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Although these are marketed as a cash-back cards, if you have another Capital One card that earns Venture miles, you can convert that cash back into EVEN MORE VALUABLE transferrable Capital one miles for free!!
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YES these are STEEP minimum spends.
So this card will only be a good fit for a select number of people. Howeverrrrr, if you can meet that minimum spend, there is a MASSIVE pay off on these limited time offers.
Anywhere from 120,000-260,000+ Capital One Miles in your pocket to be exact…let me show you how!
Capital One Spark Cash: $1,000 cash back for spending $10,000 in 3 months (NO annual fee!)
Capital One Spark Cash Plus: $2,000 one-time cash bonus for spending $30,000 in 3 months ($150 annual fee) Earn an additional $2,000 cash bonus for every $500K spent during the first year. You can earn this bonus multiple times over the course of year 1
Who is Eligible
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
If you meet the criteria and can spend the $15,000-$30,000 in 3 months….RUN! This offer is a CANNOT MISS opportunity for a huge amount of travel!
***These are rare business cards that DO take up a 5/24 slot. However, I think well worth it- because you won’t find another personal card offer out there that comes close to this amount of points/miles for these low to NO annual fees
***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 you could snag one of those cards to turn that cash back into even more valuable TRANSFERRABLE miles.
Both cards earn 2x miles on every purchase, so once you meet that $10k-$30k minimum spend you could have a whopping 120,000-260,000+ 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!
Capital One Card Rules
Before applying for the Capital One Spark Cash Plus, I first made sure to cancel my Capital One Venture X Business card. You cannot hold both the Venture X Business and Spark Cash Plus at the same time. Cancelling my Venture X was easy and able to be done within my account online!
Next, I froze my Experian credit! Data points show that there is 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!
One click easy!! Once you meet the minimum spend on your Capital One Spark Cash, you can convert your cash back to even more valuable miles within minutes!
Log into your Capital One online account and select “View Rewards.” Select your Spark Cash Plus account, then select “Combine rewards.” I will be moving the miles to my Venture X card.
That’s it!
How to Maximize your Capital One Miles
I loveeee our Capital One Miles for flights and find I can 2x or 3x our travel when transferring these miles to airline partners of my card.
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 British Airways to book American Airlines flights you might be able to otherwise
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?!
Capital One Spark Cash Offers Continued
Just a few other things of note about this offer!
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
This is a charge card, which means there will be no credit limit, however you must pay your balance in full every month
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.