Capital One Quicksilver Cash Rewards vs Venture X
Both are Capital One cards. Here is every spend category, ranked by what each card actually returns.
Everything else
- Venture X 3.0% 2x base rate
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate
Entertainment
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Entertainment 5.0% 5%
- Venture X 3.0% 2x base rate
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate
Flights
- Venture X · Capital One Travel 7.5% 5x
- Venture X 3.0% 2x base rate
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate
Hotels
- Venture X · Capital One Travel 15.0% 10x
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
- Venture X 3.0% 2x base rate
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate
Car rental
- Venture X · Capital One Travel 15.0% 10x
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
- Venture X 3.0% 2x base rate
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate
Vacation rentals
- Venture X · Capital One Travel 7.5% 5x
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
- Venture X 3.0% 2x base rate
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate
Attractions
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
- Venture X 3.0% 2x base rate
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate
What the numbers are doing
Venture X · Capital One Travel tops vacation rentals at 7.5% only because this table values its points at 1.5 cents each. Value them at one cent and Quicksilver Cash Rewards wins that category instead.
The table is earn rate only — annual fees are not netted out of it. These cards charge Quicksilver Cash Rewards $0 and Venture X $395 a year, so a thin lead in one category may not cover the difference.
Where they differ: Venture X takes everything else, flights, hotels and car rental, plus 1 more; Quicksilver Cash Rewards takes entertainment and attractions.
| Category | Best card |
|---|---|
| Everything else | Venture X3.0% |
| Entertainment | Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Entertainment5.0% |
| Flights | Venture X · Capital One Travel7.5% |
| Hotels | Venture X · Capital One Travel15.0% |
| Car rental | Venture X · Capital One Travel15.0% |
| Vacation rentals | Venture X · Capital One Travel7.5% |
| Attractions | Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel5.0% |
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Every category, every card
Everything else
- Venture X — 3.0%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%
Entertainment
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Entertainment — 5.0%
- Venture X — 3.0%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%
Flights
- Venture X · Capital One Travel — 7.5%
- Venture X — 3.0%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%
Hotels
- Venture X · Capital One Travel — 15.0%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
- Venture X — 3.0%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%
Car rental
- Venture X · Capital One Travel — 15.0%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
- Venture X — 3.0%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%
Vacation rentals
- Venture X · Capital One Travel — 7.5%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
- Venture X — 3.0%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%
Attractions
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
- Venture X — 3.0%
- Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%
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