago and was told that I had to wait until 90 days after Viator tour was completed to inquire. It's now been past the 90 days so called in today and spent 45 minutes speaking with 3 agents and they can't tell me why the other 3 did not get awarded. They only thing they will do is to issue some amount of courtesy credit that will be posted to my account in 7-10 business days. They would not tell what that amount might be. I'm due right at 24,000 miles from these 3 bookings.