RBC · Visa
Business card
$120, waived in year one, for a flat 1 Avion point a dollar. 35,000 points on approval is the reason to take it and the fee waiver makes year one free.
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What we like, and what we don’t
Worth having
- 35,000 Avion points on approval, with the first year fee waived
- A flat 1 point a dollar with nothing to track
- Rental car collision damage waiver included
- Avion points can be redeemed against travel booked anywhere, not one airline
- RBC places liability on the business rather than publishing an owner guarantee requirement
Watch out for
- A flat 1 point a dollar with no bonus categories at all
- Avion is a fixed value programme, so 1 point a dollar is about 1%
- Employee cards cost $50 each with none included
- Easily confused with the RBC Avion Visa Infinite Business at $175, which earns 1.25 points
- A 2.5% foreign transaction fee
What this card earns
- Everything else
- 1x
- Bonus categories at once
- 1 you choose which
- What we value a point at
- Not published by the issuer
The earning fine print
Flat '1 Avion point for every $1 spent in net purchases'. No bonus categories and no caps published. This is the mid-tier Avion business card, distinct from the RBC Avion Visa Infinite Business ($175/$75).
The welcome offer
- Welcome bonus
- 35,000 points after you spend $0
- Also included
- The first-year annual fee is waived
What the offer actually requires
35,000 Avion points upon approval with the first year's annual fee waived. RBC states points are awarded within 60 days provided the account remains in good standing, and that only the primary business owner is eligible. No minimum spend is published, so bonus_tier1_spend is a genuine 0. RBC may withdraw the offer at its discretion; no end date published.
Fees and interest rates
- Annual fee
- $120 waived the first year
- Employee card
- $50
- Employee cards included
- None
- Foreign transaction fee
- 2.5%
- Purchase APR
- 19.99%
- Cash advance APR
- 22.99%
- Balance transfer APR
- 22.99%
Who can get this card
- Personal guarantee required
- No you are personally liable for the balance
Insurance and benefits
- Trip cancellation
- $1,500
- Trip interruption
- $5,000
- Rental car damage waiver
- Included
- Purchase protection
- Included
- Extended warranty
- Included
What the benefits really mean
Trip cancellation $1,500 for each covered person to an overall maximum of $5,000 for all covered persons per trip; trip interruption $5,000 for each covered person per trip to a total maximum of $25,000. Purchase Security for 90 days against theft, loss or damage. Extended Warranty doubles the manufacturer's original Canadian warranty by up to one additional year to a maximum of 5 years. Rental car collision underwritten by Aviva General Insurance; RBC does not publish the day limit on this card's page. NO travel emergency medical insurance is published for this card. RBC's Business Credit Card Agreement fee schedule confirms $120 first card / $50 additional cards and a 2.5% foreign currency markup, and applies a $3.50 cash advance fee in Canada / $5.00 outside Canada. Easily confused with the RBC Avion Visa INFINITE Business ($175/$75) that is already in the dataset. This is the $120/$50 tier and earns a flat 1 point per $1 with no bonus categories at all. PERSONAL GUARANTEE: RBC's published Business Credit Card Agreement places liability on the Applicant (the business) and states 'a Cardholder is not responsible to us for the payment of any Debt'. Recorded as false on the strength of the agreement, but RBC does not publish whether an owner guarantee is taken separately at underwriting. No travel medical insurance despite being sold as a travel rewards card. No free employee cards. The 35,000-point bonus is granted on approval with no spend requirement, which is genuinely unusual. Verify it has not lapsed before publishing, as RBC posts no end date.
Our verdict
Take the first year, then think hard. 35,000 Avion points on approval with the fee waived means the first twelve months cost nothing and hand you about $350 of travel. That is a clean win and there is no reason not to collect it.
From year two it is a $120 card earning a flat 1% in a fixed value programme with no bonus categories, which several free cards in this comparison beat outright. If you want an Avion business card for the long run, the $175 Infinite version earns 1.25 points and includes more. If you just want the points, take this one and reassess at renewal.
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Where this came from. rbcroyalbank.com/../rbc-avion-visa-business.html (fees, rates, earn, welcome, insurance); rbcroyalbank.com/business/credit-cards/index.html (lineup); RBC Royal Bank Business Credit Card Agreement PDF (fee schedule, 2.5% FX, liability). Verified 18 Aug 2026.. We take every figure from the issuer’s own pages, never from another comparison site, and we leave a field blank rather than guess at it.