topic Re: Quicksilver or Venture One? in Credit Cards

Quicksilver or Venture One?

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 11:02:58 GMT

My Quicksilver card is giving me the option to upgrade to the Venture One. While this doesn't really seem like an upgrade to me, does anyone have any input?

Re: Quicksilver or Venture One?

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 11:05:30 GMT

from 1.5% cash bach to 1.25 cap1 miles per dollar, thats a downgrade in my book.

Re: Quicksilver or Venture One?

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 11:31:05 GMT

Agreed, I’d keep the Cashback QS and look elsewhere for travel miles.

Re: Quicksilver or Venture One?

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 11:38:25 GMT

Well I've got a Barclay Arrival Plus, just thought it would be neat to see if I could upgrade either of my Cap. Ones, since they took away the *&^@ account combination feature.

Re: Quicksilver or Venture One?

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 11:46:11 GMT

Same, cap1 QS is my oldest card, I got it before QS bought my old issuer and changed it to QS.

Truth is Cap1 has no better AF free card, so don't bother with any "upgrade". Im just holding it in case my spending abroad demand a MC.

Re: Quicksilver or Venture One?

marcforza1 — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 12:24:43 GMT

Well, that's a shame that it won't be a good upgrade from the QS because I was looking to do the exact same thing with my QS card for several months now. My main reason for wanting to upgrade to the Venture One was to use the points for car rental and Airbnb stay (and I have several 1.5% cards including the QS1). I am going to apply for the Amex Hilton Honors card soon but my understanding is that the points are best redeemed for Hilton stays, which I'm cool with that.

Now, if Cap1 ever decides to let us combine card limits again or at least give us the upgrade option to the Savor One, then I would totally be satisfied with that upgrade.

Re: Quicksilver or Venture One?

Shooting-For-800 — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 13:16:17 GMT

Unless you use Hotel.com a lot, there is absolutely no reason to PC.

VentureONE is the worse prime card Cap One has in my opinion.

1.5% CASH vs 1.25 miles.

Re: Quicksilver or Venture One?

pinkandgrey — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 14:23:36 GMT

I’d say the QS is better. Straightforward 1.5% cash back beats 1.25 miles IMO. If you want a travel card, there are better options out there!

Re: Quicksilver or Venture One?

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 14:29:09 GMT

@pinkandgrey wrote:
I’d say the QS is better. Straightforward 1.5% cash back beats 1.25 miles IMO. If you want a travel card, there are better options out there!

Right, the only advantages of Venture One are the hotels.com promo and is you can transfer your miles usefully (but earning at 1.25 means lots of spend is needed!)

Of course, there are better cashback cards then QS for that matter!