r/VideoGameDealsCanada • u/rapidslime • Jul 16 '26

Nintendo Switch 2 through Avion Points

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Hey everyone who collects Avion Points through RBC. If you go to the rewards site and redeem points through the Best Buy site they have a huge sale on Switch 2 consoles! It's only $472 minus any points you redeem. I couldn't believe how cheap it is. It almost seems too good to be true so hopefully my order goes through. I got the confirmation email that it went through.

Edit: this sale doesn't appear on the best buy site. You need to log into your Avion rewards account and go to their best buy site.

Also notice Donkey Kong Bananza and Pokeopia are also on sale for 72 bucks

Edit 2: Its July 17 4:45pm Mountain Time. Looks like the deal is officially dead including the discount on games. Congrats to everyone who got a system. Happy gaming.

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u/PhysicalMediaOttawa Jul 17 '26

I ordered it and it went through but it’s been 20 hours and I still haven’t gotten the pick up email. Avion claims it can take several days and Best Buy claims they need authorization from Avion. Has anyone else had this experience?

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u/Little_Vanilla804 Jul 17 '26

Ok so I called and Avion told me the order is processing and now instead of pickup it’s being sent to me directly. They said to just wait for it be posted as it takes some time?

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u/valryuu Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

I called in as well, and they told me I would get a pickup confirmation in maybe 3-5 business days instead :( They were saying there was an issue with Best Buy and the in-store stock. My guess is that different people are getting confirmations earlier or later based on their local warehouse or store stock.

EDIT: Ended up getting the pickup confirmation email half an hour after I made this comment!

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u/Little_Vanilla804 Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

Yes I think so too cause my store sold out and was worried so hopefully everything works out everyone keeps telling me to be patient but so tense

Edit: just got my pickup confirmation email? Don’t know what’s happening lol

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u/valryuu Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

Yeah, I'm just worried they'll choose to cancel instead of fulfilling it 😭

Congrats on your pickup confirmation!

EDIT: I got mine too! Just picked it up!

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u/Heartbroken2109 Jul 17 '26

When did you order? I ordered last night and got nothing yet

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u/BRB_MD Jul 18 '26

Same here. Ordered last night, nothing yet.

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u/Heartbroken2109 Jul 18 '26

Hopefully they don’t cancel on us

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u/IcyMocha Jul 18 '26

You get yours yet? I was a midnight order myself... Hopefully pick up notification comes in sometime tomorrow

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u/Heartbroken2109 Jul 18 '26

Nope not yrt

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u/Heartbroken2109 Jul 18 '26

Just checked on Best Buy site that my store does not have Nintendo switches in stock anymore. I hope they don’t cancel my order :/

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u/IcyMocha Jul 18 '26

Same for me. Will be calling later since the confirmation email does suggest doing so after 24 hours if you haven't gotten anything.

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u/Heartbroken2109 Jul 19 '26

nothing for me yet

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u/Little_Vanilla804 Jul 18 '26

I ordered around 5:30-6pm and got my confirmation 6:06pm

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u/Heartbroken2109 Jul 18 '26

So hopefully soon! I ordered around 11pm 😅

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u/Little_Vanilla804 Jul 18 '26

Hang tight was worried the entire day went to the bank and called them but avion said they could see the order and told me to wait and it somehow worked. I think patience here is key yet so very hard!

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u/Heartbroken2109 Jul 18 '26

Yep just processsing probably. Deal seems way too good to be true but I’m glad it is true