Comments on: The 38 Best Ways To Redeem Capital One Miles For Max Value [2023]

By: Osvald

Osvald — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 17:02:36 +0000

My favourite use of Capital One points is Turkish Airlines. They have fabulous Business promo deals

By: Katie Seemann

Katie Seemann — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:02:28 +0000

In reply to SW.

Hi SW,
Yeah, I noticed that too. Hopefully point transfers will be up and running soon.

By: SW

SW — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:02:04 +0000

All Capital One points transfers have been “down for maintenance” for over 3 days (since 9/23/22). It’s impossible to transfer any points into any miles or hotel program right now, and customer service giving no end date. Terrible.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 03:57:42 +0000

I looked up flights on Air France from LAX to HNL but I have found no available options after checking several dates. They don’t offer alternative dates but just recommend “No available fares for those dates . Please try again.” Any suggestions on how to resolve this?

By: Jarrod West

Jarrod West — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 18:53:53 +0000

In reply to Livetotravel.

Hi Livetotravel,

It is likely that you were seeing awards through Air Canada directly instead of its partners. Read through our guide on the best ways to fly to South Korea with points and miles for booking options.

By: Livetotravel

Livetotravel — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 20:05:20 +0000

Hi. Thanks for your article and tips. Trying to book a business flight from LAX to ICN at the end of March 2023. I have Capital One Venture X card with about 100k points. I signed up for Aeroplan but their business class starts at over 200k points. Am I doing something wrong?

By: Jarrod West

Jarrod West — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 14:13:38 +0000

In reply to Alex.

Hi Alex,

Check out our guide on the best ways to fly to Argentina with points and miles.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 29 May 2022 22:11:43 +0000

Hi – I’m trying to book round trip from SFO to EZE using capital one points for this September (business class preferred). Any advice?

By: Stephen Au

Stephen Au — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 20:40:56 +0000

In reply to Tara.

Hi Tara,

I’m assuming you’re referring to the nonstop flight on United Airlines from Newark (EWR) to Edinburgh (EDI). These flights aren’t easy to book with Capital One miles because of the way United releases availability to partner frequent flyer programs like Avianca LifeMiles.

What we’d encourage you to do is find nonstop availability on United.com that says 70,000 to 80,000 per person on United’s website. Those exact flights should be available on LifeMiles.com. After you find a 70 or 80k flight on United, go ahead and REPEAT that same search on LifeMiles. You should be able to pull up the correct flights and book it using Capital One miles.

By: Tara

Tara — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 06:21:35 +0000

Thank you! It’s a learning curve! We booked 4 economy tickets four our 20 something kids- now we’re trying to book 2 standard economy so we can pay to upgrade or use points to upgrade. We’re 7 months out from travel- but every time I try to book our 2- it says ‘price went up’ pay more- just wondering if we should just transfer our 200k miles to life miles and use those to upgrade on tickets we purchase? Newark to Edinburgh…thanks!

By: Jarrod West

Jarrod West — Fri, 21 May 2021 16:50:04 +0000

In reply to Gerard.

Hi Gerard,

Are you planning to fly Economy? With Capital One Miles, your best bets would be to transfer them to Cathay Pacific thanks to the 1:1 transfer rate, and the award ticket should cost around 22k miles each way, pending that there is award availability for your dates.

By: Gerard

Gerard — Thu, 20 May 2021 02:17:41 +0000

Quick question, what is the best transfer to travel from the east coast to Madrid, Spain? IAD is my preferred airport.

By: Jarrod West

Jarrod West — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:44:01 +0000

In reply to M.A..

Hi M.A.,

Thanks for the kind words! For a detailed breakdown, check out our post on Capital One transfer partners and how to use them!

By: M.A.

M.A. — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 17:13:25 +0000

Hi and thanks for your article!

I have a technical question as a relative newbie to the travel miles scene.

I’d like to book a flight to Cancun or Merida, Mexico. How do I transfer my Capital One points to Aviance LifeMiles, for example, to then fly United to Cancun/Merida? I’ve only ever redeemed miles on the credit card’s travel portal.

I’d love to move up to this ‘next level,’ of transferring miles.

Thanks again!

By: Stephen Au

Stephen Au — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:05:43 +0000

In reply to Matt Cornwall.

Hi Matt,

If you want to go from Seattle to Punta Cana, you’ll need to fly one of the big 3 U.S. carriers. You can transfer points to Aeroplan or Avianca LifeMiles if you want to fly United. You can transfer points to Asia Miles or Qantas if you want to fly American. You can transfer points to Air France/KLM Flying Blue or Aeromexico Club Premier if you want to fly Delta.

You need to find availability first through the exact frequent flyer program you’re transferring to because the availability isn’t the same across all partners.

Award holds aren’t permitted for these situations.

By: Ashley Milford

Ashley Milford — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:29:08 +0000

In reply to Stephen Au.

thanks for the input. I have around 60K capital and trying to find the best usage of them. Wish i had enough for an international trip.

By: Matt Cornwall

Matt Cornwall — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 16:27:21 +0000

Hi There!
Completely new to the mileage transfer game. I have about 86000 cap one miles. Looking to fly from Seattle to PUJ this July. What is my best option for mileage transfer? Additionally, do i need to call the airlines prior to booking and transferring points to make sure its available for rewards usage? I’m assuming I’d also need to open a rewards account with the airline of choice.

By: Jarrod West

Jarrod West — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 18:59:28 +0000

In reply to Aiden.

Hi Aiden,

You would need 62.5k Alaska miles per person for a one-way business class ticket from SFO to MLE, so 250k total. As for the return flight with Ultimate Reward points, a good option would be to go through United, which would cost 85k points per ticket, 340k total.

Thanks for reading!

By: Aiden

Aiden — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 04:52:29 +0000

Great info! We have 220k Alaska points that we want to get 4 one way tickets from SFO to MLE on business. If this is not enough, what other route would you recommend? We also have 400k points from chase that we’re considering transfer to another airlines for our return flights. What would be the best redemption for this? Thank you for your time!

By: Jarrod West

Jarrod West — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 20:29:14 +0000

In reply to Jason Andrews.

Hi Jason,

The post was referencing statement credits for travel purchases which, as you’ve mentioned, is at a rate of 1:1. I’ve edited the post to make that fact more clear.

Thanks for reading!