✈ 🚨Last Chance: 100,000-Mile Bonus Offer, Best Places to Visit in February, & More News From TPG ✈

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January 1, 2026 View in browser

Last chance to earn 100k miles Limited-time offer you don't want to miss by Brian Kelly Brian Kelly here (founder of The Points Guy, for those I haven't "met" yet), and I'm taking over the first newsletter of 2026 because a fantastic offer, on a card that I love using, is ending soon. Here are the details The Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card is currently offering 100,000 bonus miles after you spend $10,000 within six months from account opening, but time is ticking as the offer ends Jan. 5. The Venture X stands out because it delivers real value without the usual premium-card headaches. The $395 annual fee is competitive, the card earns a simple 2 miles per dollar spent on everything, and the lounge access alone can be a game changer (the new  24-hour Capital One Lounge at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport already saved my family on a recent trip). Benefits and perks You'll get an annual travel credit of $300 to use for booking on Capital One Travel and 10,000 miles each year on your card's anniversary. Capital One miles are flexible, too — you can transfer them to partners for amazing award redemptions for lie-flat seats: Air France-KLM Flying Blue to book 60,000-mile award seats to Europe Qatar Airways Privilege Club to book Qsuite across the ocean from 70,000 Avios one-way Air Canada Aeroplan to fly All Nippon Airways to Japan from 55,000 miles one-way If transferring to partners seems too complicated, you can also use the miles to erase travel purchases at a straightforward rate of 1 cent per mile when you need simplicity. Bottom line: This six-figure bonus on the Venture X is what we in the industry call a "no-brainer." We haven't seen an offer this high since 2021, and I don't want you to miss out on this 100,000-mile offer before it ends Jan. 5. Act fast Posts in this newsletter contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products, and this may impact how or where they appear. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page. Photo Credit: false.

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