as a newbie, trying to figure this out. This has been the best explanation video! simplified and to the point!
@realprofessoroak9 ай бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@SandDuneProperties4 ай бұрын
Just got the Venture X and as a retired couple, we are looking to use our flexible schedule and Capital One miles for lotsa travel. You REALLY gave a great intro on how to do that. Thanks.
@realprofessoroak4 ай бұрын
That's great to hear, enjoy your travels!
@DA-rf7zjАй бұрын
Well done. Usually I have to kick up videos to x1.5 or x1.75 playback so I'm not falling asleep. Info/time ratio is fantastic.
@gracepei35628 күн бұрын
Great video! Always want to see some domestic flight redemption using points and miles and here we are! Very clear about the steps and options, thank you!
@MillerJeremiah8 ай бұрын
How do you figure out which dates / airports will work with each option? I keep going to each one option trying to find out which one will let me go to BZN on may 13’th but they all say “not available” for this date
@jjfinances826010 ай бұрын
Turkish MILES and Smiles may be best price, but I couldn't find a single flight available from Florida to Chicago, Houston or Nashville that wasn't already full for many time periods. Good luck with that one, I guess. Lol
@yuzeli23039 ай бұрын
Great video Oak! One thing I noticed that if you depart from a small city, say ROA near my side, the points redemption value is not that good (normally because of at least 1-stop flights). Plus, not much of choices. So I would say folks living in big cities are getting more value from the points you earned.
@AmitabhArora19 күн бұрын
You rock Professor Oak
@realprofessoroak19 күн бұрын
🙌
@BBlongstroke16 ай бұрын
This is awesome!!! I was looking at getting a different credit card that transferred miles to the airlines that I use. Im still learning how to get the most out of my travel miles and this information is the best 💪🏾
@livinmylyfe7111 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this valuable information!
@realprofessoroak11 ай бұрын
You bet! I'm glad you found it useful.
@scottshapiro27955 ай бұрын
It was very annoying, but my wife and I just went away to Hawaii for our anniversary in March using Turkish --> United. We were able to fly DC to Hawaii for $150 round-trip. In addition to the website being difficult, if you're booking for two people, you need to call and hope you get a customer service rep who knows what to do. Unfortunately Turkish devalued a little, so now it's 10k each way instead of 7.5k each way. But there's still great value. We were able to book ours by sheer happenstance a week before Turkish devalued.
@realprofessoroak4 ай бұрын
Agreed, even with the devaluation it's still a good value if you can find availability. I've yet to book 2 tickets at once so this is a good data point, it's unfortunate most of the alliance partners usually have subpar customer service. Congrats on the anniversary
@indieskater1824 күн бұрын
Amazing stuff thank you so much!
@HughJones-t2p6 ай бұрын
The great value photo really got me. Thanks for the great and entertaining video. Subbed :)
@josephbuckley49023 ай бұрын
I must be doing something wrong because I always seem to get the message not available or flight not found
@kevinonthankАй бұрын
Same. Unless your main airport is a hub it's very difficult to use this method. At least I haven't had any luck as I live in a small city
@LionsDad.3 ай бұрын
I really have fun with the sound effects and some images. 🤣New subscriber
@marksantos57484 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video, it is amazing!
@jenbianchi24287 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video!!! Something to note is that Alaska Airlines isn't noted on your OneWorld graphic in the beginning of the video. As an Alaska cardholder, it's hard with them not being a points transfer partner for anyone!
@realprofessoroak7 ай бұрын
You're right, and I do enjoy flying Alaska as well so it can be tough sometimes with it not being a transfer partner for a number of issuers, but it is nice that they are in the OneWorld alliance. Something I've found is that sometimes when searching for OneWorld redemptions for example with British Airways, when you search award flights, they are listed as American but actually serviced by Alaska. The contiguous US short-haul flight redemptions with Alaska can be pretty solid value too, I'll try to put together a video with some ways to utilize west coast award ticket services to include Alaska Airlines.
@jenbianchi24287 ай бұрын
@@realprofessoroak That would be amazing! Thank you!!!
@shaleighreynolds349420 күн бұрын
I appreciate this info. But paying 100 for a flight that will take 17 hrs, rather than paying 150 for a flight that would take 7 hrs…not worth the 58 dollar difference. Not at all. Unless I missed something🤷♀️
@nickm20437 ай бұрын
I am confused how a $100 flight (+ taxes and fees) is better than a $150 flight that is 10hours less of traveling?
