15,000 points = $100 on any travel purchase
BMO Rewards is BMO’s loyalty program. Several BMO credit cards are part of this program:
Usually, the best use of BMO Rewards points is through the BMO Rewards portal to book travel. You can use 15,000 points to get $100 off your trip:
- Flights
- Hotel booking
- Rental cars
- Cruises
Except this is when the BMO Rewards portal is working properly. This is not the case at this time.

Until September 30, 2022, BMO is offering you the opportunity to use your BMO Rewards points for any travel purchase made directly with your card. And at the same rate as you would have redeemed your points through the BMO Rewards portal (15,000 points = $100).

All you have to do is book your flight, hotel night or car rental with any travel booking site(Expedia, Booking, Marriott, Hilton, Holiday Autos, Auto Europe, etc.).
Here is an example with a hotel booked through Expedia (with a fully refundable reservation in case of cancellation of the stay).
The expense appears in the Pay with BMO Points option:

Then simply enter the number of points you wish to use. Here, I redeem all my BMO points:

Then a confirmation of the BMO points redemption is displayed indicating that the transaction was successful:

A few days later, a statement credit will appear on your credit card account, corresponding to the redemption of BMO Rewards points for your travel:

Here are the terms and conditions for redeeming BMO Rewards points with this offer:
Your purchases must be made at merchants that are classified as: airlines, car rental agencies, hotels/resorts, cruise lines, passenger railways, timeshares, travel agencies and tour operators.
Exclusive offers from Milesopedia
If you took advantage of one of our exclusive offers to get your BMO Rewards credit card, now is a great time to use your points. Especially since travel is starting to pick up!
If you haven’t already obtained a BMO Rewards credit card through one of our exclusive welcome offers, here they are:
Conclusion
This is an excellent opportunity to use your BMO Rewards points at their best. Actually, this is a common complaint in the Milesopedia Community about the BMO Rewards program.
Let’s hope that redeeming points for travel will be so important that BMO will decide to make this solution permanent beyond September 30, 2022!