First and foremost, Luke, thank you for your service. 15 yr Navy vet here. Qantas, whole reason that I got into the Capital One duo. I was an exchange student there my senior year. Goal is to get back and visit my host family once a year.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Oh man that sounds like a great trip! Go navy, baby!!

@509Jedi

7 ай бұрын

@@LukesPointsandMiles I need to explore using a transfer partner as a middle man for other aspirational travel options.

@artemrevelsky

6 ай бұрын

Only 5 year short of your 20... Did you at least end up finishing it in the reserve? Army NG here.

Really love Turkish as an option for Capital One- definitely a huge reason I want to still add the Venture X somewhat soon. Avianca is super underrated too. Great video as always Luke!

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Avianca is a great option for both Europe and South America!

@newagain9964

6 ай бұрын

RIP Turkish redemptions 😪

The MR ratio on AeroMexico is due to them measuring flights in Km and issuing their “miles” as air Kilometers. The ratio puts it at an even 1 mile to 1 mile(total)

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Interesting.

Dude you are the best. Thank you for making a video about capital one travel partners. I was planning on buying Venture X credit card to use it on Singapore Airlines. This video is a huge help. Thanks a lot!

@LukesPointsandMiles

3 ай бұрын

My pleasure

I just transferred my Savor One bonus to Turkish this morning 🤩

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Boom!! Nice moves!!!

Great video uncle Luke! Definitely feel like cap 1 is slept on and love their versatility over say Hyatt ultimate rewards points ... I mean chase 😂. My top 3 would be 1)turkish 2) aeroplan 3)virgin based on how I've used them. Take care till the next 1 bud.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I’m itching to do a Turkish redemption.

@seanfetsko233

7 ай бұрын

My 2 big tips for a turkish redemption would be use united airlines website for their calendar to find availability. Their site is way better than turkish. Secondly if it only let's you book 1 person on turkish website it can be janky sometimes to just use the turkish app that works. I'm a west coast guy so most recently did 45k from lax business class to europe. Spent a little less than that with a xfer bonus. Cheers 🍻

Thank you for your service, Uncle Luke! My girl has a SavorOne card and is in Capital One’s good graces! I’m gonna see if she’ll go for the VX sometime this year and she’ll be set with her Cap One duo! That way we can have Chase, Amex, and Capital One all in our home! Only missing Citi 😛 Keep up the great work! Love your content. - Ivan

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Nice work!! I think folks can do without Citi for the most part. But I still love them. Haha

Wow! Your #16 surprised me, but your explanation makes sense. Thanks for this deep dive on Capital One transfer partners.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I think choice is a player in this game but just not through Capital one. Just better ways to book those.

@newagain9964

6 ай бұрын

Bruh. No way I’m transferring pts from a “premium” travel card to choice 1:1. But 1:2, sure.

Aeroplan, Cathay Pacific, and Singapore Airlines are my favorites so far! But they are also on Amex so I guess if I were to ever consider switching over, my favorite redemptions options wouldn't change. Appreciate the C1 rankings Luke!

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!! I can’t wait to try Cathay Pacific when me and Carlos go to Hong Kong!🇭🇰

I agree 100%, Capital One has good options to get great value from points. I think the majority wants to see domestic airlines and when they don’t see them, they get a little confused on how to use their points. I like Aeroplan, Virgin Atlantic and British Airways! Thanks for the information and keep up the great work brother!🫵

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

You are correct, brotha. And thanks!

Saving this video for burning my Venture X sign up bonus miles. Great info for lesser known booking options (some I never knew of!).

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Some of the lessor knows partners are killers for good redemptions!

People who complain about C1 partners dont understand partners well enough. My 3 favorites are Aeroplan, BA and Turkish. I have not had trouble with Turkish. I've booked to Europe on Turkish, to Mexico in business on United, domestic on United economy all with no issues. The value of those have been extremely good. Flying Blue I am sure would be in my top but I have not booked through them. Ive used Aeroplan many times including back from Mexico, back from Europe (on that Singapore flight!) Intra Asia (this year again on Singapore) BA inused to book QSuites in Sept. So yes C1 miles have gotten me fantastic value!

