Capital One Venture Rewards

Is the annual fee worth it?

It earns about $953 a year on the illustrative household's spending, which is $858 once the fee is paid. The best card with no fee, American Express Blue Business Plus, nets $1,058 on the same spending — so this card is $201 a year behind. Below about $5,703 a month of spending, the free card comes out ahead instead.

Priced on an illustrative household spending $2,205 a month on a card — the assumption, in full. Credits and perks are not priced: they are worth their face value only if you would have spent that money anyway.

Where it ranks

Against every card in the catalogue, scored in dollars per $100 with no rotating categories switched on:

• #2 of 68 for online shopping — $3.60 per $100
• #2 of 68 for Target and Walmart — $3.60 per $100
• #2 of 68 for Costco and Sam's Club — $3.60 per $100
• #2 of 68 for home improvement — $3.60 per $100
• #2 of 68 for grocery delivery — $3.60 per $100
• #2 of 68 for department stores — $3.60 per $100

Where a year's rewards come from

Priced on an illustrative household spending $2,205 a month on a card — the assumption, in full. Credits and perks are not priced: they are worth their face value only if you would have spent that money anyway.

Protections and travel benefits

From the issuer's own benefit summary as of 2026-09. These are read from summaries rather than the full guide to benefits, which has the exclusions — check it before relying on one.

• Rental car — secondary cover
• Global Entry / TSA PreCheck

What the issuer lists besides rewards

• Global Entry or TSA PreCheck credit
• No foreign transaction fees
• Secondary rental car coverage

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