Best use of 110K Capital One points?
Mar 14, 2011, 10:18 pm
#46
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My plan, albeit not one that will allow me to get more value out of it like some people's, is to use the $1100 for MR hotel stays that I had planned to do anyway before even hearing about this card. I have a fast track to diamond w/Hilton for which I need 7 nights, and I also plan on trying to requalify for Hyatt Diamond by mattress runs, which will probably cost me about $1300 all in. The only thing I'll be losing out on is the hotel points that I would have earned had I used my Hyatt or Hilton Surpass card for these purchases instead of the Venture card.
To me, it's $1100 I would spend anyway, so it's like having that cash back!!
Now if we could only get the freakin' code!
To me, it's $1100 I would spend anyway, so it's like having that cash back!!
Now if we could only get the freakin' code!
Mar 14, 2011, 10:34 pm
#47
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I read OY (over yonder as in milepoint.com) that you can also use these points/pennies/scrip to pay for annual timeshare maintenance fees. With 5 timeshares I'm getting giddy. 
Mar 14, 2011, 11:55 pm
#48
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Brentwood, Tennessee
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Can the $1,000 spend be satisfied with a $1,000 Mint purchase? And once the 112,000 points are acquired, can they be applied as a $1,120 statement credit against any kind of purchases? For instance, could I buy a $1,120 camera and use the points to reduct my bill to $0 via a statement credit?
Last edited by bpbenda; Mar 15, 2011 at 10:55 am
Mar 15, 2011, 7:08 am
#49
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Can the $1,000 spend be satisfied with a $1,000 Mint purchase? And once the 112,000 points are acquired, can they be applied as a $1,120 statement credit against any kind of purchases? For instance, could I buy a $1,120 camera and use the points to reduct my bill to $0 via a statement credit?
Mar 15, 2011, 7:12 am
#50
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Mar 15, 2011, 7:48 am
#51
Join Date: Dec 2009
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This makes no sense to do because the credit is returned to your Venture card (both the points redemption and the southwest charge). Only advantage I see to this is that now you would have a $1,100 credit on your Venture card in which you can spend against anything, instead of just travel.
Mar 15, 2011, 11:16 am
#54
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Mar 15, 2011, 3:21 pm
#58
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Southwest does not refund to your credit card, they refund to Southwest credit. So you would basically be transferring the C1 credit to Southwest Credit. Probably most useful if you have the C1 annual fee coming due and want to cancel and our a frequent enough Southwest flyer that you will use $1100 over the next year.
Mar 15, 2011, 3:32 pm
#59
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Where are you seeing a new iPad for a couple oh hundred dollars? I agree 109k might not be a great deal for the iPad but it is not a couple of hundred dollars
Mar 15, 2011, 4:19 pm
#60
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Can the $1,000 spend be satisfied with a $1,000 Mint purchase? And once the 112,000 points are acquired, can they be applied as a $1,120 statement credit against any kind of purchases? For instance, could I buy a $1,120 camera and use the points to reduct my bill to $0 via a statement credit?