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Capital One Spark Cash Select vs VentureOne Rewards

Both are Capital One cards. Here is every spend category, ranked by what each card actually returns.

Best card by category Card terms as of Oct 29

Everything else

  1. VentureOne Rewards 2.3% 1.25x base rate
  2. Spark Cash Select 1.5% 1.5% base rate

Hotels · portal

  1. VentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel 9.3% 5x
  2. Spark Cash Select · Capital One Business Travel 5.0% 5%

Car rental · portal

  1. VentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel 9.3% 5x
  2. Spark Cash Select · Capital One Business Travel 5.0% 5%

Vacation rentals · portal

  1. VentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel 9.3% 5x

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 Spark Cash Select wins that category instead.

Where they differ: VentureOne Rewards takes everything else. Spark Cash Select wins nothing outright in this wallet.

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CategoryBest card
Everything elseVentureOne Rewards2.3%
Hotels · portalVentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel9.3%
Car rental · portalVentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel9.3%
Vacation rentals · portalVentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel9.3%

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Every category, every card

Everything else

  1. VentureOne Rewards — 2.3%
  2. Spark Cash Select — 1.5%

Hotels · portal

  1. VentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel — 9.3%
  2. Spark Cash Select · Capital One Business Travel — 5.0%

Car rental · portal

  1. VentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel — 9.3%
  2. Spark Cash Select · Capital One Business Travel — 5.0%

Vacation rentals · portal

  1. VentureOne Rewards · Capital One Travel — 9.3%
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