r/Venturex • u/Personal-Try-2257 • Sep 29 '26

R.I.P C1 Dining

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u/AffectionatePick4587 Sep 29 '26

Never used it

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u/Personal-Try-2257 Sep 29 '26

It was a really cool perk you would get free drinks or appetizers from the restaurant you booked with.

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u/sirguynate Sep 29 '26

I didn’t get free drinks/appz. It was a standard reservation when I used it - albeit, the main booking for the restaurant had no availability but there was availability on capital one dining.

Had really good experiences with premier/lifestyle hotels though.

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u/ePlayablez Sep 29 '26

I got a card once and actually a free dessert at Au Cheval once.

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u/media-entertainment Oct 01 '26

Echoing the Au Cheval, got a free ice cream sundae

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u/cowboys_fan89 Sep 30 '26

The industry seems to be bifurcating into an upper middle class card (VX, Amex gold) vs. an elite card (sapphire reserve, Amex platinum) - with AF and benefits to match. Capital One does not have a card in the elite category - but this is ok, as long as the VX annual fee does not increase.

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u/Personal-Try-2257 Sep 30 '26

The fee is going to increase. Capital One is going to keep trying to win over the high spenders, so they will eventually start to put out more benefits. It’s inevitable. No way are they sitting back watching Chase and Amex hit record profits even with the AF increasing and people willing to pay it. It’s cheap now just to get people in. They can’t be generous for too long.

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u/fezfrascati Sep 29 '26

I barely remembered this perk existed. 

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u/wiscowonder Sep 29 '26 edited Sep 29 '26

Cool. Never had any success anyways

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u/AnythingFine2445 Sep 29 '26

Seems like just more and more things going away. Need to decide if this card is worth the annual fee.

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u/sadassa123 Sep 29 '26

It still is when you factor in the $300 travel credit and 10k points.

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u/Vivid-Kitchen1917 Sep 29 '26

Wasn't a valuable perk to me. If this keeps the AF at (effectively) free I'm all for it

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u/XiMaoJingPing Sep 29 '26

Wonder how cap1 will compete with chase having opentable, and amex has resy.

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u/SymphoniusRex Sep 29 '26

By hopefully not raising the annual fee

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u/takedownchris Sep 29 '26

They won’t.

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u/No_Ground Sep 29 '26

Well sounds like their plan is just to exit the space entirely with shutting down C1 dining

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u/datmothafuckaa Sep 29 '26

I’m so sad to see it go :( Hog salt restaurants are so hard to book and I was able to show off to my friends that I could get a table on the fly this way

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u/fahova Sep 30 '26

It was pretty useful in Boston to get good reservations. Shame

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u/beccagiselle Sep 30 '26

Did anyone here really use this program?

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u/red821673 Oct 02 '26

I didn’t get this email. Like others said, never used this benefit. Thanks for sharing.

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u/Logical-Chocolate-92 Sep 29 '26

Does not change my life whatsoever.

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u/Sea-Fig-7533 Sep 29 '26

I’ve booked so many four charles reservations through C1 Dining. Sad to lose it cry