Update 10/5/23: The ability to move rewards is back. I can confirm that it is once again possible to move rewards between your own accounts online, including from cash back on my wife’s Spark Cash card to miles on her Venture or Venture X cards ($0.01 = 1 mile, but you can not move in the opposite direction). Furthermore, upon logging in to my account, I was prompted to link an authorized user card I have on my wife’s Venture account to my Capital One login. That AU account now shows up in my Capital One login. I can not move rewards to/from that account at this point, but it would be awesome if Capital One intends to make that possible! 
Update 9/22/23: Alex in the comments recently pointed out that the functionality to move rewards between your own accounts has disappeared from the Capital One website. After a couple of calls to Capital One to try to move rewards, we reached an agent who said that the rewards sharing system is currently down / not working and they don’t have any guidance as to when it will be available again. For the time being, it is not possible to move rewards between Capital One accounts (even between your own accounts). Hopefully this is temporary as the ability to convert cash back to miles and to combine with other friends and family was a huge benefit. According to Dan’s Deals, this is a maintenance issue and not a policy change…and transfers to British Airways Avios are affected as well.
In response to my post this morning about the ascending value of Capital One’s rewards program, a reader commented to note a couple of fascinating data points indicating that cash back rewards earned on the Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card can be combined with Capital One Venture Rewards miles and transferred to airline and hotel partners. Digging deeper into the data points, it looks like this might also be possible with Quicksilver rewards and now based on my own investigation I think it is also possible to convert Capital One Spark Cash Business Credit Card rewards to Capital One miles (Update: Dave at Miles Talk has previously written a post indicating that it is indeed possible to transfer from Spark Cash to miles). Extrapolating further, I think it should be possible to earn 3x airline miles per dollar spent on dining and entertainment with no annual fees if this all works (see more below). We have reached out to Capital One looking for official comment and haven’t heard back, but if these data points are accurate, it means the ability to earn 3-4x airline miles for dining and entertainment either without an annual fee or with a reasonable fee and the potential to combine welcome bonuses from multiple Capital One credit cards to accumulate more airline miles when transferred first to the Venture or VentureOne card. Note that we still have some question marks here and this may not work for all cardholders.
In response to this morning’s post, reader Kent pointed out a couple of fascinating data points:
“Furthermore, there are 2 personal cards that earn Capital One miles (only one of which has a worthwhile bonus and ongoing return for spend)”
I assume you mean the Venture and VentureOne. Apparently though, one can transfer Savor (and presumably SavorOne) rewards to Venture miles at 1:1.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CreditCards/comments/mgkz0h/fu_sapphire_vs_venture_savor/
https://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Venture-Savor-combo/td-p/5439100
Checking into the data points, the original poster in that thread from the MyFico forums confirms that they have converted cash back rewards from the Savor card to the Venture card. First, mr_suave said this (bolding is mine):
Yes, this is certainly a good earning rate none the less. 2% on everything while earning 4% on restaurants/entertainment on Savor that can then be transferred to the “miles equivalent” on the Venture. The ability to convert Savor cash to Venture miles is straightforward as well. You just simply look for Share my rewards that can be found in Rewards cash tab. You can convert/transfer Savor cash to your eligible accounts or someone else’s. I believe eligible accounts are Quicksilver and Venture accounts.
At the time of that comment, he hadn’t yet done it. However, he went on to make the conversion successfully:
Note the time and date stamp: that data point is almost two and a half years old, so this is not a new development. And apparently, it may not be limited to the Savor card:
Why is this so exciting?
This is very exciting for several reasons:
- Capital One offers a couple of cards that earn excellent category bonuses on dining. It may be possible to earn 3x airline miles on dining and entertainment with no annual fees.
- It may be possible to convert welcome bonuses from cash back cards (including those earned on the business side) into miles. YMMV, but more on why I think this is likely possible below.
