Offers
Welcome Offer
Eligible new applicants for the RBC Avion Visa Infinite Card can receive a welcome offer of up to 55,000 Avion points:
- Get 35,000 Avion points on approval
- Earn 20,000 Avion points when you spend $5,000 in the first six months1
Earning Avion Points
The RBC Avion Visa Infinite credit card earns Avion points for all purchases made on the card:
- 1.25 Avion points for every dollar spent on all merchants that code as travel within the Visa network.
- 1 Avion point for every dollar spent on all purchases on the card.
Redeeming Avion Points
Avion points are a valuable and flexible currency that can be transferred to several frequent flyer programs to maximize their value.
Avion points can be transferred to frequent flyer programs at the following rates:
- American Airlines AAdvantage at a 1:0.7 ratio
- British Airways Avios at a 1:1 ratio
- Cathay Pacific Asia Miles at a 1:1 ratio
- WestJet Rewards at a 1:1 ratio
Members who are interested in redeeming their Avion points for flights can utilize the RBC Air Travel Redemption Schedule, where a fixed number of points can be used to cover an airline ticket up to a set dollar value.
Avion points can also be redeemed for gift cards, merchandise, statement credits, and more, but the value of these redemption methods is far less than using these points for travel or transferring them to a partner frequent flyer program.
Benefits
3₵/L Savings at Petro-Canada
Link your RBC Avion Visa Infinite card with a Petro-Points membership to instantly save 3₵/L on fuel at Petro-Canada stations and earn 20% more Petro-Points and 20% more Avion points.
Earn More Be Well Points at Rexall
Link your RBC Avion Visa Infinite card with a Rexall Be Well account and get 50 Be Well points for every $1 spent on eligible products at Rexall. Redeem Be Well points faster for savings in-store on eligible purchases where 25,000 Be Well points = $10.
Doordash DashPass Subscription
Add your RBC Avion Visa Infinite credit card to your DoorDash account to receive a 12-month complimentary DashPass subscription (a value of almost $120). Cardholders will enjoy unlimited deliveries with $0 delivery fees on orders of $15 or more when they pay with their eligible RBC credit card.
Hertz Rental Car Status & Discounts
RBC Avion Visa Infinite cardholders will receive up to a 20% discount at Hertz, Five Star status in the Hertz Gold Plus Rewards program, and they will earn 3x Avion points on purchases at Hertz.
Fees & Eligibility
| Personal Income | $60,000 |
| Household Income | $100,000 |
| Annual Fee | $120 |
| Foreign Exchange Fee | 2.50% |
| Purchase Rate | 20.99% |
| Cash Advance Rate | 22.99% |
| Balance Transfer Rate | 22.99% |
Insurance Coverage
The RBC Avion Visa Infinite card offers several types of insurance coverage:
- Emergency medical insurance: Coverage for the first 15 days of any out-of-province trips for travelers under the age of 65 or the first three days for those aged 65 and up
- Travel accident coverage: $500,000 of accidental death and dismemberment coverage
- Rental car collision and loss damage coverage: Comprehensive coverage for cars up to $65,000 MSRP
- Trip cancellation insurance: $1,500 per covered person per trip, up to an overall $5,000 maximum
- Trip interruption insurance: $5,000 per covered person per trip, up to an overall $25,000 maximum
- Delayed baggage insurance: $500 per person coverage for emergency purchases when your baggage is lost or delayed, up to an overall maximum of $2,500 per occurrence
- Flight delay insurance: $250 per occurrence and per covered person for reasonable and necessary expenses, up to an overall maximum of $500 per occurrence
- Hotel and motel burglary insurance: $2,500 coverage for stolen items per occurrence
- Purchase security: Coverage for accidental physical damage or theft for 90 days from the date of purchase (up to $50,000 per calendar year)
- Extended warranty: Extend the manufacturer’s original warranty up to one additional year
- Mobile device insurance: $1,500 coverage for theft, loss, or accidental damage to your mobile device
Refer to the RBC Avion Visa Infinite card insurance certificate for additional details, including terms and conditions for eligibility.
Card Awards
As part of Frugal Flyer’s 2025 Best Credit Card Awards, we selected the RBC Avion Visa Infinite Card as the Best Flexible Points Travel Credit Card.
Other RBC Cards
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70,000 Avion points Estimated value: $1,330 |
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55,000 Avion points Estimated value: $1,045 Ends Jun 15, 2026 |
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60,000 Avios Estimated value: $1,020 Ends Feb 25, 2026 |
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70,000 WestJet points Estimated value: $700 Ends Feb 4, 2026 |
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21,000 Avion points Estimated value: $399 Ends May 6, 2026 |
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† For Air Travel Reward redemptions from the Air Travel Redemption Schedule with a maximum ticket price of $1,100, starting at 55,000 Avion points, you can redeem for a round trip flight from eastern Canada or the United States to Mexico, Hawaii or Alaska; or from western Canada or the United States to Bermuda, Central America or the Caribbean. All applicable taxes, service fees and surcharges are the responsibility of the traveller. For more details, including information on redeeming for first class and business class seats, visit: www.avionrewards.com/travel/index.html. For general redemption terms, conditions and restrictions that apply to the Avion Rewards program, please visit: www.avionrewards.com or call 1-800 ROYAL 1-2 (1-800-769-2512).
^ Air Travel Reward redemptions from the Air Travel Redemption Schedule start at 7,500 points for a one-way short-haul flight within or to an adjacent province/territory or U.S. state in economy class with a maximum ticket price of $175 (and start at 15,000 points for a round-trip short-haul flight within or to an adjacent province/territory or U.S. state in economy class with a maximum ticket price of $350). All applicable taxes, service fees and surcharges are the responsibility of the traveller. For more details, including guidelines on redeeming for business class seats, visit www.avionrewards.com/travel/. For general redemption terms, conditions and restrictions that apply to the Avion Rewards program, please visit: www.avionrewards.com or call 1-800 ROYAL 1-2 (1-800-769-2512).
