Rewards for debit card use is catching on and has now spread to Canada. Bank of Montreal this week became the first bank in Canada to offer rewards for debit card purchases. Bank of Montreal launched the 'Double Dip with Debit' Air Miles program this week in Winnipeg. Every purchase made at an Air Miles sponsor will be rewarded with one extra Air Miles reward mile from Bank of Montreal, in addition to any Air Miles reward miles offered by the sponsor. Winnipeg customers will also earn 50 bonus reward miles on the first purchase made with the double dipping MasterCard debit card. Fifty reward miles can be redeemed for two 2-for-1 movie certificates, two tickets for a Winnipeg Goldeyes baseball game or two admissions to the Winnipeg Art Gallery. The Air Miles Reward Program was launched in 1992. The program offers customers the opportunity to earn up to 150 bonus Air Miles reward miles for opening an Air Miles Chequing Account with Bank of Montreal in Winnipeg, Gimli, Pinawa, Lac du Bonnet, Selkirk, Beausejour or Bannister Centre in Kenora. The Air Miles Chequing Account also offers Air Miles for each $500 of average monthly balance and for pre-authorized, telephone banking or on-line banking bill payments. A trip from Winnipeg to Flin Flon, Thompson or The Pas, Manitoba; International Falls or Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota; Watertown, South Dakota; Regina, Saskatchewan; Rhinelander, Wisconsin; or Thunder Bay, Ontario can be obtained with fewer than 1000 Air Miles reward miles. In addition to travel, Air Miles reward miles can be redeemed for movie vouchers, theatre tickets, hotel stays, car rentals, merchandise and many other reward alternatives starting at as few as 20 Air Miles reward miles.The program has more than 150 sponsor locations in the Winnipeg area. Over half of Manitoba households collect Air Miles reward miles. Bank of Montreal was a founding sponsor of the Air Miles program and also offers Air Miles reward miles on its MasterCards. For more information visit http://www.bom.com