@anthonyleacock79968 ай бұрын
thank you i needed this
@realprofessoroak8 ай бұрын
you're welcome
@victoriacheever74384 ай бұрын
I've been looking into a travel credit card and this helped me feel better about this as an option as I do fly domestic a bit more then international. But where is your Turkish miles and smile video? I would love to see how that works since it's noted often to be a pain.
@bryancendana853611 ай бұрын
Thank you so much.
@realprofessoroak11 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@Bobphx2 күн бұрын
So I have lifetime Aadvantage Gold on AA. If I book via BA, I won't get my Gold benefits (free checked bags), correct?
@TeenyPortАй бұрын
Is there any version of this for hotel points? I’m about 99% sure the answer is NO but it’s worth asking in case I can use my points for Hyatt 🤞
@connor92308 ай бұрын
Professor: Could you please clarify if more strategic to book one-way legs vs round-trip/multi-city for entire thing? Thanks.
@realprofessoroak8 ай бұрын
I'd say it is usually advantageous to begin your search with one way trips and then booking round trip if the service is available for your preferred travel dates. It can be difficult at times to find round trip or open jaw services on their own, but price-wise it usually won't make a difference with transfer partners since the award rates will remain the same whether or not you book a one way or round trip.
@robertdecker9683Ай бұрын
Is it possible to book a flight with a combination of cash as well as miles?
@splnail2 ай бұрын
Great video. JFYI, 'Direct' and 'Non-stop' are not the same thing
@realprofessoroak2 ай бұрын
Good point! Sometimes I forget that myself since they're listed interchangeably depending on the airline.
@CrippledKittens135 ай бұрын
Good info, would better without the sound fx, imo.
@gtajeu4 ай бұрын
A 17 hour layover to save $58 is wild 🤣
@AKIRA-oz5cg19 күн бұрын
I did it once and will never do it again….sleeping at an airport and just waiting around doing fuck all will ruin the vibe of a trip….
@gtajeu18 күн бұрын
@@AKIRA-oz5cg what a nightmare!
@Rickyfyied25 күн бұрын
What about Southwest, Alaskan or Hawaiian?
@phillkim836 ай бұрын
Really liked your breakdown! It was super easy to follow. I am someone who’s been accumulating lots of points over the years and I want to start actually transferring them out for travel. Do you have any recommendations for flights from JFK to Korea? I have a good amount of Chase UR points, AMEX MR points, and capital one miles. I would appreciate any pointers! Thank you!
@realprofessoroak4 ай бұрын
Glad to hear that. I'd say from JFK to ICN a simple, good value option would be transferring MR points to ANA which has a standard award chart with Economy at 60k and Business at 95k one way for that service.
@ksrengaramАй бұрын
Very good one , do we have any alternate sites to award hacker to better search.
@nubianpwr3 ай бұрын
excellent vid👍🏾
@dhiyaesmail12972 ай бұрын
How long did it take for the option to be available for you to upgrade your venture to the vx
@wilfredpapaya47398 ай бұрын
That ending was worth it
@realprofessoroak8 ай бұрын
Hell yeah!
@shaileshdoshi6866Ай бұрын
hello oak the way you explain all options for different airline is excellent excellent, if you can help me for any award flight from ewr to amd in india , which award flight is cheaper , since i have miles for capital one, united ,delta,american and british avios too thanks in advance.
@swagav10 ай бұрын
if we book through turkish, are we still able to make that count towards my united rewards account?
@realprofessoroak10 ай бұрын
If I understand correctly, your flights booked with points will not accrue miles as they are already award tickets. Only flights booked with cash will earn miles with United or any other airline.
@peterzarif805615 күн бұрын
How about asking for price match from capital one as an offered feature if it’s cheaper somewhere else ? Would that be easier than going through all the transfer process ? Is there something I am missing ?
@realprofessoroak10 күн бұрын
Well the price match doesn't work for points, only for cash price fares, and there would also be certain restrictions on the price match (I.e. it being the exact flight service and airline operating the flight). If you can find a price match for good value, then it's easy enough and arguably easier than transferring points if you were going to pay in cash anyway
@dacvidz6 ай бұрын
If I book through a transfer partner, which airlines app can i use for electronic boarding pass? Do I need to print a paper boarding pass?
