Capital One miles are a favorite of many credit card holders. They can be redeemed like cash through the Capital One travel portal or in the form of statement credits toward travel at the value of 1 cent per mile or transferred to several travel partners.

But, what are the best Capital One transfer partners? And are there any you should skip? The short answer is yes. Here’s everything you need to know about the best Capital One transfer partners.

How Capital One miles work

It can help to first understand Capital One miles and the various credit cards that award them. They come from cards like the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card or Capital One Spark cards.

These cards earn points on spend, but they also can offer lucrative welcome bonuses that can instantly boost your points stash. Take the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card for example: 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. If you choose to transfer these points to an airline loyalty program, you can possibly extract even more value from them. This would make the most sense if the value of the redemption is higher than the 1 cent per mile value when redeemed from Capital One directly.

Let’s say that you find an expensive business class flight to the Maldives or Tahiti, but you realize that you can redeem frequent flyer miles for it instead. That’s the perfect time to transfer Capital One miles over to the airline loyalty program that has award availability to get more value from your Capital One miles.

Not all transfers are created equal, though — it is important to know which from the Capital One list are the best transfer partners. Some should be avoided if you want to maximize transfer value.

Capital One miles transfer ratios

Capital One miles can be transferred to most partner loyalty programs at a 1:1 ratio with a minimum transfer of 1,000 miles (e.g., 1,000 miles transfer as 1,000 miles or points in the programs below). Here's Capital One's full list of transfer partners and ratios:

Full list of Capital One transfer partners

Airlines

Aeromexico (1:1 ratio).

Air Canada (1:1 ratio).

Air France-KLM (1:1 ratio).

Avianca (1:1 ratio).

British Airways (1:1 ratio).

Cathay Pacific (1:1 ratio).

Emirates (1:1 ratio).

Etihad (1:1 ratio).

EVA (2:1.5 ratio).

Finnair (1:1 ratio).

Qantas (1:1 ratio).

Singapore Airlines (1:1 ratio).

TAP Air Portugal (1:1 ratio).

Turkish Airlines (1:1 ratio).

Hotels

Accor (2:1 ratio).

Choice Privileges Hotels (1:1 ratio).

Wyndham Rewards (1:1 ratio).

If you want to transfer miles from Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card or Capital One Spark Miles for Business balances, the above programs are easily accessible.

You can also transfer 1,000 Capital One miles to EVA Air Infinity MileageLands, but you will only receive 750 miles or points within this program. ALL Accor Live Limitless is another transfer partner with Capital One, but you only receive 500 ALL points for each 1,000 Capital One miles moved into it.

The best Capital One transfer partners

Here are the top six Capital One transfer partners if you want to optimize the points you transfer over to an airline.