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Capital One Venture X Business

The welcome offer, every credit and its catch, what it earns, the lounge rules, the insurance, and whether the $395 fee pays for itself.

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Capital One Venture X Business card

Business travel cards · Capital One

4.4Atelier rating · How we rate cards
Earning4.0
Point value4.5
Perks & protection4.0
Fee value5.0
Welcome offer4.5

Welcome offer

150,000 miles

Annual fee

$395

150,000 bonus miles after $30,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. Capital One says the bonus may not be available to existing or previous Capital One business cardholders.

Employee cards: Free; lounge access $125 a year each, for up to 4Payment: Designed to be paid in full; a portion can be carried at 25.99% variable APRForeign transaction fees: NoneRewards: Capital One miles

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The Atelier Take

A premium business card with very little homework, provided the business books at least one trip a year through Capital One Business Travel and pays the balance in full.

Who it suits

Owners who want one card that earns 2x on everything, including large expenses that miss other cards’ bonus categories, with lounge access at a fee well below the Amex and Chase premium cards. It works best for a business that books at least one trip a year through Capital One Business Travel and can put $30,000 on the card in 3 months for the bonus.

Who should skip it

Businesses whose spending is concentrated in advertising, shipping or software, where cards with bonus categories earn more on the same money. Also anyone who expects to carry a balance: the card is designed to be paid in full, and the portion that can be carried costs 25.99% variable APR.

Every credit, and the catch

Two benefits do most of the work: the $300 travel credit and 10,000 anniversary miles. Together they exceed the $395 fee for a business that books one trip a year through Capital One Business Travel.

Capital One Business Travel credit

Up to $300 a year

How often: Each account anniversary yearEnrollment: No, applied at checkout in Capital One Business Travel

Only bookings through Capital One Business Travel count. Each year’s credit expires at the next account anniversary, and the credited amount earns no miles.

Anniversary bonus

10,000 miles a year

How often: Every account anniversary, from the firstEnrollment: No

Capital One puts these at $100 toward travel; transferred to partners they can be worth more.

Global Entry or TSA PreCheck

Up to $120 every 4 years

How often: Every four yearsEnrollment: No, pay the application fee with the card

One credit per account, for whichever application fee is charged first.

Premier Collection experience credit

$100 per stay

How often: Every eligible bookingEnrollment: No

Only Premier Collection hotels and rentals booked through Capital One Business Travel; the Lifestyle Collection gives $50 per stay instead.

What it earns

Rewards: Capital One miles, which transfer to 22 airline and hotel programs, most at 1:1, or cover travel purchases at 1¢ each.

10x

Hotels and rental cars booked through Capital One Business Travel

5x

Flights and vacation rentals booked through Capital One Business Travel

5x

Tickets bought on Capital One Entertainment

Cardholder pre-sales and tickets bought directly from Capital One Arena or Capital One Hall excluded

2x

Everything else

No caps and no categories to track

TPG values Capital One miles at 1.85¢ each when transferred to partners, so 2x returns about 3.7¢ per dollar. Used to cover travel purchases, a mile is worth 1¢. Purchases paid for with the travel credit earn no miles, and hotel incidentals earn 2x.

Lounges, transfers and other benefits

Capital One Lounges and Landings

Free for the primary cardholder. Guests pay $45 each (18 and older) or $25 (17 and under); children under two are free. After $75,000 of purchases on the account in a calendar year, up to 2 guests are free at Capital One Lounges and 1 at Landings.

Priority Pass

1,300+ lounges for the primary cardholder, once enrolled, with up to 2 guests free per visit; further guests pay $35 each. On the personal Venture X, every Priority Pass guest pays.

Lounges for employee cardholders

Not included. Lounge access costs $125 a year per additional cardholder, for up to 4 of them. Employee cards without lounge access are free.

Transfer partners

18 airlines and 4 hotel programs, per Capital One’s transfer page. Most airlines transfer at 1:1, including Air Canada Aeroplan, Avianca LifeMiles, British Airways Club, Flying Blue, Qatar Privilege Club, Singapore KrisFlyer and Turkish Miles&Smiles; Emirates, EVA Air and Japan Airlines at 2:1.5; JetBlue at 5:3. Hotels: Choice Privileges and Wyndham Rewards at 1:1, I Prefer at 1:2, Accor at 2:1. Minimum transfer 1,000 miles.