To the first point, the Capital One SavorOne Cash Rewards Credit Card has no annual fee and earns 3% back on dining and entertainment, which means 3x miles per dollar that if rewards convert 1:1 to the Venture or VentureOne cards as indicated above.
The Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card has a $95 annual fee and earns 4% back on dining and entertainment, which means 4x miles per dollar spent if rewards convert 1:1 to the Venture or VentureOne cards as indicated above.
Remember that both the Venture and VentureOne cards convert to airline and hotel partners at the same ratios. Now that Capital One miles convert 1:1 to several key partners and have picked up some key transfer partners like Turkish and British Airways, I argued this morning that their program is quickly ascending.
Someone who wants to earn airline miles for dining and entertainment purchases could theoretically pair the SavorOne card with the VentureOne card and earn 3x on dining and entertainment without an annual fee and convert 1:1 to partners like Avianca LifeMiles, Wyndham, Asia Miles, and more. That’s awesome.
While the Savor card has a $95 annual fee, some cardholders may be grandfathered in to a version that has no annual fee, which means that at least some people may be able to earn 4x on dining and entertainment without an annual fee. Even for those who pay the $95 fee, that may well be worth it if you spend a lot on dining and entertainment.
Furthermore, since Capital One allows you to combine rewards with other cardholders, it may be possible for a Savor cardholder to share their rewards with another cardholder who has the Venture or VentureOne card.
And that’s not all. Remember that the key Capital One weakness I noted in this morning’s post is that there are not many ways to earn Capital One miles from new card bonuses or category bonuses. If this is true, it would open up additional new card bonuses and category bonuses from the other Capital One credit cards. In fact, it may even open up earning and sharing between the business and personal sides.
For instance, my wife has the Capital One Spark Cash Business credit card. She also has both the Venture and VentureOne cards. If she goes to her Spark Cash account and clicks to “View Rewards? and then “Move Rewards” to one of her own accounts, this is what she sees in the drop-down menu:
I had seen this in the past and (I think incorrectly) assumed it meant that she could only transfer rewards between the Venture and VentureOne accounts. However, when she goes to her Venture account and chooses to move rewards to one of her own accounts, this is what she sees:
Note that it says her Spark Cash card is not eligible. In other words, she can’t convert Venture miles to her Spark Cash card. However, in the opposite direction, it does not indicate that her Venture accounts are not eligible — leading me to believe that converting cash back earned on a Spark Cash card to miles would work. If she hadn’t cashed out her Spark Cash rewards for a check yesterday, we would have tested this out. However, it appears to me very likely that it would work. That’s huge because we sometimes see very big bonuses on the Spark side — being able to convert a $1,000 or $2,000 Spark Cash bonus into 100K or 200K miles would be huge. Furthermore, spending on the Spark Cash would make more sense than spending on a Venture card because the Spark Cash card would give the flexibility of redeeming rewards for straight cash (not only to reimburse travel purchases) or convert to miles. As my wife has a Spark Cash card with a lower grandfathered annual fee, it would also be cheaper for us to maintain a Spark Cash and VentureOne card.
It’s possible that this won’t work for everyone
I do not personally have a Savor or Quicksilver card in my household, so I can’t test this theory with other cards (I will test with the Spark Cash as soon as cash rewards post from today’s purchases). Capital One has been known to grandfather certain features on certain cards (like my ability to get 1.4cpp with my VentureOne card by redeeming for a $900 Marriott, Fairmont, or Raffles gift card). So it is possible that this feature won’t work for everyone — at this point we don’t know for sure.
I’ll also note that I previously had a Capital One credit card that earned 1.5% cash back (see: Turning a Capital One lemon into Lemonade) — mine was not a Quicksilver card but rather some nondescript Capital One card that charged an annual fee — and I am 85% certain that I was not able to combine rewards from that card with my VentureOne (as I wrote about in that post, I converted that card to a Venture card).
If you have a Quicksilver, Savor, or Spark Cash card and a Venture or Venture One card in your household, please share any relevant data points in the comments regarding your ability to move rewards. In order to move rewards, go to your Capital One card account and click “View Rewards” under your card name in the top left of the card account.