1 This offer only applies to new applications for an RBC Avion Visa Infinite or RBC Avion Visa Platinum credit card (each, an “Eligible Credit Card”) received between “January 21, 2026” and “June 15, 2026” (“Offer Period”) and approved by Royal Bank of Canada (“Royal Bank”) subject to the conditions below. Additional cardholders(s) (co-applicant and authorized user(s)) on the Eligible Credit Card account, as well as existing cardholders on any RBC Royal Bank personal credit card account transferring to an Eligible Credit Card account during the Offer Period, are not eligible for the offer.
35,000 welcome Avion points (“Welcome Points”) will appear on your monthly credit card statement within sixty (60) days after your application has been approved, provided that your Eligible Credit Card account remains open and in good standing at the time the Welcome points are credited to your account, “good standing” meaning that your Eligible Credit Card account must not be past due for more than two (2) consecutive credit card account statement periods, closed, charged off or in credit revoked status.
You will receive 20,000 bonus Avion points (“Bonus Points”) if a total of $5,000 or more (“Qualifying Transaction Amount”) in qualifying net purchases and/or pre-authorized bill payment transactions (“Qualifying Transactions”) are posted to your Eligible Credit Card account within the first six (6) months from your Eligible Credit Card account opening date (“Period”). The Bonus Points will appear on your monthly credit card statement within sixty days (60) after you reach $5,000 in Qualifying Transactions, provided your Credit Card Account remains open and in good standing at the time the Bonus Points are credited to your account.
Qualifying Transactions exclude cash advances (including balance transfers, cash-like transactions and bill payments that are not pre-authorized charges that you set up with a merchant), interest charges and fees. Credits for returns and adjustments posted to your Credit Card account during the Period will reduce the amount of your Qualifying Transactions. The Qualifying Transaction Amount is based on the transaction posting date of each Qualifying Transaction, not the transaction date. This means that transactions that take place prior to the last day of the Period will not be considered for the Qualifying Transaction Amount if they have not yet been posted or processed by the merchant, the payment network (Visa) or Royal Bank by the last day of the Period.
If you close or change your Eligible Credit Card for another type of RBC Royal Bank credit card before the Welcome Points and/or the Bonus Points have been credited to your account, you may lose the benefit of this offer. This offer may not be combined or used in conjunction with any other offer. Royal Bank reserves the right to cancel, modify or withdraw this offer at any time without notice, even after your application has been approved, including if we suspect that you may be manipulating or abusing it, or engaging in any suspicious or fraudulent activity, as determined by Royal Bank in its sole discretion. For complete terms and conditions that apply to the Avion Rewards Program, please visit www.avionrewards.com or call 1-800-769-2512.
If I have this card and already had the welcome bonus, is there a way for me to get the welcome bonus again?
I’m an existing credit card holder with RBC, would I be able to apply to have the same benefits and perks? Or is it for new sign up only?
Hi Scott,
I would refer to the terms and conditions of the welcome offer of the RBC credit card that you are interested in to determine eligibility. Typically, you will be eligible if you don’t currently hold that existing card, but your mileage may vary.
I applied for this card Jan 5 2024 – I think there was an extra bonus through FF (i.e. standard promo was 35K points and FF offered 20K more through signup). I only got the 35K though. Am I misremembering/is there a way to backtrace this?
Hi Geoff,
Frugal Flyer has never had an exclusive offer that was different than the public offer for this card. Frugal Flyer only offers cash back rebates on top of the welcome bonus offered by the financial institution. Additionally, the extra 20,000 Avion was tied to a spend requirement of $5,000 in 3 months. Using the wayback machine, I can see that the 55k bonus ended in November 2023: https://web.archive.org/web/20231006145809/https://www.rbcroyalbank.com/credit-cards/travel/rbc-avion-visa-infinite.html.
Hopefully the 55k offer and rebates on the Avion cards come back soon enough!
I want to apply for two cards at once – wither regular and business Avion, or one Avion and one Avios.
Is there a way to get approved (I’ve read somewhere that RBC rejects applications made within 90 days of previously approved ones) and incur only one credit check, like it happens with CIBC cards when one applies in-branch?
Also – if I request upgrade from RBC Rewards +, will I be eligible for Avion bonus? I guess there is no Frugal Flyer cashback for the upgrades.
Hi Stephen,
RBC will only approve one new credit card every 90 days, no way around that.
I can’t speak to upgrades as I don’t have any experience with RBC offering those, but product switches will only post the reduced public offer (e.g. 15k Avion for the RBC Avion VI). A new card is the best way to go if you are looking for the best welcome bonus.
What happens if at the application stage they only approve you for the platinum?
Hi Sidharth,
If you apply for the RBC Avion Visa Infinite but are approved for the RBC Avion Platinum card, you would be eligible for that welcome bonus. The bonuses are usually identical on both cards though, so it isn’t a problem.
Sorry, I meant what happens to the rebate?
Sid
Hey Sid,
I believe you should still be eligible, but I can’t say that with 100% certainty. Ultimately RBC will decide if the credit card approval is commissionable, and if so, we will pay out the rebate on the sign-up.
Hello
I applied for the RBC Avion infinite card through frugal but I did not receive a confirmation email, I’m not sure if one is sent.
Please let me know.
Thank you very much.
Edward Gonsalves
Hey Edward,
Please email [email protected] and clarify if you mean a confirmation email from RBC, or from Frugal Flyer?
Regards,
Reed