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Capital One Premier Collection
In November of 2021, the Capital One Venture X lit the super premium credit card market on fire with its straight forward approach and unlimited 2x earning. Over the past year benefits continue to be added and Capital One’s response for American Express Fine Hotel and Resorts just went live: The Capital One Travel Premier Collection. Properties that are including come with hotel credits, upgrades, breakfast, and more.
Cardholders of the Capital One Venture X will not only have access to the Capital One Travel Premier Collection, but…..
- Capital One Venture X cardholders will earn 10x AND Hotel Elite points and Status where applicable with Travel Premier Collection hotels
This is a massive flex.
Ordinarily online travel agency hotel rates do not give you elite nights or benefits. For instance, if you book Amex FHR you will occasionally get the hotel elite benefits, but you’ll only earn 1x, and most often these are the non-prepaid rates which don’t trigger the Amex Platinum $200 hotel credit. If you take advantage of the pre-paid rate that earns 5x, the hotel elite benefits and points disappear.
Let’s take a look at the new Capital One Travel Premier Collection
I just logged into to my Venture X and saw the Premier collection is populating on the main log in page.
How Capital One Premier Collection works and benefits
- Book via Capital One Travel
- Capital One Venture X cardholders will earn 10x points on Premier Collection
- Earn Hotel Loyalty Points and Status when applicable
- Other benefits
- A $100 USD experience credit (or the local equivalent) to use on dining, spa, and other activities during their stay
- Daily breakfast for two
- Complimentary Wifi
- Additional premium benefits when available, including early check-in, late checkout, a room upgrade, and more
A few hotels that can be found in Capital One Premier Collection include:
- The Ned NoMad in New York City
- Pendry Chicago, Il
- Langham Hotel Pasadena, CA
- Dupont Circle Hotel, Washington D.C.
- Pendry Washington D.C.
- Montage Laguna Beach in California
- 1 Hotel South Beach in Florida
- COMO Castello Del Nero in Italy
- Le Pavillon de la Reine in Paris
- Sugar Beach, a Viceroy Resort in St. Lucia
- Standard Hotel, London
- Flemings Mayfair London
- Langham London
- Euphoria Retreat in Greece
- Hotel Cafe Royal in London
- Majestic Hotel in Barcelona
- The Carlin Hotel in New Zealand
- The Plettenberg in South Africa
- Hotel Lutetia Paris
- Hotel San Regis Paris
- Virgin Hotel Nashville, TN
- 1Hotel Nashville, TN
Overall:
This is a direct response to the following credit card luxury hotel programs offered to Amex and Chase cardholders:
- Fine Hotels and Resorts
- Amex Platinum, Business Platinum, Centurion, Business Centurion
- The Hotel Collection
- Amex Gold, Business Gold
- Chase Luxury Hotel and Resort Collection
- Sapphire Reserve, United Explorer Card, United Gateway, United Club Infinite, United Quest, United Business
The Chase Sapphire Preferred is a great starter card that earns Premium Ultimate Rewards that can be transferred into over a dozen partners many of which are US based.
Welcome Offer
60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months
80k offer in branch currently – I think this should be online soon
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
Super solid welcome offer.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex℠and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash , Ink Business Unlimited you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
- 3x on dining
- including eligible delivery services for takeout
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Ultimate Rewards – Chase Travel Portal
- $50 Annual Credit on hotel stays purchased via Ultimate Rewards/Chase Travel
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred® continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel Portal and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including primary rental car insurance, purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 13 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in the Chase Travel center for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Primary rental car coverage is my favorite
There is currently an 80k offer after $4k spend in 3 months available in branch, and up to 90k after $6k spend in 6 months. I suspect some version of this will be online soon if you don’t want the hassle of going into a branch.
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 60k is a very, very good offer. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back. .
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
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