As we mentioned a couple of days ago, the new version of the RBC British Airways Visa was released today. The RBC British Airways Visa Infinite replaces the old BA Platinum card that has been around for a number of years. With the Infinite branding comes a better suite of insurance benefits (though not as complete as the RBC Avion Infinite and Infinite cards from other banks) and card perks namely 31 day out of province medical insurance. The sign up bonus remains the same at 15,000 Avios however to celebrate the launch of the card, 35,000 additional Avios will be awarded to any new cardholder who applies by May 31 and spends $5,000 within the first 3 months of card membership. This brings the total of the signup bonus to 50,000 Avios, which ties past and present offers for the AeroplanPlus Platinum card and the special RFD Capital One Aspire World Travel MasterCard as the highest mile/point offer for a credit card. The card comes with an annual fee of $165 for the primary card and $75 for supplementary cards.
What can you get for 50,000 Avios? A round-trip economy class flight to England on British Airways (+taxes/fees) from anywhere in Canada or 10 one way trips between Toronto and New York (+taxes/fees). There many other options as well including upgrading paid tickets to the next higher category on BA flights (i.e. Economy to Economy Plus; Economy Plus to Business etc)
Some additional details of the card are:
- Earn 1 Avios for every $1 CAD you spend on the card.
- Earn double Avios for every $1 CAD you spend on British Airways purchases
- Receive a complimentary Companion Award Ticket~ when you spend $30,000 or more on your card in any calendar year*.
- Enjoy Comprehensive Insurances including 31-day Out-of-Country/Province Emergency Medical Insurance.
- Minimum credit limit of $5,000 (provided income requirements of $60k personal or $100k household are met).
For more details or to apply for the card please visit: rbcroyalbank.com
In the next couple of weeks watch for a complete review of this card in our standard Rewards Canada fashion as well as the new features of the card to be added to all of our credit card comparison charts.
"This brings the total of the signup bonus to 50,000 Avios, which ties the AeroplanPlus Platinum card and the special RFD Capital One Aspire World Travel MasterCard as the highest mile/point offer for a credit card."
ReplyDeletePlease link to the RFD Capital One offer. I thought it expired.
I forgot to put 'past and present'! Now Fixed.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is the surcharges and taxes that you are charged when you try to get a reward ticket... I did a couple of searches and they all had MORE THAN 650.00 dollars in taxes/surcharges!! 50K sounds very interesting but paying 680 in taxes for a Toronto or NYC to London it's a lot. I did other searches and taxes were very similar.
ReplyDeleteCan you redeem on AAirlines?
ReplyDeleteYes you can redeem for flights on American Airlines
ReplyDeleteI don't think so...the reward ticket must be on BA
ReplyDeleteI think there are two questions.
ReplyDeleteCan you redeem the reward ticket on other than BA vs can you redeem the reward points on any OneWorld airline?
Yes you can redeem Avios points for OneWorld partner flights.
ReplyDeletehow to count the first 3 months for spending $5000?
ReplyDeleteI applied the card in May and have spent over $2500 in the past few weeks using the card. However, I have not seen the 15000 bonus points in my British Airways account yet. When will it show up?
ReplyDelete+/- 10 weeks.
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