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Old Jan 9, 2014, 3:27 pm
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50,000 after $3,000 spend:
https://www.capitalone.com/credit-cards/travel-and-miles/


Capital One usually does a hard pull with all three credit bureaus.
If you have a security freeze on your report, they generally will not allow you to submit a code for this report to be viewable.

If you've held this card before, it looks like you can get this bonus again. Data points: 1, 2. YMMV
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Note on redemption: You can reimburse yourself for the same charge an unlimited number of times.

Note on point transfer: The ability to transfer points between CapOne accounts ended effective September 15, 2015
see: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25009158-post383.html

Below are some successful and unsuccessful reimbursements form the Arrival Plus page, many if not most should be applicable.

Successful
Don't forget travel purchase needs to be > $25 charge for 2,500 mile redemption

Successful
9/11 Museum and Memorial - NYC
Accuracy Limo (via Square, Salt Lake City, UTlimoservice)
ACE Adventures (West Virginia White Water Rafting), had to call in to get it processed manually
agoda.com
AirAsia Flights (airasia.com)
airbnb bookings
Alaska Airlines checked baggage fee $25 charge
Amazing Bike Tours Thailand
American Airlines telephone booking (including booking fee)
Amtrak train ticket >$25 (ALB-NYP)
Amtrak train ticket >$25 (unknown destinations)

Argosy Cruises (SEA, classified as RECREATION)
Autoeurope.com
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) San Francisco
Bieber bus tickets
Boston MBTA Charlie Card reload & Commuter Rail passes & tickets
Burj Khalifa observation decks
Buying Lifemiles from Avianca
Canada Transfers Cancun
Capitaine Train Tickets (capitaine.com)
Carmel Limo (NYC car service)
carrentals.com
cheaptickets.com hotel
Chinese Visa Application Fees (had to call in. Credit showed up in account in 2 business days. See Post 912 and 921 for details)
City Taxi (Tampa)
CostcoTravel
Cotai Waterjet (Hong Kong)
CT Limo
Daily Getaways purchase of HHonors points
DB Bahn Trains Germany (bahn.de)
Disneyland Hong Kong (Manual redemption required)
DriveNow - all locations in EU/US
Dublin Bus Tours Hop on, Hop off (Green)
Eiffel Tower (manual redemption by phone allowed)
Empire State Building tickets
Enterprise rent-a-car, paid at the counter when returning the car (used Chase United Visa initially for primary coverage, but asked to pay with a different card when returning the car)
Eurostar Train Tickets (eurostar.com)
Europcar.com
Expedia.com
Global Entry (Venture Rewards card)
Hertz Rent-a-Car (booked on hertz.com)
Hong Kong Airport Express Pass
Hotel bookings through Rocketmiles (even refundable bookings or those tied to other promotions)
Hotels.com
Hotels.com Gift Card (classified as BUSINESS SERVICES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED).
Hotwire
ItaliaRail (online booking agency for TrenItalia)
LA Swamp Tours, Steamboat cruise, Haunted History Tours (New Orleans)
Lahaina-Maui Ferry Tickets - booked online at www.go-lanai.com
Las Vegas Show Booked through hotel
Las Vegas show tickets booked online (Mandalay Bay Box office)
Limo Charges - Two limo charges that I made in March PRIOR the the recent changes to what qualifies as "Travel" showed up as eligible travel charges. I guess with the changes to what's covered, and for how long, these got pulled back in.
Lyft
M-Life advance reservation deposit
Montway Auto Transport (deposit)
New York City MTA Subway Cards
New York Waterways Ferry (between NJ and NYC)
Ngong Ping 360 (Hong Kong)
Norwegian Cruise Line purchase made from telephone order from vacationstogo.com
Norwegian Cruise Line (deposits and payments)
NS Hispeed Train Tickets (nshispeed.com)
NYC Taxi
Orbitz.com purchase
ORCA card for Seattle area tolls (considered the very typical GOVERNMENT SERVICES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED)
The Parking Spot LAX
Paris RATP Metro/VATP (buy 10-ticket pack for >$25 and save cost)
PMRF Beach Cottages (Kauai)
Priceline
Primetime Shuttle (Worked from LAX-SNA)
rail europe on Travelocity
rail JR Rail in Japan, load as tourist attraction, call in to get it credit (Post#938)
Safari Helicopter Tour (Kauai)
Sandals.com resort booking (unique vacations) was not redeemable last year. Is redeemable online now
SEASTREAK LLC - NYC (Commuter Ferri)
Singapore Cable Car
Southwest Early Bird Check-in (billed separately from airfare charges)
Spirit of NY Dinner Cruises - www.spiritcruises.com, which have cruises in several other cities as well.
Starwood Vacation Ownership (SPG Timeshare) Westin Princeville Kauai (coded as Timeshare).
St Pauls Cathedral (manual redemption by phone allowed)
Super Shuttle (mixed, worked in SF when (billed SUPERSHUTTLE EXECUCARS), worked in Boston (SUPERSHUTTLE BOSTON), failed in LA (SUPERSHUTTLE)
Taxi in Zürich
Top of the Rock tickets - NYC
Trenitalia Online
Trimet (Portland OR public transportation)
TurboJET (Hong Kong)
Uber
United Baggage Fee
Universal Studio Orlando tickets (had to call in)
Viator (sightseeing/tours)
Victoria Clipper (passenger ferry)
Wedding at the Stratosphere's Chapel in the Clouds (billed as stratosphere)
Windsor Castle (manual redemption by phone allowed)
Wine purchases from different wine tasting rooms
WMATA (Washington DC Metro) - [reconfirmed 10/5/15]
Zipcar

