Capital One Entertainment: Your Ticket to a Different Redemption

The online events portal allows eligible Capital One cardholders to redeem credit card rewards for tickets and exclusive experiences via Vivid Seats.
Gregory Karp
By Gregory Karp 
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Edited by Erin Hurd

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Capital One Entertainment is a ticketing platform that allows eligible Capital One cardholders to redeem credit card rewards for tickets and exclusive experiences at sports games, music performances and other events.

Capital One Entertainment: The basics

Powered by online event-ticket marketplace Vivid Seats, Capital One Entertainment allows cardholders to redeem rewards for tickets and packages to more than 500,000 events, Capital One says.

Access is available through the Capital One mobile app or Capital One website (capitalone.com/entertainment.)

Eligible cards include:

Venture cards

Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card
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Savor cards

Quicksilver cards

Capital One Quicksilver Credit Card
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Spark cards

If you use one of the Savor-branded credit cards, purchases through the Capital One Entertainment portal will earn 8% cash back.

Through December 2025, cardholders of the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card, Venture X Business Rewards Credit Card, Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card and Capital One Spark Miles for Business will earn an unlimited 5X miles on all purchases made through Capital One Entertainment instead of the standard 2X miles offered.

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Through June 2024, all Capital One credit card holders are eligible to receive a 6-month complimentary base membership to The Cultivist, an arts club. Membership includes free access for the cardholder and up to three guests to more than 100 museums worldwide, including NYC’s Guggenheim Museum, San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, Paris’ Louvre and Musee d’Orsay and Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum. Enrollment required.

What exclusive events are offered?

Besides using Capital One rewards to buy tickets to an estimated half-million events, Capital One will also make available exclusives like:

  • Sports: VIP packages, athlete meet-and-greets and more.

  • Music: Artist meet and greets, premium seats and exclusive sound checks.

  • Dining: Exclusive events at the nation’s top food festivals and cardholder-only dinners featuring collaborations from chefs of Michelin-starred restaurants.

Capital One said examples of other exclusive experiences involved the iHeartRadio Music Festival, Capital One Orange Bowl, the College Football National Championship, James Beard Foundation events and Michelin Guide culinary events.

According to Capital One, it will continue to add events that are exclusive to its customers, including those for which Capital One is a corporate sponsor.

How does Capital One Entertainment work?

Redemption rates differ by credit card rewards currency.

For example, reward miles can be redeemed for 0.8 cent, meaning a $100 ticket costs 12,500 miles. Rewards cash can be redeemed for $1. So, $100 in rewards is redeemable for a $100 ticket.

The amount of rewards needed varies depending on the tickets and event you choose, a spokesperson said.

For some events, you also have the option to buy tickets using a combination of rewards and spending on your Capital One credit card.

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Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card

on Capital One's website

Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card
4.7
NerdWallet Rating
Rewards rate

2x-5x

Earn unlimited 2X miles on every purchase, every day. Earn 5X miles on hotels and rental cars booked through Capital One Travel, where you'll get Capital One's best prices on thousands of trip options.

Miles

Intro offer

75,000

Enjoy a one-time bonus of 75,000 miles once you spend $4,000 on purchases within 3 months from account opening, equal to $750 in travel.

Miles
Capital One® SavorOneSM Cash Rewards Credit Card

on Capital One's website

Capital One SavorOne Cash Rewards Credit Card
5.0
NerdWallet Rating
Rewards rate

1%-10%

Earn unlimited 3% cash back on dining, entertainment, popular streaming services and at grocery stores (excluding superstores like Walmart® and Target®), plus 1% on all other purchases. Earn 8% cash back on Capital One Entertainment purchases. Earn unlimited 5% cash back on hotels and rental cars booked through Capital One Travel, where you'll get Capital One's best prices on thousands of trip options. Earn 10% cash back on purchases made through Uber & Uber Eats, plus complimentary Uber One membership statement credits through 11/14/2024. Terms apply.

Cashback

Intro offer

$200

Earn a one-time $200 cash bonus after you spend $500 on purchases within the first 3 months from account opening.

Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card

on Capital One's website

Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card
4.9
NerdWallet Rating
Rewards rate

2x-10x

Earn unlimited 10X miles on hotels and rental cars booked through Capital One Travel and 5X miles on flights booked through Capital One Travel, Earn unlimited 2X miles on all other purchases.

Miles

Intro offer

75,000

Earn 75,000 bonus miles when you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening, equal to $750 in travel.

Miles
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