RBC Royal Bank launched two new credit cards this past week, the RBC ION Visa and RBC ION+ Visa cards. These two cards will replace the Rewards+ and Signature Visa cards and feature changes to earn rates, redemption rates and benefits. The naming of these cards falls inline with RBC's move of rebranding their RBC Rewards program to Avion Rewards.
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loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more.
The CIBC Aventura® Visa Infinite* Card is the next card to receive the Rewards Canada review treatment. "It has decent accelerated point earning categories for everyday spend and if you combine those strategically with the Aventura Airline Rewards Chart you can extract some good value out of this card. It also has a great airport lounge access benefit and other notable features that keep this card in the top 10% of all rewards cards in Canada" Click here to read the entire review
The best ever bonus of up to 55,000 Avion Rewards points for the RBC Avion Visa Infinite card has been extended to October 31st! The bonus is one of the easiest to achieve in the market right now. With many other issuers keeping increased offers on their cards it only makes sense for RBC to continue to do so with their Avion products as well.
Over the past few years we've seen partnerships emerge between banks and popular Canadian retailers or loyalty programs One such partnership is from CIBC and JOURNIE Rewards. CIBC has teamed up with this popular gas loyalty program to offer extra benefits to those who connect their CIBC debit card and eligible CIBC credit card with the JOURNIE Rewards loyalty program to save up to 10 cents per litre at participating stations.
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You'll want to check your email or your American Express account to see if you have been selected for a limited time increased Use Points for Purchases redemption rate. Depending on which card you have you might get a 20% or 50% increase in value. For example targeted Platinum Cardmembers are getting an offer for $15 per 1,000 points redeemed and Cobalt Cardmembers are receiving $12 for 1,000 points. Both cards standard Use Points for Purchases redemption rate is 1,000 points for a $10 credit. If you are targeted for this offer you'll want to seriously consider redeeming right now if you happen to be someone who doesn't convert points to Amex's travel partners nor use Amex's Fixed Points for Travel option where you can extract more value than the 1.2 or 1.5 cents per point with this promotion. (BTW I was not targeted on any of my cards and found this offer posted on Reddit)
The best ever bonus seen on the RBC Avion Visa Infinite card is set to end in only one week. Available until September 16, the bonus of up to 55,000 RBC Rewards points is one of the easiest to achieve in the market right now. There is the possibility RBC may extend the offer but typically they would have advised us by now (although that hasn't always been the case) and the likelihood of an even better offer coming to the card is slim to none. Thus if you have been considering this card you may want to apply for it in the next seven days.
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A few weeks ago we let you know that Merdian Credit Union stopped accepting applications for their cards. The credit union stated they were going to change providers and update their cards for the fall. Meridian has new revealed some of the details of their new cards which should be available in October. The biggest change is that they will now be issuing the cards themselves rather than with Collabria (as many credit unions do).
It also looks like they are taking page from some other banks' playbooks with their marketing/rewards tactics as they state "There will be a small change in the points earn rate structure, with no real impact for the Meridian Visa Cash Back Card and the Meridian Visa Infinite* Travel Rewards Card." and yet there is an impact. Here are the earn rates for the two cards they have revealed the details for:
Here are Rewards Canada's Top Travel Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of September 2022! This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition (welcome/sign up) offers. As always when choosing a card you should always take other factors into account other than the just sign up bonus, but when some of these cards are first year free, they can and do pay off even when you grab them strictly for the sign up rewards.
TD has released their fall offers for their Aeroplan co-brand cards. For the most part these are the same offers we have seen in place for the majority of 2022. The only change is an increase in the spend and time requirement on the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Privilege Visa card. The other two cards, the Visa Infinite and Visa Platinum cards continue on with their exact same offers.
One of the first travel rewards cards to offer any flight any time potential, the RBC Avion Visa Infinite Card has been a mainstay in the travel credit card market for well over a decade. The card, which we first reviewed in 2011 is by far one of the most popular in Canada. Over the years we had some band-aid updates to that review so we thought it's time to do a complete refresh for 2022!
Just as Scene+ is expanding its presence in Canada with the addition of grocery partners we see the original Scotia SCENE+ Visa Card get a limited time increased welcome bonus! The no annual fee card sees its offer for new customers jump from 5,000 to 7,500 Scene+ Points.
We continue our monthly feature where we recommend a card to consider applying for right away during the course of the current month. How do we pick which card should be highlighted? We'll look at numerous factors however in most cases it will primarily be due to the limited time offer on the highlighted card ending this month or shortly thereafter. In some cases, it may be different factors or a combination of factors. This month it's the former however, where it is simply an offer that is set to end shortly after the end of this month.
One of the most popular travel rewards credit cards in Canada, the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite* Card was first reviewed by Rewards Canada in 2014 when it was introduced. For the better part of six years the card didn't change very much but then we saw the entire Air Canada Aeroplan saga transpire for numerous years which culminated in Air Canada buying Aeroplan back from Aimia and launching a whole new Aeroplan in November of 2020 along with refreshed credit card offerings. This mainstay Aeroplan card from TD underwent many changes for the new program and thus the need for this updated review.
We continue our monthly feature where we recommend a card to consider
applying for right away during the course of the current month. How do
we pick which card should be highlighted? We'll look at numerous factors
however in most cases it will primarily be due to the limited time
offer on the highlighted card ending this month or shortly thereafter. In some cases, it may be different factors or a combination of factors.
This month it's the former however, where it is simply an offer that is
set to end shortly after the end of this month.
RBC has brought their flagship card into the game of bigger and better bonuses. So many other issuers have been steadily increasing the offers on their cards - many with their best ever bonuses - and even RBC has done so on their British Airways, Cathay Pacific and WestJet cards. And for this summer it's the RBC Avion Visa Infinite card's turn. For the past few months this card has had a new welcome bonus of up to 55,000 RBC Rewards points which just happens to be the best ever bonus ever provided for this card. The offer is only set to be place for just over one more month so be sure to check it out.
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According to a thread on RFD, Meridian Credit Union has stopped
accepting new applications for their cards as they will be changing
providers in the fall. There are no details of the planned switch or
what the cards will offer when they are released. We have updated our
Top Cash Back Card rankings since we had the Meridian Visa Infinite*
Cash Back Card ranked as the third best card in the market but now the
list shifts up and sees the TD Cash Back Visa Infinite* Card move back into
the rankings into 5th spot. These rankings will be changing again in
October when the new earn rates for the SimplyCash™ Preferred Card from American Express kick in and possibly seeing the Meridian card back in
the mix of things should their new card remain competitive. Check out our top cash back rankings here.
Here are Rewards Canada's Top 5 Cash Back Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of August 2022. This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Cash Back Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition (welcome/sign up) offers. As always when choosing a card you should always take other factors into account other than the just sign up bonus, but when some of these cards are first year free, they can and do pay off even when you grab them strictly for the sign up rewards.
Big news from TD today as they are making changes to several cards in the credit card portfolio. The changes range from minor to major and I won't bore you with a long introduction as there is lots to cover in the post so I'll just get down it:
TD's Ultra Premium Aeroplan co-brand card, the TD® Aeroplan® Visa Infinite Privilege* Card is currently available with a record high welcome bonus offer of up to 105,000 bonus Aeroplan points! On top of the huge points bonus, being an ultra premium card it has many benefits associated that make travelling with Air Canada even better like lounge access, first checked bag free and priority boarding! You have to apply online to get this bonus and with the extension is now scheduled to end on September 5, 2022. This offer is not available for residents of Quebec. For Quebec residents, please click here.
