[Expired]Cap One 100,000 Mile Signup Bonus ("Status Match") for their Venture Card
Mar 10, 2011, 7:45 pm
#346
Join Date: Sep 2009
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I presume you mean 100 venture miles/$ or are venture miles different than points?
Mar 10, 2011, 7:49 pm
#347
Join Date: Feb 2006
Programs: virgin
Posts: 109
they want a months statement because thats all you'll get - what you spent that month. I betcha.
Mar 10, 2011, 7:51 pm
#348
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: RDU
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Mar 10, 2011, 7:55 pm
#349
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n reading the fine print again, I'm thinking the same thing 
Mar 10, 2011, 8:11 pm
#350
Join Date: May 2003
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. . . I redeemed Cap One points for a flight on UA almost two years ago. You go to their web site, which links to an airline booking website that's about as easy to use as Expedia. One point equals one cent. The airline tickets are priced the same as any other booking site; no extra fees. If the ticket can be bought with money, then it can be "purchased" with Cap One points. No blackouts or limited availability games with Cap One points.
Only sad part is that I did not get UA ff miles credited to my UA ff account even though the reservation had my UA number, and was viewable on UA's website. Maybe the operating carrier treats it like a free ticket.
Only sad part is that I did not get UA ff miles credited to my UA ff account even though the reservation had my UA number, and was viewable on UA's website. Maybe the operating carrier treats it like a free ticket.
I wonder which way the program will actually operate.
Mar 10, 2011, 8:13 pm
#351
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: San Diego
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That description makes the program sound like Flex Perks offered by US Bank, and that would be a lot more restrictive than the reports earlier in this thread where people describe an after-the-fact credit for travel-related expenses.
I wonder which way the program will actually operate.
I wonder which way the program will actually operate.
Mar 10, 2011, 8:38 pm
#352
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Thinking about that again, the sample text d
es say this:
I think that nobody (other than perhaps ne of us) reading that would expect that the example would be based on one month of spending. It doesn't say that, and very few cards have limits high enough to even make that possible.
es say this:
Let's say you have earned 76,250 miles earned on your United Mileage Plus credit card. You'll get 76250 miles on your new Venture card...
ne of us) reading that would expect that the example would be based on one month of spending. It doesn't say that, and very few cards have limits high enough to even make that possible.
Mar 10, 2011, 8:53 pm
#353
Join Date: Feb 2001
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>>>>>> If the ticket can be bought with money, then it can be "purchased" with Cap One points. No blackouts or limited availability games with Cap One points.
Excellent!
>>>>>>>Only sad part is that I did not get UA ff miles credited to my UA ff account even though the reservation had my UA number, and was viewable on UA's website. Maybe the operating carrier treats it like a free ticket.
Oh no, the horrors!! Can someone else familiar with Capital One redemptions confirm this? I hope it is NOT true!!!
Excellent!
>>>>>>>Only sad part is that I did not get UA ff miles credited to my UA ff account even though the reservation had my UA number, and was viewable on UA's website. Maybe the operating carrier treats it like a free ticket.
Oh no, the horrors!! Can someone else familiar with Capital One redemptions confirm this? I hope it is NOT true!!!
Mar 10, 2011, 9:06 pm
#354
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st certainly a regular ticket.
Mar 10, 2011, 9:23 pm
#356
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Kansas City - MCI
Programs: AA Exec Plat, WN CP, Hilton GoId, IHG Spire, Hyatt Globalist, Citi, Barclay, Chase, Amex, CapOne
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Pulled the trigger... I could definitely use an extra $1100 of mileage-earning flights. But I can't imagine how this is going to play out once the commercials air this weekend. Cap One is going to have a serious customer service challenge on their hands when they realize all of us are going to consume those 1 billion miles in 1 or 2 days of the offer being live. Yikes.
Mar 10, 2011, 9:25 pm
#357
Join Date: May 2010
Location: WAS
Programs: Lotz
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My read:
You will get bonus C1 "miles" equal to what miles you have gotten on any one of the named airline credit cards (for purchases and bonuses) up to a total match of 100K.
If C1 trys to wiggle on this they will be in a very arkward position.
You will get bonus C1 "miles" equal to what miles you have gotten on any one of the named airline credit cards (for purchases and bonuses) up to a total match of 100K.
If C1 trys to wiggle on this they will be in a very arkward position.
Last edited by tassojunior; Mar 10, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Mar 10, 2011, 9:57 pm
#358
Join Date: Jun 2004
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UA is so opaque I could not figure out the booking code that Cap One's online agency bought for me.
Mar 10, 2011, 9:58 pm
#359
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Brooklyn, NY, United States
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Approved for $5K. Data Points: never had Cap 1 before, FICO around 780, recently applied and got approved for Continental and US Air (the good one). Also did some mild churning back in 2010. Thanks a bunch OP!
Mar 10, 2011, 10:02 pm
#360
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: NYC
Posts: 263
Don't know why so many people are so confused about what the venture points get you. It's really quite easy. All you do is use your Venture card to purchase regular travel, flights, hotels, taxi, etc. Then, you login to the rewards website and select purchases for reimbursement.
For example, if you buy a plane ticket for $200 (this is a normal revenue ticket BTW) using your venture card, you go to the venture website, and redeem a $200 credit on your statement for 20,000 points. Done. It's really that simple.
Only thing you lose is the $200 spend on another card (or any multiplying factor you have) on that other card.
For example, if you buy a plane ticket for $200 (this is a normal revenue ticket BTW) using your venture card, you go to the venture website, and redeem a $200 credit on your statement for 20,000 points. Done. It's really that simple.
Only thing you lose is the $200 spend on another card (or any multiplying factor you have) on that other card.