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You will earn 3 Avion points for every $1.00 in Grocery, Dining, Food Delivery, Rides, Gas, Electric Vehicle Charging, Streaming, and Digital Gaming & Subscriptions Purchases you make on your RBC ION+ Visa credit card at merchants classified by Visa’s “Merchant Category Code” (MCC). Depending on how certain merchants are categorized by Visa’s “Merchant Category Code” (MCC) they may not qualify as an eligible MCC. Eligible MCCs are listed as:

(i) “Grocery Stores and Supermarkets” (MCC 5411), “Eating Places and Restaurants” (MCC 5812), “Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) – Bars, Taverns, Nightclubs, Cocktail Lounges, and Discotheques” (MCC 5813), “Fast Food Restaurants” (MCC 5814), “are “Grocery, Dining, and Food Delivery Purchases”. Government liquor agencies and package stores that sell beer, wine, and liquor do not qualify as part of the “Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) – Bars, Taverns, Nightclubs, Cocktail Lounges, and Discotheques” MCC;

(ii) “Service Stations (With or without Ancillary Services)” (MCC 5541), “Automated Fuel Dispensers” (MCC 5542), “Taxicabs and Limousines” (MCC 4121), “Local and Suburban Commuter Passenger Transportation, Including Ferries” (MCC 4111), “Electric Vehicle Charging” (MCC 5552) are “Rides, Gas & Electric Vehicle Charging Purchases”. Non-commuter passenger railway purchases and non-commuter bus line purchases do not qualify as part of “Rides, Gas & Electric Vehicle Charging Purchases”.

(iii) “Digital Goods Media – Books, Movies, Music” (MCC 5815), “Digital Goods – Games” (MCC 5816), “Digital Goods – Applications (Excludes Games)” (MCC 5817), “Digital Goods – Large Digital Goods Merchants” (MCC 5818), “Cable, Satellite and Other Pay Television/Radio/Streaming Services” (MCC 4899) are “Streaming, Digital Gaming & Subscriptions Purchases”. The “Digital Goods – Games” MCC does not include games of chance and gambling.

You will earn 1 Avion point for every $1.00 on all other purchases (including pre-authorized bill payments) you make on your RBC ION+ Visa credit card.

Even though some merchants may sell Grocery, Dining, Food Delivery, Rides, Gas, Electric Vehicle Charging, Streaming, Digital Gaming & Subscriptions merchandise, purchases made at these locations may not necessarily qualify as Eligible MCCs if the merchant is not classified as such by Visa. Also, you may make a purchase at a merchant that is not classified as an Eligible MCC but is located on the premises of a merchant that is classified as an Eligible MCC, in which case your purchase would not qualify as an Eligible MCC. We cannot guarantee that any merchant, operating in whole or in part as a Grocery, Dining, Food Delivery, Rides, Gas, Electric Vehicle Charging, Streaming, and Digital Gaming & Subscriptions merchant is classified as an Eligible MCC and in no event will we be liable or responsible for any claims with respect to a Grocery, Dining, Food Delivery, Rides, Gas, Electric Vehicle Charging, Streaming, and Digital Gaming & Subscriptions Purchase made at a merchant that is not classified as an Eligible MCC. Avion points are earned on net purchases only; they are not earned on cash advances (balance transfers, cash-like transactions and bill payments that are not pre-authorized charges that you set up with a merchant), interest charges or fees, and credits for returns and adjustments will reduce or cancel the points earned by the amounts originally charged.

To be considered an eligible student for the purposes of one of the promotional offers described above, you must be enrolled in an eligible program of study at the post-secondary level at a college, university, or other educational institution, as more particularly described in the terms and conditions for the relevant promotional offer. Proof of enrollment may be required. See also notes 1 and 2 (above) for additional details regarding promotional offer eligibility based on programs of study.

To receive the 12,000 welcome Avion points (“Welcome Points”), your application must be received by October 31, 2023 and approved by us. The Welcome Points will appear on either your first or second credit card statement after your application has been approved. Additional cardholder(s) (co-applicant and authorized user(s)), as well as existing cardholders of any RBC credit card as of the Offer Period, are not eligible for this offer. This offer may not be combined or used in conjunction with any other offer unless otherwise set out. Royal Bank of Canada reserves the right to cancel, modify or withdraw this offer at any time. For complete terms and conditions that apply to the Avion Rewards Program, please visit https://www.avionrewards.com/terms-and-conditions.html or call 1-800-769-2512

To get $75 worth of gift cards/certificates, you will need a total of 10,500 Avion points. Minimum redemption of 3,500 Avion points for most $25 gift cards/certificates. Some exceptions apply. Point redemption values may fluctuate. For general redemption terms, conditions and restrictions that apply to the Avion Rewards program, as well as for current point redemption values, please visit https://www.avionrewards.com/terms-and-conditions.html or call 1-800-769-2512

“RBC Prime Rate” means the annual rate of interest announced by Royal Bank of Canada from time to time as its reference rate then in effect for determining interest rates on Canadian dollar commercial loans made by the Bank in Canada. The current Royal Bank Prime Rate may be viewed here , and is subject to change at any time without notice. Prime minus 0.25% on the Royal Credit Line are available to clients participating in the RBC Healthcare Advantage program. The discounted rate is subject to change at any time without notice. On January 26, 2023, the Royal Bank Prime Rate was 6.70%.

