Update 8/13/25: The new referral offer is the Venture is $300 travel credit + 75,000 points. Some of the links in our referral sharing post show this offer. (Post is now closed to new comments. Do not share your referrals below). Travel credit only good for hotels and vacation rentals only
Update 2/28/25: There are now some referral links with 100k offer showing.
Update 2/18/25: Offer available again, no end date listed currently.
The Offer
- Enjoy $250 to use on Capital One Travel in your first cardholder year, plus earn 75,000 bonus miles once you spend $4,000 on purchases within the first 3 months from account opening
Card Details
- $95 annual fee; fee is not waived the first year
- Card earns 2x points everywhere (the equivalent of 2% everywhere)
- Card earns 5x points on hotels and rental cars booked through Capital One Travel
- No foreign transaction fees
- Visa Signature benefits
- Receive up to a $100 credit for Global Entry or TSA PreCheck
Our Verdict
Best offer in the past was 100,000 points. That offer was more flexible as it didn’t have the $250 travel credit but had a slightly higher minimum spend requirement at $5,000. Still worth considering/doing for most people as I’m not sure if/when we will ever see that 100,000 point offer again. Read these things everybody should know about Capital One cards. We will add this to our list of the best credit card bonuses.
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The $300 travel credit is a bit overvalued. checked capital one travel for my upcoming trip and all hotels are pretty much 10% more than if booking direct and that's for the nonrefundable rate, which booking direct has standard 1-2days before cancellation policy for 10% less.
P1 approved and opened with 5000 CL
P2 did not pre-approve, only gave option of lower tier cards for "good credit", yet p2 credit stats are about the same, 780 score, both 3/24, both have multiple inquires in past 6 and 12 months.
Denied for "number of bank cards tradelines opened in the last 24 months." I'm at 3/24. 767 credit score from TransUnion. This was my first time going for a C1 card, wish I had known before trying :/
I'm running into a snag on this offer. I go to my friends referral link and the 75k + $300 pops up but there is no "apply" button. only a "see if you are pre-approved" button. going through that does not give me chance to apply for this credit card/ offer. Very weird.
"You can’t already have a Capital One credit card." Do they count store-branded cards issued by Capital One like Neiman Marcus and Kohl?
any chance to open referral threads soon to post one?
Isn't $300 yearly travel credit a perk already? Or is this on top of that?
no this is on the 95$ annual fee venture rewards, not the 495$ annual fee venture X
Ah. I see
Waiting patiently for a 100k bonus to come along. Not big fan of the travel credits.
It looks like the referral terms may disqualify most of the referrers:
In order for your friend to get their referral bonus:
You have to apply from this page.
You have to be approved.
You can't already have a Capital One credit card.
This shows when you click the “Make sure to reward your friend” pop up on the bottom of the screen.
So does that mean if the applicant already has a CA credit card, neither will receive the referral bonus?
Does C1 do bonus matches? P2 Just got a Venture last week at 75k... if she messages will they also give her the $300 travel credit?
Typically No.
Per doctoofcredit for capital one policy, the answer is no
I trust my doctor...of credit.