@ehletha48205 ай бұрын
so you transfered 1000 points to cathay pacific. Did you have to transfer those 1000points from cathay pacific to United airline?
@VeganWithAraygun6 ай бұрын
FWIW at this moment 1000 Capital One miles will transfer to 1600 with Aeromexico.. For my purposes the best I've seen from AMEX or Cap 1 was 1000 MRp's or C1 miles for 1200 Flying Blue. 7:39 I'm confused. This is about Capitol One Miles, which are flexible points for it's partner airlines. Now you're referencing Delta Sky Miles, which are not a flexible points system.. Whether I'm booking domestic or international If I have Delta Sky miles, is it technically possible to transfer Delta Sky Miles to other SkyTeam airlines reward miles club? If I have for example 100,000 Delta miles and joined Virgin, Korean Air or Flying Blue etc can I take half & turn those into 50000 (1 to 1 ratio) with the partner's mileage program? (Subtracting 50K from my Delta account?) Also are there more favorable conversion rates than 1:1? That seems to be what you are implying but I have never heard of it done in that way.
@joshfilms44019 ай бұрын
Hey I tried booking a flight on Turkish and Cathay but there are no available flights! Do I need to transfer miles first to view flights? Am I doing something wrong or are there just no flights available? I am searching for flights in Jan. 2024 today on Dec. 11
@joshfilms44019 ай бұрын
NEVERMIND ! I just booked a roundtrip flight using this method! Thank you so much!
@Meridaytulum8 ай бұрын
You are a genius
@realprofessoroak8 ай бұрын
😃
@MitchRKicks5 ай бұрын
Any idea how to maximize CPM if I wanted to travel to 2 of my fav spots Cancun or DR?
@macytria7 ай бұрын
Hi Oak! Can I ask you how long did you have to wait until youre able to upgrade from your Venture to Venture X? My husband is waiting for an upgrade but curious what was your scenario.
@realprofessoroak7 ай бұрын
So I actually had my Venture card for about 5 years before they offered an upgrade but they didn't even have the Venture X when I first got my Venture. I did call to ask Capital One for a few months when I was thinking about upgrading and one morning it just showed up in my offers/upgrades section of the mobile app and I was able to do it then
@calebwharton300711 ай бұрын
I have tried to look for the exact flight you used on these transfer partners and they all say there are no available flights? Am i doing something wrong? It is not making much sense
@realprofessoroak11 ай бұрын
So the tough part about booking award tickets is that award availability is very limited for most flights, and especially for popular services like JFK to LAX, it can sell out pretty quickly especially when say, someone is booking for 5 or 6 people, which could be the entire award quota for that flight (or even if that use case was someone that already watched this video lol). That being said, what can help is looking for one-way tickets and booking separately. What I would do is try out a different departure and arrival airport for your searches and see if you get results during the dates you are looking to travel, which should be at a minimum 3-4 months out. Hope that helps
@calebwharton300711 ай бұрын
@@realprofessoroak Thanks prof🥂
@AndyRenwick111 ай бұрын
Partner award availability can be really low and frustrating to find. You will have a much easier time when searching for flights serviced by that airline as opposed to a partner airline.
@AndyRenwick111 ай бұрын
Also as seen in the video, even when there is partner award availability, the options can be pretty crappy/nonsensical. Who is realistically going to take a 17 hour journey when the direct flight is 6 ish hours?
@jjfinances826010 ай бұрын
I'm a bit confused, how you referred to Alaska Airline when I thought we were looking to book on American Airlines in your first example. Sorry, I may have missed something.
@themichaelw9 ай бұрын
Alaska and American are both part of the Oneworld alliance. So you might book a flight through American that's operated on Alaskan "metal" (an Alaska airlines airplane), but your ticket is with American.
@unrulyguyanese8 ай бұрын
Can you use your miles to book domestic or international flights directly through the capital one travel website or they have to be transferred first?
@GregIsaacDominguez8 ай бұрын
You can pay with your miles through the capital one travel portal w/o transferring out.
@joanreilly64197 ай бұрын
Thanks!!
@realprofessoroak7 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@mandovelez57003 ай бұрын
Can I use on Expedia?
@techandnavid2 ай бұрын
Great VIdeo!
