Capital One Quicksilver Cash Rewards vs VentureOne Rewards
Both are Capital One cards. Here is every spend category, ranked by what each card actually returns.
Everything else
- VentureOne Rewards 2.3% 1.25x base rate
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate
Entertainment · portal
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Entertainment 5.0% 5%
Hotels · portal
- VentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel 9.3% 5x
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
Car rental · portal
- VentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel 9.3% 5x
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
Vacation rentals · portal
- VentureOne 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
VentureOne Rewards tops everything else at 2.3% only because this table values its points at 1.85 cents each. Value them at one cent and Quicksilver Cash Rewards wins that category instead.
Where they differ: VentureOne Rewards takes everything else. Quicksilver Cash Rewards wins nothing outright in this wallet.
| Category | Best card |
|---|---|
| Everything else | VentureOne Rewards2.3% |
| Entertainment · portal | Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Entertainment5.0% |
| Hotels · portal | VentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel9.3% |
| Car rental · portal | VentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel9.3% |
| Vacation rentals · portal | VentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel9.3% |
| Attractions · portal | Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel5.0% |
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Every category, every card
Everything else
- VentureOne Rewards — 2.3%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%
Entertainment · portal
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Entertainment — 5.0%
Hotels · portal
- VentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel — 9.3%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
Car rental · portal
- VentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel — 9.3%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
Vacation rentals · portal
- VentureOne 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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