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

For Sure. So many great options!!

I'm so happy I have access to these partners after getting the Venture X. I have to agree that Air Canada Aeroplan is amazing. It seems like every time I try to book an international business class flight Aeroplan is the cheapest option

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

It really is one of the best. So many options.

Thanks Uncle Luke. I took notes during your video... it was that helpful.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

My pleasure

Aeroplan is definitely goated, I have a business class flight on Singapore airlines that I booked through Aeroplan with a transfer bonus so it was only 63k points. For that reason I’d rank Turkish above Singapore, cause why use Krisflyer when I can use less points on aeroplan? British avios are also clutch as I used them for an AA flight to Cancun for 10k points. Great breakdown!

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

I have to agree with you, sir!

As a Fin who travels between the US and Finland every year that Finnair partnership seems great for me!

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I see a lot of opportunities there soon!!

First 🎉 great video as I have some miles I want to use and this helps Luke!

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

🥇

I used Eithad to fly AA first class from JFK to LA for 25,000 miles and $14 on the A321 Transcon with the lie flat seats. It also gave me access to Flagship First dining at JFK which was almost worth it by itself. The same redemption through BA is over twice the miles. I've actually used Turkish miles for a 45K business class flight to Europe, wasn't that tough, but I was flying solo. Could be a headache with a family. I recently booked Flying Blue DFW to Paris non stop in business class for 50K per person. I've never booked through Aeroplan. For whatever reason it never works out coming from DFW

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

You’re killing it!!

@TheDjim49

7 ай бұрын

@@LukesPointsandMiles I've been at it for a while now and have gotten pretty good at finding deals. Starting to get burnt out a little though, your cash back strategy got me thinking 🤔

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

@@TheDjim49 yeah nothing wrong with taking a real and earning some cheddar!!

Thanks for the video, Luke! I wish Chase and/or Amex would take on Turkish Airlines as a transfer partner. I have far more points with Chase and Amex than I do with C1. And there aren’t too many opportunities to accumulate C1 miles while Chase and Amex have many more ways to earn their points. Having C1 miles being my only currency (I don’t have a foot in Citi’s ecosystem) to transfer to Turkish Airlines isn’t exactly optimal.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I just don’t see that happening. But citi has them.

Just got a one way direct business flight from Warsaw to JFK using Avianca for 63k + 80$ via LOT airline. The cash price for the ticket on their website is 2700$. Very happy with the value I got. 63k +80$ is cheaper than any economy flight I could find online. What a win!! For that alone, I love Avianca miles!

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Nice work!!!

I've noticed that for Turkish Airlines, the best redemption is through United, Aeroplan was good only till Turkey. I use Turkish to fly to Central Asia and United redemption is a goldmine. MIA-->IST-->ASB for 88k business class all the way, you can't beat it, if you can, lemme know 😉

Thank you, Luke. I took an upgrade offer from the Gold to the Plat for a 100,000 MR offer, but after this year, I'm getting out of the high annual fee game. I love the Venture X and will keep it and run a Capitol One Setup that helps me accumulate points along with my Chase UR balance.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

That’s what I’m doing!!

@LAScriptwriter

7 ай бұрын

@@LukesPointsandMiles appreciate the great content and the YT lives.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

@@LAScriptwriter thank you! But I’ve Never done a Facebook live!

@LAScriptwriter

7 ай бұрын

@@LukesPointsandMiles Yeah. I just saw that and fixed it. My cellphone autocorrected to Facebook vs KZread. Sorry about that.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

@@LAScriptwriter oh ha!! I was thinking. Maybe I am doing something Facebook lives. Haah

My wife and I recently did a business class flight from IAD to ATH with a stopover in CDG using Flying Blue. On the way back, we were supposed to be in the new Air France business cabin, but missed our flight due to flight delays and got bumped to another flight with the old business class. The new business class looks amazing, so we were a little bummed about that. But we did get over 4CPP, so we couldn't be too mad.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Yeah even the old one is a nice ride!!

