The Capital One Savor was a Lost Opportunity.

With news of the Discontinuation of the Capital One Savor, it's worth looking at the Savor and how it could have taken on the American Express Gold one-on-one and possibly come out ahead. It only would have taken a couple of tweaks. Let's talk about it more.

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[Dr.Boombatz]

Thank you King Fargo for the news update and commentary.

[L-Man-Gaming]

They could just re release the card as the Savior X.

[Boxerexp]

honestly I think they missed the boat totally. they could have tweaked the savor. maybe ditch the 3% on entertainment and adding something like 2% gas. my savor one has been a earning like no tomorrow, 10% back on uber/uber eats. as far as the transfer partners.. wish they'd go with like you said in the video. I'd most likely be done with amex honestly. another thing, they could do like chase and with the venture x do a 25% boost in portal like chase.. if they did that and kept the low annual fee I cant see much beating that.

[soapa]

The Savor by itself was never an issue, it's the fact the Savor One existed and there was not enough of a difference.

If the Savor One didn't exist, I would have applied for the Savor and threw my Amex Gold and their $10 monthly credit in the trash.

[johnmckinstry]

Yes, I agree Matt! I think Capital One gave up an opportunity with their Savor card. They could have very easily tried to make it more competitive with the Amex Gold card. All they would have had to do was increase the grocery category to 4x and maybe add some sort of a statement credit to help offset the $95 annual fee. Had they done something like that, they would have made the Savor card potentially better than the Amex Gold. Capital One seems to be very goofy when it comes to their credit cards.

[DoYouTakeCards]

I will always disagree with taking the transfer partners out of it but yes to the rest of it. I want Amex to have more people nipping at the Gold Card's heels so we get a better Gold Card.

[iamevan]

i think at some point they would need to cut out the savor one. the extra 1% isn’t worth the $95 for most people, even with some credits (which would be a hassle). maybe a savor one rebrand (same stats) but to help them advertise it alongside the venture x?

[TravelingonEverydaySpend-yrnq]

Excellent insight. It would have been nice to see. I have just come to grips with the fact that nobody is really seeking to make the most compelling card or set. thanks. for the video

[Adiscretefirm]

An issue with Cap1 is they are so uninterested in product changes, more people might have tried it if they knew a downgrade after the first year was guaranteed. I have a QS I have to remember to use 2x a year that they refuse to let me change to a Savor or a Savor 1

[timtime]

You really can't disregard transfer partners with these cards. There is a reason why most people prefer Chase setup over Citi even though Citi has much better earnings. People want Hyatt and simpler to use domestic airlines

[robert]

If the savor card came back with 4% in groceries, dining, streaming / entertainment
With Uber one for each year of renewal that sounds like a better deal than Amex gold $10 credit you may or may not use naturally to break even while Uber one gives it’s own benefits that you don’t have to force yourself to use

Amex and Chase would need to make some big changes to compete bc at that point all c1 needs to do is add solid hotel transfer partners and domestic airlines

Which imo is the only thing holding them back from
Chase or Amex who are carried by their partners

[Trucker-X]

Thanks, Matt. Capital One seems to be ever so slowly crashing. 👀

[BonVoyageMiles]

Do you think there is a chance that C1 refreshes the Savor then release it later. I like the thought with the 5% Discover cards augmenting the C1 Duo. I would love to see that

[nicholaselia]

The people that have the saver card are they gonna be changed to the Saber one card by any chance when they discontinue the card or they just gonna leave it for the people that already have the card?

[MuscleBach]

Good video, but im pretty sure that Wyndham literally has the most ptoperties of any chain

[andreabelt]

Great video as always! Please make a video when you get the Attune card and whether or not it allows to transfer to the autograph card!!

[robertjarrell]

It seems like you’re thinking the Savor was 3x on entertainment? It was 4x, and 3x on groceries. I had it for three years and had just recently “upgraded” to Savor One.

Oh, and sure, I’d be interested in a channel membership. You could do members-only or early release videos like Dugroz?

[yvjyang]

Definitely a missed opportunity. C1 gonna continue being mid.

[ayushkumar-bgxf]

Capital one is not in business of making loss . Just imagine yourself as person who owns capital one. They are a company and not in business of donation

[andreabelt]

Also do you have an affiliate link I can use to apply for that card and support the channel