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LIMITED-TIME OFFERS
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Is this the best business card welcome offer ever?
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I’m used to seeing huge welcome offers on business credit cards, but the most recent really made my jaw drop, as it might be the biggest welcome offer we have ever seen on a business credit card.
As we showed you last week, for a limited time, new applicants for the Capital One Venture X Business can earn 200,000 bonus miles after spending $30,000 on purchases in the first three months, and an additional 200,000 bonus miles after spending a total of $150,000 on purchases in the first six months. This is the highest welcome bonus ever offered on this card — including when it was launched in 2023.
The previous highest offer we’ve seen on this card was six months ago, when you could earn up to 350,000 bonus miles (no longer available) — 50,000 miles lower than the current offer.
Obviously, to earn this bonus, you’d need to have significant business expenses. But if this sounds like you, I’m envious, because the rewards you would earn from this offer are staggering!
We value Capital One miles at 1.85 cents each, according to our December 2025 valuations, meaning 400,000 miles are worth up to $7,400 when transferred to Capital One’s 15-plus airline and hotel partners and used for high‑value bookings.
I’ve redeemed lots of Capital One miles earned from my beloved Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card over the past few years. Some of my favorite and recommended redemptions include:- Transferring miles to Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club program at a 1:1 ratio and booking flights to London from the Northeast from just 6,000 Virgin points each way (plus taxes and surcharges). This is a route I fly regularly, and I cannot get over what a great deal this is in a full-service economy class.
- Booking my husband in Air France business class to Europe for just 60,000 Capital One miles by transferring them to Flying Blue at a 1:1 ratio. He loved the chic design, gourmet cuisine and French flair.
- Next week, we’re both spending 21 hours in what I consider to be the world’s best business class: Qatar Airways’ award-winning Qsuite from Europe to Australia, which I booked for just 90,000 Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios per person, transferred at a 1:1 ratio from Capital One. You can book flights from the United States to Doha for just 70,000 Avios, including epic 15-hour journeys from the U.S. West Coast, which is one of the best luxury redemptions available from any airline program.
- Booking last-minute, short-haul United Airlines-operated flights for just 10,000 miles by transferring them to Air Canada’s Aeroplan program at a 1:1 ratio.
When you think about how much travel you could book with 400,000 Capital One miles, this limited-time offer letting you earn up to 400,000 bonus miles on the Venture X Business is incredibly impressive.
— Ben Smithson, Senior writer
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