Brian Kelly here (founder of The Points Guy, for those I haven’t “met” yet), and I’m taking over the first newsletter of 2026 because a fantastic offer, on a card that I love using, is ending soon.
Here are the details
The Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card is currently offering 100,000 bonus miles after you spend $10,000 within six months from account opening, but time is ticking as the offer ends Jan. 5.
The Venture X stands out because it delivers real value without the usual premium-card headaches. The $395 annual fee is competitive, the card earns a simple 2 miles per dollar spent on everything, and the lounge access alone can be a game changer (the new 24-hour Capital One Lounge at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport already saved my family on a recent trip).
Benefits and perks
You’ll get an annual travel credit of $300 to use for booking on Capital One Travel and 10,000 miles each year on your card’s anniversary.
Capital One miles are flexible, too — you can transfer them to partners for amazing award redemptions for lie-flat seats:
Air France-KLM Flying Blue to book 60,000-mile award seats to Europe
Qatar Airways Privilege Club to book Qsuite across the ocean from 70,000 Avios one-way
Air Canada Aeroplan to fly All Nippon Airways to Japan from 55,000 miles one-way
If transferring to partners seems too complicated, you can also use the miles to erase travel purchases at a straightforward rate of 1 cent per mile when you need simplicity.
Bottom line: This six-figure bonus on the Venture X is what we in the industry call a “no-brainer.” We haven’t seen an offer this high since 2021, and I don’t want you to miss out on this 100,000-mile offer before it ends Jan. 5.
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