Turkish is higher on my list with Amex and Chase not having them as a partner and they have domestic and international redemptions. Aeroplan doesn’t do domestic redemptions so that’s a slight disadvantage. People get C1 cards just for the Turkish Miles.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Very valuable for the reasons you say.

EVA is really undervalued, their program is super generous with business class availability transpacific which is extremely tight with the Chinese airlines not dumping capacity.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Good to know. I’m still learning about them

Capital One rules! 1. Turkish miles & smiles (must try) 2. Asia Miles (Cathay Pacific) 3. Aeroplan (never tried it yet)

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Glen Ardonia the number 1 works traveler!!!!

Capital One def deserves a 2nd look from people. Who doesnt love more ways to get Flying Blue, Virgin, Avios or Aeroplan miles?

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

I sure do!!

If they can get everything to 1:1 ratio and add a domestic airline, it's competitive with Chase

I enjoy watching you on KZread ❤

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Thanks, Vicki!!!

Great video! I just wish C1 has more transfer bonuses. I noticed they aren’t as often as the other lenders unfortunately

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

I feel the same way! I feel like Amex has the most.

I'd rank Aeroplan #1 too. I booked two business class flights last year thru AC: KUL-BKK on Thai Airways and BKK-SIN-SFO on Singapore Airlines (which was 20K fewer pts than going thru SQ KrisFlyer)..

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Nice moves!!

Can you explain in detail the East Coast US to Tel Aviv using a transfer to Quantas??? For El Al business class?? I am a newbie and need to travel there in August

@LukesPointsandMiles

3 ай бұрын

Check out my Maximum Value Redemptions series / play list. I think there’s a video specifically on that.

I like that you mentioned aspirational redemptions. Do you have a video specifically on that or plans to make one?

@LukesPointsandMiles

5 ай бұрын

I have a series called “maximum value redemptions”. Check out my playlists.

I’ve gotten a 1:1 redemption on choice points every time. Just recently I redeemed a 1.8 cpp on choice in Venice, Italy in the middle of spring break. But yeah here in USA it’s limited

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

That’s pretty awesome. In Europe it seems there are way more good redemptions but there are still some good ones domestically.

1. Flying Blue 2. British 3. Wyndham 4. Aeroplan

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Very Interesting but all 4 great partners

Just getting in to points. Say I know my destination how can I scout the best redemptions on points for flights(airline portal)?

@LukesPointsandMiles

3 ай бұрын

Using sites like seats.ero is the easiest way to find award availability

1. Turkish - easy to book from their mobile app. 2. Wyndham 3. Lifemiles

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Not as easy to book for 3. Haha

Im living in Australia at the moment, Qantas program is extremely expensive, you need so many miles for booking, much better is to use AAdvantage miles for a Qantas flight, I just I had a flight from Tokyo to Melbourne for only 40k AAdvantage + 45 usd in Business. also Turkish is one of the cheapest way to book United

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Aadvantage Miles are great but somewhat difficult to accumulate compared to card partners

@garciatunion

7 ай бұрын

@@LukesPointsandMiles thats true, Im living in Australia and Im traveling with One world airlines all the time so is easier for me

Were your rankings based on your propensity to redeem for business and first class? I wonder how the rankings would look for us Economy redeemers. Generally, I've loved Air France for international economy redemptions cause I've paired them with promos.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

It was just a general ranking for me overall. Air France is also a great way to book domestic delta flights very versatile - they would be higher on my list it it weren't for some substantial fees when flying to europe.

The ease of use for Avianca's calender puts them at #1 for me.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

I can see that. And so many options. Only draw back is I’ve heard it’s something difficult to make any changes. Might have to just cancel and start over.

@joephillips5594

7 ай бұрын

@@LukesPointsandMiles good point.

Love Turkish Miles and Smiles for the United flights!

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Yes sir!!

