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BMO Bank of Montreal is pleased to announce the winners of the Year of the Rat contest. Brian LePage from Scraborough, Ontario and Josephine Chow from Vancouver, British Columbia, have been awarded 8,888 AIR MILES Reward Miles for a round trip flight to the 2008 Olympic host Beijing, or Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei or many other destinations.
“I am thrilled to have won this contest,” said Brian LePage of Scarborough, Ontario. “The BMO staff at the Ellesmere and McCowan branch were very helpful and I can't believe I have won this incredible trip by simply filling out a ballot,” added Mr. LePage who plans to share the AIR MILES with his family.
Josephine Chow of Vancouver, British Columbia, has been banking with BMO for more than 10 years and found out about the contest after she opened up a savings account to purchase RRSPs. “I'm extremely excited! The Year of the Rat must be my lucky year!” said Ms. Chow. She plans to use the AIR MILES to visit Asia in the near future.
A select number of BMO branches in the Greater Toronto and Greater Vancouver areas that support Canada's growing Asian community offered this chance to win 8,888 AIR MILES Reward Miles for a round trip flight to China in celebration of the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Rat. The contest was open to new and existing BMO Bank of Montreal customers and ran between February 7 and March 7, 2008.
“BMO has a long history of supporting Canada's Chinese community, which represents over one million people across the country,” said Srini Iyengar, Director, Asian Markets, BMO Bank of Montreal. “This contest was another way for us to reward our customers for their business and is an exciting way to celebrate the Year of the Rat – a time of hard work, activity and renewal,” added Mr. Iyengar.
“If you're one of the 9 million AIR MILES collectors in Canada, we have another reason for you to bank with BMO. Now our customers can collect AIR MILES reward miles whenever and wherever they make purchases using their BMO Bank of Montreal debit card,” said Mr. Iyengar. “No other bank can help you collect faster and redeem quicker and we are the only major financial institution that rewards debit purchases giving you access to AIR MILES' comprehensive choice of more than 800 reward and travel options.”
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Dana Cameron from BMO Bank of Montreal (Left) presents contest winner Josephine Chow of Vancouver (Right) with a cheque for 8,888 AIR MILES for travel in Asia.
BMO Bank of Montreal's Srini Lyengar, Bill Crook, Betty Wu, AnneMarie Neadles and Adrian Cheung present winner, Brian LePage (Centre) of Toronto, with a cheque for 8,888 AIR MILES for travel in Asia.