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Hi Im Abby
Your ‘always finding the best deal’ friend!
This guide will teach you all about loyalty points and how to score epic vacations for next to nothing.
🚨🚨🚨 MASSIVE limited timeoffers with low to NO annual fees!! 🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️
**These are marketed as a cash-back cards, BUT if you have any Venture card, you can convert that cash back into MORE VALUABLE transferrable miles for free (with one click!).
Earn a $1,000 cash bonus plus for a limited time, earn a $250 Capital One Business Travel credit when you spend $10,000 within 3 months of account opening
Earn a one-time cash bonus of $2,000 once you spend $30,000 in the first 3 months. Plus earn an additional $2,000 cash bonus for every $500K spent during the first year. Plus for a limited time, earn a $500 Capital One Business Travel credit.
Business owners (remember it’s SO much easier to be eligible for business cards than you think! This is a MUST READ here!)
Anyone with large upcoming expenses (think home renovations, taxes, etc)
Business owners with high operating costs
👉🏼 ***The Capital One Spark Cash DOES take up a 5/24 slot (However, I think a worthy slot because it does offer a VERY generous welcome bonus, for no annual fee)
👉🏼 ***The Capital One Spark Cash Plus does NOT take up a 5/24 slot
Both cards earn 2x miles on every purchase, so once you meet the minimum spend requirement you could have a massive stack of Capital One Miles for travel.
That’s enough for up to SIX round trip tickets to Europe or even 2 round trip lie flat business class seats to Europe with points to spare….hollyyyyyyy vacation!
Converting Cash Back to Venture Miles
Log into your Capital One online account and select “View Rewards.” Select your Spark Cash Plus account, then select “Combine rewards.”
Choose to move your “cash back” to your Venture card – That’s it!
***Even if you don’t currently have the Venture or Venture X, after applying for the Capital One Spark Cash or Capital One Spark Cash Plus, in 6 months snag one of those cards to turn that cash back into even more valuable TRANSFERRABLE miles.
Capital One Card Need to Knows
👉🏼 Capital One will only approve you for a new credit card every 6 months
👉🏼 You cannot hold the Venture X Business card and Spark Cash Plus at the same time
Next, I recommend freezing your Experian credit before applying! Data points show that there may be increased odds of approval by doing this, especially if you have had a number of recent credit inquires with Chase. You can do this in one click easily HERE!
Transfer miles to Air France/KLM to book flights to Europe for your family for a fraction of the actual cost (25% discount on kids tickets with their Family Plan)- saving on Europe flights HERE!
Transfer miles to Air Canada to book business class flights to Australia or New Zealand for 75,000 points one way per person
Transfer miles to Virgin Atlantic to book the cheappessttttt flights to London possible (starting at 6,000 one way per person!!)
Transfer miles to Wyndham to book an all inclusive or condo-style property!
My other favorite use of Venture miles is to “reimburse ourselves” for some of those harder to save on travel expenses, like Airbnbs and Disney tickets. I have some deep dives on saving on vacation rentals HERE and saving on Disney HERE! Although, this won’t get you the BEST return on your points (10,000 miles = $100 in savings)…sometimes free is FREE amirite?!
As always, thank you so very much for using our links when you apply for a new card!!
Wayfaren is part of an affiliate sales network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites such as MileValue.com and Bankrate.com. This compensation may impact how and where links appear on this site. This site does not include all financial companies or all available financial offers. We appreciate it when you use our affiliate links as it supports our content at no cost to you!
EDITORIAL NOTE:
Opinions expressed here are the author’s alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, hotel, airline or other entity. This content has not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of the entities included with the post.