Capital One Shopping continues with its habit of targeting some customers with incredibly generous rewards at select retailers and services.
For example, some users have been targeted with an offer giving $100 back when spending only $330 with Virgin Atlantic.
The Deal
- Earn $100 cashback from Capital One Shopping when spending $330 with Virgin Atlantic.
Capital One Shopping referral
If you’re new to Capital One Shopping, you can earn $80 when joining (see this post for full details):
- Stephen's referral link ($80 bonus)
- Tim's referral link ($80 bonus)
- Stephen's alternate referral link ($80 bonus)
Key Terms
- Limit 1 email bonus per user.
Quick Thoughts
Virgin Atlantic appears on a number of shopping portals, with most awarding ~1% cashback, although there are one or two offering 3% cashback. You’d need to spend $3,333 on flights at 3% cashback before you’d beat a flat $100 cashback from Capital One Shopping if you’re targeted for this offer. Having said that, Capital One Shopping cashback can only be redeemed for select gift cards, so it’s not true cashback that you can redeem to your checking account.
Something worth bearing in mind is that this almost certainly won’t work when spending $330+ on taxes and fees for award flights. That’s because this is a shopping portal offer rather than a card-linked spending offer like an Amex Offer and I’ve never had any luck having award taxes and fees tracking for Virgin. That said, if you were targeted for this deal and you were going to book award flights using Virgin Atlantic Flying Club points anyway, it’s worth clicking through nonetheless just in case it does track; I just wouldn’t make a decision based on the assumption that award tax/fee spend will trigger the $100 cashback.
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