Capital One Quicksilver Cash Rewards vs Venture Rewards
Both are Capital One cards. Here is every spend category, ranked by what each card actually returns.
Everything else
- Venture Rewards 3.7% 2x base rate
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate
Entertainment · portal
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Entertainment 5.0% 5%
Hotels · portal
- Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel 9.3% 5x
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
Car rental · portal
- Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel 9.3% 5x
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
Vacation rentals · portal
- Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel 9.3% 5x
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
Attractions · portal
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
What the numbers are doing
The table is earn rate only — annual fees are not netted out of it. These cards charge Quicksilver Cash Rewards $0 and Venture Rewards $95 a year, so a thin lead in one category may not cover the difference.
Where they differ: Venture Rewards takes everything else. Quicksilver Cash Rewards wins nothing outright in this wallet.
| Category | Best card |
|---|---|
| Everything else | Venture Rewards3.7% |
| Entertainment · portal | Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Entertainment5.0% |
| Hotels · portal | Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel9.3% |
| Car rental · portal | Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel9.3% |
| Vacation rentals · portal | Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel9.3% |
| Attractions · portal | Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel5.0% |
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Every category, every card
Everything else
- Venture Rewards — 3.7%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%
Entertainment · portal
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Entertainment — 5.0%
Hotels · portal
- Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel — 9.3%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
Car rental · portal
- Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel — 9.3%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
Vacation rentals · portal
- Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel — 9.3%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
Attractions · portal
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
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