Then select “move rewards”.
If you want to move rewards to someone else’s account, you’ll need to call the number on the back of your card and provide the card number of the person to which you are moving rewards.
Bottom line
If it is indeed possible to convert rewards earned on Capital One cash back to miles on a Venture or VentureOne card, this would be huge news for those looking to accumulate miles with bonus categories or welcome bonuses. For those who don’t yet have Capital One cards, it’s worth a mention that Capital One has long been a difficult approval for anyone with many credit cards open. However, Greg recently got approved and we’ve had a few success reports from readers. That could be totally anecdotal or it could be that they have eased up some – YMMV.
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Don’t know if this reply will get eaten because I’m linking to a competitor blog but omaat, who it bears mentioning was prominently sponsored by Cap 1 recently and therefore likely has solid contacts there, states that the transfer issue is temporary.
https://onemileatatime.com/news/capital-one-mileage-transfers-unavailable/
@Nick Reyes – working again.
Any update on this?
I’ve been told that this feature has been discontinued
WoW, so I guess Cap1 just destroy their dual set up. I thought it was down and will be back eventually. I might need a new card for Dining/Grocery now. I guess it’s time to apply for the Gold card
Told by a rep? Not sure I’d believe a single rep, but then again sadly it wouldn’t surprise me. My problem is my Venture card is up for renewal and I’ve got 85k points there. I was hoping to transfer to my Venture X card and cancel….but now I’ve got to decide if I want to pay $95 AF for basically nothing or to speculatively transfer miles to a program I’m unsure I’ll use. Uuuugggggg!!!! Sure hope we here something definitive soon.
I wouldn’t even have a dilemma there — 85K points is enough to fly business class to almost anywhere in the world with Capital One’s array of partners. I think it would be silly not to pay the $95 in that spot. Obviously I hope to see the ability to move rewards come back and I wouldn’t want to pay that in perpetuity — I’d prioritize using the Capital One miles for your next couple of trips rather than other rewards — but I’d pay the $95 for now.
Yeah, no doubt. And I’ve actually got to get home from Europe here in about 3 weeks, but I also… speculatively transferred to Lifemiles from AMEX when they recently had their transfer bonus, so was hoping to use those up on a LH flight. But….just frustrating. Thanks Nick.
I stopped using SavorOne and Venture X since I cannot transfer rewards from Savorone to Venture X now. This is so irresponsible of Capital One to do without any notice about it. I got SavorOne for 3 points for groceries to transfer to Venture X, but now I am using all my Chase cards. Just to protest! No I am not letting Capitalise get a penny of my money any more unless they restore that function. I am back to c my hase Trifecta.
I just talked with our rep. They are saying it has been temporarily disabled, and when it comes back, it will be better. Sounds like they have been talking to Delta. Until it comes back, we are shifting our spend to other cards.
Interesting. I tried to move Savor rewards to Venture X a couple weeks ago and the system said this wasn’t an eligible transfer (the reverse was).
I called and got an agent who talked over me incessantly and kept saying “it’s totally possible to convert cash to miles but never the reverse!”
And I kept saying buddy, listen, I’m staring at my screen, I ONLY can convert miles to cash online, so that’s definitely possible, and I CAN’T convert cash to miles which is what I’m trying to do.
After telling me 1000 times that I was wrong or that it was a problem with my own web browser, he finally just did the conversion (cash to miles) for me. But dear lord. Never wanted to call again.
I’ve never heard of or seen the ability to move cash back to miles. You’d be the first data point I’ve heard of doing that if you’re telling me that you had been able to move Venture miles to the Savor. As the agent said, the reverse has been true (cash to miles), but not the opposite to my knowledge either.
but even if it were possible, why would you bother doing that since you can always redeem miles as cashback at 1c per point. What am I missing here?