Awesome video bud. Quick question, is there any need to be a member of both air Canada and avianca? Since they’re both star alliance members, don’t you get access to the same flight options regardless ?

@LukesPointsandMiles

5 ай бұрын

No they are two different programs and they offer two different sets of awards

had capital one for 7 years and they bucket me. won't upgrade me out of my annual fee quicksilver card. chase i have the CFU,CFF, CSP. nope i'm canceling capital one when i fee comes around again.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Makes sense. I would cancel any card they doesn’t make sense. With capital one you can always apply for a new cards when your status changes.

I'm looking forward to getting the duo! Have you found that Savor is worth the annual fee?

@LukesPointsandMiles

6 ай бұрын

I’m have the no AF Savor one. I don’t think the $95 Savor makes sense for most people. Unless they are spending more than $9500 on dining

@christinichka

6 ай бұрын

Thanks I am leaning towards Savor One also but was feeling some fomo! Just need to wait a couple more months (6 months wait time between Capital One cards).

@LukesPointsandMiles

6 ай бұрын

@@christinichka I can understand. I think the S1 is the superior card for the majority of folks

Cap 1 is great for international airlines. Are they still transferring 1 to 6 on Aeromexico? I'd try them if I could....but I just got 30% bonus transfers from Capital One (and AMEX) to Virgin Airlines, and last year, 20% extra to Flying Blue. It was good timing at a brief moment when KLM's business class tickets were a fantastic deal for my itinerary. I'm hoping the Virgin points become a great help for my next international excursions.

@LukesPointsandMiles

3 ай бұрын

Nice move. Virgin has been a little tough to find. I’ve just been using them for domestic flights with delta.

@VeganWithAraygun

3 ай бұрын

​@@LukesPointsandMilesThis is a larger part of my reasoning for doing so. Whatever one can do for better value on Delta flights is obvious , given their awful devaluation of Sky Miles these past 5 years. Next trip to KTM via Inchon, Virgin points will be a great asset. (LAX to S.K ) A A380 lying flat window seat is on my bucket list 🎉

@LukesPointsandMiles

3 ай бұрын

@@VeganWithAraygun ah I like that!!

Can you can do a tier list format next time? I wouldn’t have put Singapore as high, their hard product is great but the best way to book them is thru Aeroplan.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

I agree. I just have a soft spot for them and their suites

@AnthonyFinAtlanta

7 ай бұрын

I really like Air France the best, I can always rely on them to have saver award space. I just found a killer saver deal, 95,000 for Business class from JFK to TPE Tawain, with a 9 or 13 layover in Amsterdam. It may be possible to do a stopover in AMS but the rules for that are kinda murky.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

@@AnthonyFinAtlanta I really like flying blue as well but they can get expensive when it’s 3 travelers.

@AnthonyFinAtlanta

7 ай бұрын

Yea on that route taxes are 400 bucks but the 95k is unusually low for them, most other areas in Asia is over 230k from JFK.

I’m not sure who I exactly want Cap 1 to get but they’re 1/2 partners away from me moving over to them!

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

I like their ecosystem in spite of the lack of hotel partners. It’s a good way to be a hotel free agent

How would you use the points to book a flight to Cancun from SFO?

@LukesPointsandMiles

Ай бұрын

I have never flown out of SFO so I have to admit I’ve never looked at any redemptions from there.

@MrHawaiiboy510

Ай бұрын

@@LukesPointsandMiles fair enough. Keep up the great work

@LukesPointsandMiles

Ай бұрын

@@MrHawaiiboy510 I’m do know that aero Mexico has a route to Cancun. As does United.

Are there any good partner airlines for domestic travel? Searched virgin, aero plan, and BA and all came in like 1.5-2X higher than booking direct! This was looking at United delta AND AA! I’m looking at SFO to MSY for the creator gathering. Guess I’ll be sticking to SWA. Though AA has some saver award deals. The only nonstop is United and they want a hefty 34k each way

@LukesPointsandMiles

6 ай бұрын

I’m not sure I understand. Qantas and BA will generally be less points than AA. Virgin or Air France will likely be less points than delta. But they also have a travel portal and you can “erase” those charges with points

I have so many capital one points and am getting married in Italy this September. Any recommendations for first/business class round trip ?