If you are a post-secondary student and an Account owner of an RBC Advantage^TM Banking Account for students (an “Eligible Student Bank Account”) and the primary cardholder of the RBC ION+^TM Visa^‡, Signature^® RBC^® Rewards Visa credit card, or WestJet RBC MasterCard credit card (each, an “Eligible Student Credit Card”), you may be entitled to a rebate towards the annual fee of your Eligible Student Credit Card, every year. For any other RBC Royal Bank credit card, regular annual fees apply as they are not eligible for a rebate.

To benefit from a rebate towards the annual fee of an Eligible Student Credit Card, you must: i) be approved for an eligible RBC Student Credit Card, ii) Open or Activate an Eligible Student Credit Card, and iii) be an Account owner of an Eligible Student Bank Account.

Responsive Table Example

Eligible Credit Cards	Annual Fee Rebate
RBC ION+TM Visa‡	$4 a month ($48 annually)
Signature® RBC Rewards® Visa	$39
Visa Cash Back Card	$19
WestJet RBC® MasterCard‡	$39

You will continue to benefit from the rebate on your annual fee: i) until you close your Eligible Student Bank Account, or ii) until the Expected Graduation Year you have provided for your Eligible Student Bank Account, whichever comes first. Thereafter, you will no longer receive the rebate on the annual fee. If, for some reason, the Expected Graduation Year you have provided at the opening of your Eligible Student Bank Account differs from the one you have indicated on your credit card application form, the Expected Graduation Year you have provided at the opening of your Eligible Student Bank Account will prevail and be used for determining the expiry of this offer.

Additional cardholders (co-applicants and authorized users) are not eligible for this offer. Only one credit card annual fee rebate per Eligible Student Bank Account is allowed. This means that if this is a jointly held Eligible Student Bank Account, and each co-owner is also the primary cardholder of an Eligible Student Credit Card, only the Primary Owner of the Eligible Student Bank Account will be entitled to the credit card annual fee rebate.

As a sole or joint owner of an RBC Signature No Limit Banking (SNL) account and the primary RBC ION+ Visa cardholder, the $4 monthly fee ($48 annually) of your RBC ION+ Visa card will be fully rebated, every month, as long as your eligible credit card remains in good standing and you remain an SNL account owner. Additional cardholders (co-applicants and authorized users) do not qualify for the annual fee rebate, even if they are also owners of an SNL account. Only one credit card annual fee rebate per SNL account is allowed. Other conditions and restrictions apply. Royal Bank of Canada reserves the right to withdraw this offer at any time, even after acceptance by you.

Prime Rate means the variable annual interest rate announced by us from time to time as a reference rate for determining interest rates on Canadian dollar commercial loans in Canada. Student Royal Credit Line rate quoted is subject to change based on changes to the Royal Bank Prime Rate on the date of this offer. The interest rate discount on the Student Royal Credit Line is up to 0.25 % of the current prime rate. The discounted rate is subject to change at any time without notice.

Two Student Royal Credit line cheques may be written during each monthly cycle without charge. A $2.00 Royal Credit Line Cheque Fee applies to each cheque thereafter. Refer to your Student Royal Credit Line Agreement for details.

RBC Advantage Banking for students allows eligible full-time students to receive a full waiver of the standard Monthly Fee applicable to our RBC Advantage Banking account. Please refer to the section labelled “Rebates and Discounts: https://www.rbcroyalbank.com/accounts/advantage-banking-students.html (opens in new window) RBC Advantage Banking for students” in the document entitled “Addendum to April 30, 2020 Personal Deposit Accounts Disclosures and Agreements”, which provides information specific to the RBC Advantage Banking account to supplement the information provided in the Personal Deposit Accounts Disclosures and Agreements document.

There is a limit of 999 free Interac e-Transfer Transactions per Month per Account; for every Interac e-Transfer Transaction over the limit, you will be charged $1.

Interac e-Transfer Transactions expire 30 days after they are sent and cannot be claimed by the recipient after this time. You have 15 days after the Interac e-Transfer Transaction is sent to cancel without charge. A $5 Interac e-Transfer Transaction Reclaim Fee is charged when a recipient does not accept it before it expires and the sender does not cancel the transaction before the 15-day cancellation period.

RBC Advantage Banking for students allows eligible full-time students to receive a full waiver of the standard Monthly Fee applicable to our RBC Advantage Banking account. Please refer to the section labelled “Rebates and Discounts: RBC Advantage Banking for students” in the document entitled “Addendum to April 30, 2020 Personal Deposit Accounts Disclosures and Agreements”, which provides information specific to the RBC Advantage Banking account to supplement the information provided in the Personal Deposit Accounts Disclosures and Agreements document.

To be considered a full-time student, you must attend a primary or secondary school OR be enrolled in a program at the post-secondary level at a college, university or other educational institution (whether in Canada or not). If you are a post-secondary student, you must take at least 60% of the usual course load for the program in which you are enrolled in any particular semester. Proof of enrollment may be requested at our discretion.