They can only be redeemed for 1cpp toward travel purchases. If you want a general statement credit / “cash”, then you get 0.5cpp. Yes, I understand that it’s possible to still turn miles into pennies without the step of converting, but I’m sure that some people would rather just convert to cash back rather than book and cancel something. I imagine people interested in that are likely mostly folks who would like to turn welcome bonuses into cash rather than use them for travel.
The system on that particular day allowed me to choose Venture X as the source and Savor as the destination; it didn’t allow me to choose Savor as the source and Venture as the destination.
The agent said Venture X as the source (miles) and Savor as the destination (cash) is absolutely not possible, but it was clearly possible that day, and the only possible choice for me.
It required that the agent be the one to move the Savor cash to the Venture X card, which they did successfully over the phone (while repeatedly telling me I should be able to do this on my own and it was my fault that I wasn’t able to).
Very odd. Like I said, you’re then the only person I’ve ever heard of being able to do it in that direction (Venture X to Savor). I wonder if they shut it down because they were trying to make it easier and somehow enabled that accidentally. Did you only see that option (to go Venture X to Savor) one time? If not, how long was it available on your account?
This was the first any only time I tried; checked the date, it was Sept 12. You may be right – maybe this was why they took it down? It did strike me as an odd (and undesirable) option.
I think you meant “I’ve never heard of or seen the ability to move miles to cash back.” 🙂
yes, i called the other day too and got the same answer. it is a gltich but they have no idea when it will be back. i hope soon too!
Yeah, that option is now gone online. Better get it back soon!
Did they remove this feature? I used to be able to do this up until a few weeks ago. now it appears the option is no longer available to me. Is anyone else having this problem?
Nevermind, please delete.
I called Cap1 to transfer cash back rewards from my Spark Cash to a Venture X on which I am an authorized user and was told it could not be done.
When logged into the Spark Cash account online, clicking on the button “Move Rewards” gives me a message saying “You don’t have any other Capital One accounts.”
You can’t do it yourself online. You can only move rewards online between accounts on which you are the primary cardholder.
However, you can move rewards to any other primary cardholder.
I think it sounds like you tried to move rewards from your card (where you are the primary cardholder) to a card in your name that is an AU card on someone else’s account. You can’t do that.
Instead, move rewards from your Spark Cash to the primary cardholder on that Venture X account. It doesn’t matter whether or not you are an authorized user — that wouldn’t even come up in the conversation.
For example, my wife moves rewards from her Spark Cash card to my Venture card. Neither of us is an authorized user on the other person’s card — she just calls up and says she wants to move rewards from her Spark Cash to another cardholder and gives them her Spark Cash card number and my Venture card number and that’s it.
Thanks, I successfully transferred cash back to my wife’s (primary cardholder) Venture X card.
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I called Capital One this morning and they confirmed that you can move cash back to miles, but not the other way around.
This has been possible for at least two years. I’m not sure why it’s getting reported as if it’s brand new.
C1 cards have been solid for a long time and the fact that they are often crapped on by community groupthink is kind of outdated.
Did you see the quotes in the post from 2018? I made it clear that it isn’t new, but was news to me (and based on the reaction to the post, it was news to many other folks as well whether or not the functionality itself was new). We all knew you could move miles to miles, but being able to move cash back to miles was the piece that wasn’t widely known.
Wasn’t just you. I saw a few other sources presenting as if it was a change C1 just made.
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I have a VentureOne and a Spark Cash Select for Business (both converted from the respective annual fee cards years ago). The cards have separate logins with Capital One, one for personal and one for business. The separate logins seem to create an issue with transferring rewards. When logged into either account, if I click “Move Rewards” > “One of my accounts”, I get the error message: “You don’t have any other Capital One accounts.” If I click “Move Rewards” > “Someone else’s Capital One account”, I get the error message: “We’re working on making this something you can do online, for now, please call the number on the back of your card.” I have not yet called the number to try to do this because I don’t have any rewards accrued in my Spark Cash Select account, so I’m not sure if this option would work for this case.