Do you earn points on flights booked with points Capital One?

Capital One Travel is an online booking experience where eligible cardholders can book flights, hotels and rental cars. Depending on your card, you can earn as much as 10X miles on hotels and rental cars and 5X miles on flights booked through Capital One Travel.



The answer depends on how you use your Capital One miles. If you redeem miles to "book travel" directly through the Capital One Travel portal, the booking is treated like a cash purchase by the airline. Therefore, you will typically earn frequent flyer miles and elite status credits with the airline for that flight, provided you enter your loyalty number. However, you do not earn Capital One miles on the portion of the ticket paid for with rewards. Conversely, if you "transfer" your Capital One miles to a partner airline (like Air Canada or British Airways) to book an "award ticket" directly through the airline's own system, you will not earn any frequent flyer miles or points on that flight, as it is classified as a non-revenue award seat. In short: booking through the portal earns airline miles; transferring to partners does not.

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Capital One Miles are most valuable when redeemed for travel. Each mile is worth 1 cent as a travel statement credit, making 50,000 miles worth $500 in travel reimbursements. You can request a credit for travel purchases made in the last 90 days.

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Officially, Capital One counts these expenses as travel purchases: Airlines, hotels, rail lines, car rental agencies, limousine services, bus lines, cruise lines, taxi cabs, travel agents, and timeshares.

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Travel rewards credit cards allow you to earn miles each time you make a qualifying travel or everyday purchase. Once enough miles have accumulated on your account, you can redeem them for travel-related expenses like flights, hotel stays, rentals or vacation packages.

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Redeem for travel purchases Through the Capital One travel portal, you can redeem your miles for flights, hotel stays, car rentals, vacation packages and more. Alternatively, you can redeem your miles to cover qualifying travel purchases made with your card within 90 days of purchase.

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Capital One has 14 airline transfer partners to choose from. The airline partners are AeroMexico, Air Canada, Air France/KLM, Air Portugal, Avianca, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Etihad, EVA Air, Finnair, Qantas, Singapore Airlines and Turkish Airlines.

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We sampled flight awards available with U.S. carriers and found that consumers need between about 8,000 and 57,000 miles to get a free one-way coach flight. Free flights in business or first class start at around 25,000 miles and climb to well over 150,000 miles one-way.

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Capital One miles are worth exactly 1 cent apiece when booking travel through the Capital One portal. Getting 1 cent per mile isn't terrible, but more valuable redemptions are available when booking with partners. We estimate the value of miles redeemed with Capital One transfer partners at 1.4 cents.

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Pay with Miles tickets are eligible for MQMs and MQSs. In addition, Pay with Miles tickets will earn mileage and MQDs for the portion of the base fare and carrier-imposed surcharges remaining that is paid in currency after miles are applied to the ticket total.

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Ultimately, deciding whether to redeem points rather than pay cash for travel is a personal choice. You'll get more value by using them for high-priced travel experiences. But if you're a budget traveler who just wants to save a few bucks, use your points for that economy flight or low-category hotel redemption.

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Capital One miles are worth 1 cent each when redeemed for travel, 0.8 cents each when redeemed for gift cards and 0.5 cents each when redeemed for cash back. That means 20,000 Capital One miles are worth $200 in travel or $100 in cash back.

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In a typical week, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday are typically the best days to fly for travelers seeking the cheapest fares, at least on domestic flights.

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5,000 Capital One miles are worth an average of $35, depending on how you redeem them. Capital One miles are worth the most when redeemed for travel, but you can also redeem for a statement credit, a check or gift cards, among other options.

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Yes. Technically paying down your mortgage with a credit card is possible, but it is a complicated process. Mortgage lenders do not accept direct credit card payments, so you will need to find a workaround service like Plastiq in order to carry out the transaction.

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