Premier Collection hotels

On bookings through Capital One Business Travel: a $100 experience credit, daily breakfast for two, Wi-Fi, and a room upgrade, early check-in and late checkout when available.

Hertz President’s Circle

Complimentary Hertz President’s Circle status, once enrolled through the Capital One website or app.

How payment works

No preset spending limit. Purchases up to a Pay Over Time limit set by Capital One can be carried at 25.99% variable APR; anything above it is due in full each month. A late payment costs 2.99% of the unpaid minimum.

Capital One Business Travel

A booking tool with travel policies, administrators and spend tracking for the business, included at no cost.

Will the $395 fee pay off?

Enter what would go on this card. The result values points at TPG’s valuation, adds the credits that would actually be used and, in year one, the welcome offer, then sets the total against a no-fee card that pays 2% back on everything.

1 · Spending on this card

Example figures are filled in; replace them with real ones.

Advertising

2x

Shipping

2x

Internet, cable and phone

2x

Office supplies

2x

Software and cloud services

2x

Hotels and rental cars through Capital One Business Travel

10x

Flights and vacation rentals through Capital One Business Travel

5x

Capital One Entertainment tickets

5x

Flights booked elsewhere

2x

Hotels booked elsewhere

2x

Dining

2x

Gas

2x

Everything else

2x

2 · Credits that would be used

Tick only what would be used anyway, at full value.

When the travel credit is ticked, the first $300 booked through Capital One Business Travel is treated as covered by it and earns no miles, as Capital One’s terms say.

3 · Assumptions

The result

Year oneEach year after
Miles on spending
Credits used
Welcome offer—
Annual fee−$395−$395
Net value
A no-fee 2% card instead2% back on the same spending
This card’s edge

Not counted: lounge access for the cardholder and free Priority Pass guests, Premier and Lifestyle Collection benefits, Hertz President’s Circle status and the insurance.

Insurance and protections

World Elite Mastercard for Business benefits, from the Guide to Benefits that Capital One links for the Venture X Business. The card page itself lists only extended warranty. The guide includes no trip delay cover. Pay for the trip, rental or purchase with the card to be covered.

Auto rental collision damage

The guide’s conditions require the car to be rented primarily for business purposes, in the cardholder’s own name, paid in full with the card, for 31 days or less; those rentals are covered on a primary basis for theft and damage. The guide sets no fixed dollar cap on the vehicle (it pays the lesser of repair cost or actual cash value); loss-of-use charges up to $500, personal effects up to $1,000 per person and $2,000 per rental. Not available in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Australia, Italy or New Zealand.

Trip cancellation and interruption

Up to $1,500 per covered trip and $5,000 per account per 12 months, for non-refundable common carrier fares paid with the card, when illness, injury or death cancels or cuts short the trip.

Baggage delay

$100 a day for up to 3 days ($300) for essentials when checked bags are delayed more than 4 hours.

Lost or damaged luggage

Up to $1,500 per incident, 2 claims per 12 months, above what the carrier pays.

Travel accident insurance

Up to $1,000,000 when the full fare is charged to the card.

Cell phone protection

Up to $800 per claim and $1,000 per 12 months, 2 claims, after a $50 deductible. Pay the monthly phone bill with the card.

Purchase assurance

Theft or damage within 90 days of purchase: up to $10,000 per claim and $50,000 per account per 12 months.

Extended warranty

Doubles manufacturer warranties of 5 years or less, adding up to 12 months; up to $10,000 per item.

Price protection

Up to $500 per item and $2,500 a year when an identical item is advertised for less within 60 days of purchase.

Rideshare protection

Up to $750 per trip for personal items lost or stolen in a rideshare vehicle, after a $100 deductible; 2 claims and $1,500 per 12 months.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • The travel credit and anniversary miles cover the fee for a business that books one trip a year through Capital One Business Travel
  • 2x on every purchase, with no caps and nothing to track
  • Up to 2 Priority Pass guests free per visit, unlike the personal Venture X
  • Miles transfer to 22 airline and hotel programs

Cons

  • The bonus needs $30,000 of purchases in 3 months
  • Designed to be paid in full; the portion that can be carried costs 25.99% variable APR
  • Guests at Capital One Lounges pay $45 each unless the account spends $75,000 a year
  • No bonus categories for advertising, shipping or software

Card terms change often and some offers are personalized; the issuer’s page is the final word.

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