Capital One Travel Guide — How to book flights, hotels, and more

Capital One Travel is a portal that offers unique features and benefits for people who have certain Capital One credit cards. Powered by Hopper, Capital One Travel offers innovative features like predictive pricing, price drop protection, price freezing, and a price match guarantee.

Whether planning a business trip or a family vacation, you can use your Capital One miles and rewards or cash to book flights, hotels, and rental cars through this user-friendly portal. Let's see how this booking system works, who can use it, and whether it could help with your travel needs.

What is Capital One Travel?

Capital One Travel is a portal exclusively for cardholders to book flights, hotels, rental cars, and now vacation rentals. You can use Capital One miles or pay with an eligible card to make these bookings.

It's powered by Hopper, a free travel app that can help you find deals on travel bookings. Because of this partnership, Capital One Travel includes features that make the portal easy to navigate regardless of your travel research experience.

For example, Capital One Travel arranges the dates on a calendar by color when checking dates for a travel booking. Dates in yellow or green are the best prices, whereas those in orange or red are more expensive. More on that below when we talk about how to book.

Capital One Travel is available to Capital One cardholders with an eligible credit card. Select cards, like the ones listed below, earn additional miles per dollar on bookings.

How to book on Capital One Travel

You can access Capital One Travel by logging into your account and navigating to your reward redemption area, where there will be an option to "Book with Capital One Travel" or something similar. You can also go directly to CapitalOneTravel.com and log in with your Capital One account info. On the Capital One Travel website, you'll see three options: Flights, Hotels, and Car Rentals. Here are step-by-step instructions on how to book all three of these options.

How to book flights on Capital One Travel

1. Navigate to the Capital One Travel website and log into your Capital One account

2. Select "Flights" at the top of the page

3. Select and fill in your flight details, including round-trip or one-way, airport locations, dates, and number of travelers

4. When you select your dates, you'll see a color-coded calendar where green and yellow are cheaper dates, and orange and red are more expensive

5. Select "Search" and see what Capital One Travel recommends for your itinerary, as well as see options for freezing the price, watching the trip, and viewing the price prediction

6. If you scroll down, you'll see the available flights and options to filter the search results

7. Selecting a flight will give you different fare options (if applicable)

8. Once you've selected your flight(s), click on "Continue," add your travelers, select your seats (if applicable), choose how you want to pay, and then select "Confirm and Book"

How to book hotels on Capital One Travel

1. Navigate to the Capital One Travel website and log into your Capital One account

2. Select "Hotels" at the top of the page

3. Fill in your destination, your dates, and the number of travelers

4. Select "Search" and you'll see a list of available hotels, as well as a map of the area

5. Select the full-screen option in the corner of the map if you want an easier interface for zooming in and moving around the map; clicking on a price will give you details about the hotel

6. Once you've selected a hotel, you can choose a room type and see the cancellation policy

7. If you're ready to book, select the "Reserve" option

8. Now you can add traveler information and see the price breakdown for your room — select "Confirm and Book" to finish the booking process

How to book rental cars on Capital One Travel

1. Navigate to the Capital One Travel website and log into your Capital One account

2. Select "Car Rentals" at the top of the page

3. Fill in your pick-up and drop-off locations, as well as dates, times, and the driver age

4. Select "Search," and you'll see a list of available rental options for your trip — you can filter the options by car type, price per day, rental car company, cancellation policy, and other specifications

5. Once you select a rental option, you'll be able to see the price breakdown and review other details about the rental, including the cancellation policy

6. Selecting the "Reserve" option will bring you to the final page, where you can input the driver information, select your payment method, and finish the booking

Perks of Capital One Travel

Capital One Travel offers exclusive benefits to eligible Capital One cardholders. These benefits include guarantees and protections you might find helpful for your travel plans, including the following free features:

• Price prediction: Capital One Travel works with the Hopper travel app to provide cardmembers with a price prediction tool that might help them determine the best time to book travel. The tool draws on historical data and current trends to determine how flight prices might fluctuate.
• Alerts: You can set a price alert for your desired destination and dates, and Capital One Travel will notify you when it's time to book.
• Price drop protection: Itineraries that Capital One Travel recommends booking now receive price drop protection, which will reimburse you up to $50 if your fare decreases in the following ten days.
• Price match guarantee: Capital One Travel offers a price match guarantee for flights, hotels, and car rentals booked through its portal. If you find a cheaper itinerary that matches your booking elsewhere within 24 hours of booking, you can call Capital One Travel at 844-422-6922 to submit a claim.

Capital One also offers several paid products to make travel even more manageable, including:

• Price freeze: Capital One Travel allows you to freeze a flight price for a certain number of days for a fee. If your ticket goes up during this window, you can book at the frozen price.
• Flight disruption assistance: You can add this at checkout for Capital One to automatically rebook you on a different flight if something happened to your original booking.
• Cancellation protection: Another add-on feature that allows you to cancel your flight through Capital One for a full refund. Although these tickets cost more than non-refundable options, they do provide peace of mind.

Is using Capital One Travel worth it?

Whether Capital One Travel is worth using depends on your travel preferences. It's a fantastic way to earn extra points per dollar with an eligible Capital One card, but prices might differ from bookings made directly with the hotel or airline.

Plus, you might not find every flight, hotel, or car rental when searching in the portal. Another thing to consider is that booking through the portal is like booking with a travel agency. So, if you need to change your flight, the airline will tell you to contact Capital One, as they can't change a booking made elsewhere.

As a Capital One Venture X cardholder, I always look in the portal when I need to book a flight, hotel, or car rental. I love the opportunity to earn extra miles on my purchases, so if the price is the same as booking directly with the provider, I'll book through the portal. However, I don't want to waste money, and it's not worth the extra miles if I'm spending unnecessary dollars on a booking.

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Bottom line

Capital One Travel allows you to use your credit card rewards (or cash) for flights, hotel stays, and car rentals. It's a booking portal that provides helpful features and an intuitive customer interface for any traveler researching booking options. If you have cards from a different issuer, compare prices between portals to see which is the cheapest. It'll vary from time to time, but it's always great to have added flexibility when planning your next trip.

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