@LukesPointsandMiles

4 ай бұрын

Congratulations!! For Italy I live virgin miles jfk to Rome on air Italia or whatever it’s called. You also have the jfk to Milan on emirates they would be awesome.

@kristinstembo

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I always used to do the purchase eraser, which I’ve learned isn’t the most bang for your buck. So do I convert the points and then purchase or do I book through cap one

@LukesPointsandMiles

4 ай бұрын

@@kristinstembo it sounds like you’re going to need to do some more research. Nothing wrong with the purchase eraser but you’re not going to get great value that way. I think the two options I suggested are rather advanced. But you could check emirates website and if they have availability you would transfer cap1 miles to emirates and book. But it’s a little more complicated than that.

I have trouble finding availability on AA via BA. Seems the flights I want are never available and I end up paying cash or 1cpp via portal in the end.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Are you looking at flight to/from major hubs and focusing one ways?

@nbthirtytwo

7 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@LukesPointsandMilesyes, DFW. I find availability about 25% of the time. Family of 3. My best option is thru portal for 1 cpp value. Fly domestically 6 or more times per year.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

@@nbthirtytwo I normally find it more often than that but sometimes I hate to sacrifice and take times that are less than optimal. Try other one works partners like Qantas or even etihad.

ACCOR ALL program points is worth 2 cents euro each. So they are super valuable

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I’m still learning about the program

@mintico

7 ай бұрын

@@LukesPointsandMiles they dont have good footprints in america. Nowadays They focus mostly in asia pacific region.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

@@mintico gotcha!!

Nice video Luke! 👍👍 I have a question. I know that you will need to have an account with Transfer Partner to transfer points from Capital One and other banks. Is it okay to accumulate some mileage with multiple airlines within same Airline Alliances for future use? I want to be sure that it is okay before doing this for future redemptions.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Do you mean transferring points just to build them up? I would not recommend. Transferring til you have a redemption to execute. Those points won’t transfer back if you change your mind and sometimes they could expire.

@SYS-ky7zk

7 ай бұрын

No, I'm talking about mileage accumulation for flying certain airlines that are part of Capital One Transfer Partners. For example, is it okay to have some mileage for Singapore Airlines and Avianca just for flying even though they are part of same alliance. I would use the mileage later on with some transferred mileage from Capital One or other banks.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

@@SYS-ky7zk sure they sounds fine

Do you which one of these transfer partners would be my best bet to get a flight from Atl to South Africa?

@LukesPointsandMiles

6 ай бұрын

There are so many, Turkish, British airways, Qatar I think might be the best.

@bayodaman

6 ай бұрын

@@LukesPointsandMiles okay thanks.

Turkish is my #1. Their portal is 99% accurate now. No more calling and emailing for me

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Solo travel?

@jakemercure

7 ай бұрын

Oh yeah good point. I had to call once for my P2 booking. I think since she’s my account it should be good to book multiple flights at once. At least that’s what the rep said haha😂

First

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

🥇

People view capital one transfer partners as less than because travel hacking youtubers tell them that MR and UR points are better. Capital one and citi are viewed and discussed as little brothers

@LukesPointsandMiles

6 ай бұрын

Personally, I wouldn’t listen to KZreadrs!!

Turkish Airlines all the way. Yes a clunky website but I'll look past it for the great value.

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Been accumulating Turkish this year.

@RSquared-travel-rewards

7 ай бұрын

@@LukesPointsandMiles Same here, video on that shortly. Love the value.

I aint a Virgin to Virgin!

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Great program and there’s nothing wrong with waiting for marriage.

🥇AEROPLAN🥇 Thanks for the info + video!

@LukesPointsandMiles

7 ай бұрын

Aeroplan is big league.