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BMO Ascend WE

BMO Ascend World Elite Mastercard

BMO·Mastercard·BMO Rewards·🇨🇦 Canada
Annual fee
$150/yr
Welcome bonus
None
Base earn rate
1× on everything
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Earn rates by category

✈️Travel
🍽️Dining & Restaurants
🎭Entertainment
Recurring Bills
💳Everything else

Card details

Annual fee$150/yr
Additional card fee$50/yr
No foreign transaction fee✗ No
Income required$80k personal
Point value0.7¢/pt
NetworkMastercard

Is this card right for you?

A travel-tilted BMO Rewards card: 5x on travel and 3x on dining, entertainment, and recurring bills, with a NEXUS credit and lounge passes — a mid-fee traveller's option.

Where it wins

Travellers who want lounge passes and a NEXUS credit at a mid-tier fee.

People with meaningful travel + dining spend who like BMO Rewards flexibility.

Where it falls short

You spend heavily in foreign currencies

the 2.5% FX fee undercuts a travel card.

You want top point value (BMO Rewards ~0.67¢).

Watch-outs 2.5% FX fee on a travel card. · Category caps ($15k travel / $10k others). · Points ~0.67¢.


Annual fee
$150
FX fee
2.5%
Income
$80,000
Points worth
0.7–1¢/pt
Redeem for
Travel





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