Great new RBC Visa Infinite Avion sign up offer! 25,000 bonus points and first year free! + MORE Feb 20th

The RBC Visa Infinite Avion card – long ranked as a really good card here on Rewards Canada but never at the top must be feeling the heat from the ever increasing competition as they have come out with this new offer! This is one of the best offers for this card in a while! Even though the previous offer was 30,000 points there was no first year free and the bonus was split between year 1 and year 2. This offer is 25,000 points on approval (awarded on the first statement) and first year free which we feel is a much better!  Those 25,000 points equate to 25,000 British Airways Avios at no cost! Or 250 WestJet dollars at no cost and that doesn’t even take into account the transfer bonuses they run occasionally throughout the year. And remember BA has household accounts so you and your spouse could each get the card then convert to BA and combine the Avios into one account for 50,000 or more Avios. There are just so many options here….If you have been tossing around the idea of getting this card and haven’t really been sure now is the time as it will cost you nothing and score you some decent rewards! RBC Visa Infinite Avion Start Avioning Today! Get 25,000 Welcome Points upon approval† +  1st year annual fee waived† – savings of $120…

First update in what seems like ages! Rewards Canada is back from vacation and it’s time to play catch up! Lots of you have emailed or asked us questions via blog comments and we’ll get to them as soon as we can! The Business Platinum Card® from American Express® underwent some slight changes. First off it has become more expensive at $499 per year now but to offset that $100 increase American Express has upgraded the Priority Pass offered on th card to not only have the waiver of the US$99 annual fee on that membership but also provide free entrance to the lounges for the cardholder and one guest. That’s up to a US$54 value each time you travel. Find out more about The Business Platinum Card® from American Express® On March 5, Carlson Rezidor Hotels will change their name to Radisson Hotel Group and also rename (and possibly relaunch) Club Carlson to Radisson Rewards. Right now that is all the details we have but will be watching closely on March 5th (or sooner if details are leaked) and pass along any news…

Earlier this month BMO launched a whole new slate of small business credit cards that all offer rewards. From proprietary rewards to cash back to AIR MILES,  BMO has them all in their portfolio and they are all updated for today’s market. Previously BMO was only pushing their AIR MILES business cards and those have been updated and made better while also adding into the mix a BMO Rewards (their proprietary program) and a BMO CashBack Business MasterCard.A quick look at the cards show that they have very strong sign up offers, the BMO Rewards Business Mastercard matches the personal version with a 35,000 point sign up bonus worth $250 towards travel via BMO Rewards along with the first year annual fee waived. What the Business version lacks and this is surprising since it is a travel card is the Priority Pass benefit like the personal card has. Overall, unless you really need the business tracking and optional employee card option or don’t need the Priority Pass you are better off going with the personal version…

MUMBAI, India _ Some of India’s biggest companies say they will invest more than $250 million in Canada, in everything from pulp mills to pharmaceuticals and the IT sector.
Canadian companies, meanwhile, plan to invest $750 million in India.
The news came after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent his third morning in India meeting six of the country’s most influential business tycoons, making deals that he says will create more than 5,800 new jobs in Canada.
“This was really a win-win morning, a win-win day for all of us and I’m excited for the opportunities in the Canada-India friendship,” Trudeau said during an armchair conversation with Chanda Kochhar, CEO of the Industrial Credit and Investment Corp. of India, in front of 550 Indian business people.
Trudeau initially said the entire $1 billion was money coming into Canada but his officials later corrected that it was a two-way trade number, with one-quarter coming from India into Canada, and the rest going the other way…