Capital One Venture Rewards vs Venture Business
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
- Venture Business 3.7% 2x base rate
Hotels · portal
- Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel 9.3% 5x
- Venture Business · Capital One Business Travel 9.3% 5x
Car rental · portal
- Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel 9.3% 5x
- Venture Business · Capital One Business Travel 9.3% 5x
Vacation rentals · portal
- Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel 9.3% 5x
- Venture Business · Capital One Business Travel 9.3% 5x
What the numbers are doing
These cards return the same effective rate in all 60 categories, so the ranking cannot separate them. Pick on annual fee instead: Venture Rewards $95, Venture Business $95.
| Category | Best card |
|---|---|
| Everything else | Venture Rewards3.7% |
| 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% |
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Every category, every card
Everything else
- Venture Rewards — 3.7%
- Venture Business — 3.7%
Hotels · portal
- Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel — 9.3%
- Venture Business · Capital One Business Travel — 9.3%
Car rental · portal
- Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel — 9.3%
- Venture Business · Capital One Business Travel — 9.3%
Vacation rentals · portal
- Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel — 9.3%
- Venture Business · Capital One Business Travel — 9.3%
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