@realprofessoroak2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@TienTran-bi1jv11 ай бұрын
can you do the same thing for anex and chase portal
@realprofessoroak11 ай бұрын
Yes, I actually plan on putting together the AMEX and Chase ones here in the next few weeks, these just take a bit of time to edit.
@TienTran-bi1jv11 ай бұрын
@@realprofessoroak if possible, can you do one for flight to Asia? I really care ab transferring point to book flight to Asia, especially Vietnam and Philippines. please teach us the good way to redeem! point
@CinemaSteve11 ай бұрын
Just some feedback, I feel like the editing tried a little too hard on this one. We don't need a ton of sound fx and stuff to get the point across. Great info and useful for me with my VX but it was just a bit distracting.
@realprofessoroak11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the feedback!
@ResistNt10 ай бұрын
I like the sound fx. It’s kinda funny
@jonVegas7610 ай бұрын
I personally enjoy the sound effects and humor.
@CinemaSteve10 ай бұрын
@@jonVegas76 I like it when it’s not evident and overdone. It’s a hard balance but if the audience notices it then usually that means it’s pushed too far to one side. I was just offering feedback so he can tweak it since I felt like it got in the way with how often he did it. I’m a creative director and have been in the video industry for a bit now so I’m just trying to help him get better with each video since his content is so useful.
@Alhaitham1954 ай бұрын
It was way overdone
@MrHawaiiboy5102 ай бұрын
What if you can’t find any award availability?
@realprofessoroak2 ай бұрын
You'll want to check different dates since award seating is pretty limited, but worst case you could just book on Capital One Travel or take that ZL1 out for a rip
@MrHawaiiboy5102 ай бұрын
Yeah I’m new to capital one venture x I mainly use chase points. What are your thoughts on seats aero? Is it worth it to use that? And yeah taking the ZLE is always an option but the venture x doesn’t have good hotel partners
@DLXRY22 ай бұрын
I’m confused as I could not find any US flights that didn’t have layovers overseas in Turkish airlines lol how did you have all those options…?
@realprofessoroak2 ай бұрын
You'll want to make sure you select "Star Award Ticket", otherwise it'll be searching flights serviced by Turkish Airlines not United
@DLXRY22 ай бұрын
@@realprofessoroak So I search on United Website, if I then do not see this flight on Turkish Airways website I should call them and inquire for it?
@Sergio-er1ez11 ай бұрын
Please make a video on turkish airlines!
@realprofessoroak11 ай бұрын
It's in the works!
@Stargazer46911 ай бұрын
Thanks I need it asap!@@realprofessoroak
@mochilau11 ай бұрын
so is it bad if i just spend my miles when i buy flights on capital one travel
@realprofessoroak11 ай бұрын
well no its just that you can transfer them for more value than spending them on capital one travel, its like booking the flight at the best cash price available vs award redemption pricing
@mochilau11 ай бұрын
thank u professor 😌
@dntl4084 ай бұрын
Did you upgrade or convert the Venture?
@realprofessoroak4 ай бұрын
I upgraded last year when it was available
@dntl4084 ай бұрын
Nice! Thank you.
@SamuelAttias-nr5dk9 ай бұрын
Investigation Debuts
@MundaneMan-fq7mi10 ай бұрын
yeah... To much effort just to redeem points.
@luismaldonado83648 ай бұрын
You can always pay full price.
@Jiggy6097 ай бұрын
@@luismaldonado8364 its still too much effort than just redeeming for 1cpp. Opportunity cost is real.
@jesseflores90876 ай бұрын
It's literally one more step. He just broke it down in lots of detail. You just have tiktok brain
@soldierz186 ай бұрын
@@jesseflores9087 whatever bro. At this point don’t really care
@TimmyMorinII3 ай бұрын
That’s why you’re broke
@kevinluu20033 ай бұрын
IMHO, please leave out the noise transitions and snapshots of pop culture. It doesn't add any value and is annoying
@realprofessoroak3 ай бұрын
Well you could always watch another channel
@drexplordinaire4 ай бұрын
Does seats.aero search through all the alliance airlines or is it missing some? I never see cathay as a result for example..
@realprofessoroak4 ай бұрын
seats . aero is not that great in my experience. If you pay for it maybe the functionality is better but it's also not 100% accurate
@drexplordinaire4 ай бұрын
@@realprofessoroak i paid. its better. but doesn't have avianca lm i think..