Unsuccessful

www.b-europe.com (SNCB rail)
Amtrak (possibly due <$25 charge)
Blue Water Rafting. Merchant category "Recreation Services -- Not elsewhere classified"
Brazil airline GOL booked online codes as DIRECT MARKETING/DIRECT MARKETERS--NOT ELESWH ..
Car2go
De Palm Tours, Aruba (classified as Recreation. Called Barclay twice.)
Description: ZERVE *CA WHALES Merchant Category: THEATRICAL PRODUCERS (EXCEPT MOTION PICTURES), TICKET AGENCIES...Tickets to whale watching tour purchased over the phone.
Evan Evans Sightseeing tours (UK based)- http://www.evanevanstours.co.uk
Fastrak tag autoload for San Francisco bridge tolls ($25)
Gotobus.com Long Distance Buses, ~$100
Homeaway.com, posts as real estate. Barclays said they'd make a one-time exception but future purchases won't count as travel.
Hostelbookers.com deposit (maybe the charge which is >$25 will count?)
IHG points and cash hotel redemption
Malaysian Overnight Train KUL-SIN (ktmb.com.my)
Monterey Aquarium
Parking at HSV ($96 in parking at Huntsville International Airport)
Parking at IAH (Houston Intercontinental - on airport) -$76 (PARKING LOTS AND GARAGES)
Parking at LAS
Parking at Port Imperial, Weehawken, NJ
Parking at SNA (John Wayne Airport)
San Francisco Clipper Card public transit (autoload from website)
Skyjump at Stratosphere Hotel LV $150 (01/14) - not charged by hotel.
Space Needle and Chihuly Garden Tickets
Starwood points purchase (BUSINESS SERVICES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED)
Taxi Magic /Curb- Taxi service
Thello train (France-Italy night train, codes as rail-freight)
Trenitalia (both online and in stations, posts as rail-freight)

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Capital One Venture & other Cap 1 cards (50K for $3k spend)[Consolidated]

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Old Jan 4, 2014, 10:28 pm
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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Originally Posted by 2stepsbehind
Can you have multiple venture cards? I applied in the glory round and have managed to get the fee waived each subsequent year...really tempted to go for this again, but don't want 3 hard pulls for nothing.
This would be nice, but I doubt it. I was hoping there was some new "flavor" like the southwest cards or a MasterCard, but it looks the same.
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Old Jan 4, 2014, 10:35 pm
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Originally Posted by xxpert
Cap One pulls all 3 credit agencies....so 50k points = 16,666 points per hard pull= not a great deal
Yes, but based on where you live, those extra two pulls could be irrelevant.
Living in LA, Barclays pulls TransUnion, everyone else uses Experian (and Citi *also* dings Equifax). So in most cases, I don't really care about an extra TU/Equifax pull.
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Old Jan 5, 2014, 1:14 am
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Just got instant approval. I had this Venture card around three years ago on the 100K bonus offer (which paid for most of trip to the Far East).

