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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.

Best card by category Card terms as of Sep 14

Everything else

  1. Venture Rewards 3.0% 2x base rate
  2. Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate

Entertainment

  1. Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Entertainment 5.0% 5%
  2. Venture Rewards 3.0% 2x base rate
  3. Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate

Hotels

  1. Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel 7.5% 5x
  2. Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
  3. Venture Rewards 3.0% 2x base rate
  4. Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate

Car rental

  1. Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel 7.5% 5x
  2. Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
  3. Venture Rewards 3.0% 2x base rate
  4. Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate

Vacation rentals

  1. Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel 7.5% 5x
  2. Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
  3. Venture Rewards 3.0% 2x base rate
  4. Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate

Attractions

  1. Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel 5.0% 5%
  2. Venture Rewards 3.0% 2x base rate
  3. Quicksilver Cash Rewards 1.5% 1.5% base rate

What the numbers are doing

Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel tops hotels 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 Rewards $95 a year, so a thin lead in one category may not cover the difference.

Where they differ: Venture Rewards takes everything else, hotels, car rental and vacation rentals; Quicksilver Cash Rewards takes entertainment and attractions.

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CategoryBest card
Everything elseVenture Rewards3.0%
EntertainmentQuicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Entertainment5.0%
HotelsVenture Rewards · Capital One Travel7.5%
Car rentalVenture Rewards · Capital One Travel7.5%
Vacation rentalsVenture Rewards · Capital One Travel7.5%
AttractionsQuicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel5.0%

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Every category, every card

Everything else

  1. Venture Rewards — 3.0%
  2. Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%

Entertainment

  1. Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Entertainment — 5.0%
  2. Venture Rewards — 3.0%
  3. Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%

Hotels

  1. Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel — 7.5%
  2. Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
  3. Venture Rewards — 3.0%
  4. Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%

Car rental

  1. Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel — 7.5%
  2. Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
  3. Venture Rewards — 3.0%
  4. Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%

Vacation rentals

  1. Venture Rewards · Capital One Travel — 7.5%
  2. Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
  3. Venture Rewards — 3.0%
  4. Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%

Attractions

  1. Quicksilver Cash Rewards · Capital One Travel — 5.0%
  2. Venture Rewards — 3.0%
  3. Quicksilver Cash Rewards — 1.5%

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