Thanks OP. ^
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Old Jan 5, 2014, 6:44 am
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Thanks OP. Got approval!
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Old Jan 5, 2014, 7:24 am
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Originally Posted by ArizonaGuy
Churnable? Most of us doing this more than 2 years probably had the 100K offer just for having 100K miles some years back.
Relative got instant approval and had 2 of these cards back in the day of the 100k offer. Both of the old accounts are long closed, but perhaps a good sign that a) the offer is churnable, b) still having an old card open from before might allow a 2nd one to be approved now.
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Old Jan 5, 2014, 7:38 am
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Approved. 727 Equifax score according to their FICO disclosure.
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Old Jan 5, 2014, 8:04 am
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Small Business Version?

Originally Posted by itchyfeet123
https://application.capitalone.com/i..._5V_3X2B4_BAN2

Normal bonus is 20k so this seems like a good deal. It won't replace Arrival for me for daily spend, but I'll certainly take the bonus. Link is from a banner ad right here at FT, and the small print says this bonus only comes from signing up via the ad. My next AOR isn't for a week, so hopefully it lasts.
Has anyone found a link to a Small Business Version?
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Old Jan 5, 2014, 9:04 am
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FYI:
I was approved for this offer, even though I have another Venture card that I downgraded to the no fee version a year or so ago.
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Old Jan 5, 2014, 11:23 am
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Looks like a lot of good reports for this one, including current/previous card holders, and a lot of instant approvals.

I think only remaining unknown is whether the link is link is targeted, and those getting the card may be getting a lower "default" offer than the 50k.

Now I'm not saying I think this is likely, and I know it clearly says 50k (although Cap One could always retort when challenged: "what was the e-mail or website you used to get to the application page that suggested you were eligible?").

I'm just asking whoever gets this card first, please SM or call Cap One to ask them what date you have to complete the spend and if they can confirm the amount of the bonus points.
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Old Jan 5, 2014, 11:46 am
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Originally Posted by teammjs
I think only remaining unknown is whether the link is link is targeted, and those getting the card may be getting a lower "default" offer than the 50k.
If only the person who posted the link had said where the link came from...
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Old Jan 5, 2014, 12:30 pm
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To all who were approved AND had the Venture card before please report back when the 50k points post
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Old Jan 5, 2014, 2:58 pm
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Originally Posted by teammjs
Looks like a lot of good reports for this one, including current/previous card holders, and a lot of instant approvals.

I think only remaining unknown is whether the link is link is targeted, and those getting the card may be getting a lower "default" offer than the 50k.
Go to apply and hit the chat link. I asked the question and was told previous cardholders get 20,000 points and a $2,000 spend.

You can chat anonymously so if you decide to apply anyway they have no idea who you are so it's not sending up a flag.
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Old Jan 5, 2014, 4:45 pm
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Originally Posted by flyer4512
Go to apply and hit the chat link. I asked the question and was told previous cardholders get 20,000 points and a $2,000 spend.

You can chat anonymously so if you decide to apply anyway they have no idea who you are so it's not sending up a flag.
That means nothing to me in terms of gauging what I'd actually get. It could be true, of course, but in almost all cases it's the coding of the offer (url) that governs what people get. My guess is any pre-apply chat is just going to regurgitate the standard "public" offer which may not apply in this case.

Now, once the card is received I think an SM asking someone to confirm the terms of the actual card showing in the account would have the specifics to confirm what offer coding got applied.

Edit: one last point, even if previous cardholders are treated different, there is no way of knowing how long Cap One's look-back period is anyway, so many of us may be OK there anyway.

Last edited by teammjs; Jan 5, 2014 at 4:52 pm
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Old Jan 5, 2014, 4:50 pm
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Originally Posted by teammjs
That means nothing to me in terms of gauging what I'd actually get. It could be true, of course, but in almost all cases it's the coding of the offer (url) that governs what people get. My guess is any pre-apply chat is just going to regurgitate the standard "public" offer which may not apply in this case.

Now, once the card is received I think an SM asking someone to confirm the terms of the actual card showing in the account would have the specifics to confirm what offer coding got applied.
Roll the dice or just wait until PREVIOUS cardholders report back.

Worst case scenario you spend $2k and get 20K
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Old Jan 5, 2014, 5:39 pm
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Originally Posted by flyer4512
Roll the dice or just wait until PREVIOUS cardholders report back.

Worst case scenario you spend $2k and get 20K
don't they also pull all 3 bureaus? that adds to the worst case scenario...
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