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Old Nov 19, 2013, 6:07 pm
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All offers are expired/dead as of March 31, 2017

AA: https://scs.fidelity.com/other/offer...shtml?MSC=AA01

United: https://scs.fidelity.com/other/offer...shtml?MSC=UA01

Delta: https://scs.fidelity.com/other/offer...on_delta.shtml


Update as of May 21, 2014 - in recent weeks some people have reported being told that they are no longer eligible for this offer, in spite of meeting the previous terms and conditions. Some Fidelity representatives are saying that these offers are targeted. Note the bold words in the the terms and conditions below - "Other terms and conditions may apply."

The funds or securities must stay in the account for 9 months
The offer may be repeated every 365 days if the terms were met (rolling 12 months)
The funds may not already be in a Fidelity account, but must be sourced from elsewhere

If you are moving funds or securities out of Fidelity, with intent to move it back to claim this bonus, members have recommended to keep the funds/securities out for at least 3 months to avoid risk of losing eligibility for the deposit. Some have been told unofficially by advisers 30 days. YMMV.

Members who have pulled funds/deposits out within 9 months have reported they were allowed to keep the miles, but were banned for life from being able to repeat the offer.

Added September 26, 2016:

Any withdrawals from the account during the qualification period will count against the total deposited. This includes dividends upon you may dependent to live. So be sure to transfer assets whose value covers the minimum you need plus any you might withdraw during those 60 days.

It is strongly suggested you register for the offer you want by calling Fidelity's Promotion Department at (800)544-5315, as the online registration has been flaky in the past. Also, if you have high net worth, a "High Net Worth supervisor" may be able to help - simply call the Premium Services number on your account statement to find someone who has the power to do most anything. Get the name and phone number of the person you spoke with and ask him or her to note in your account that you have been approved, and by whom. Then, if after you transfer assets you get an email saying you are not eligible for the offer for which you registered (yes, this has happened), call the rep again, asking to read the notes on your account. You will probably be told that the email was automated and was sent in error and that they will hand babysit the funding and resultant miles.

If the registration page tells you are not eligible because you have had the offer before, call one of the above numbers. You are eligible after on year. That year probably starts counting when the miles are awarded, not when you register or when you add assets.

Trusts require extra caution on their part. Sometimes they require that you give them a lot of paperwork for trusts. If you have a local Fidelity office, just bring in everything required and they will copy and mail it for you. Easy. Otherwise, just mail it in. If upon trying to register online you are informed that your Revocable Living Trust account is not eligible, well, just call one of the above numbers, because it is eligible. They just have to verify a few things and then override the system. They want to know that you are the only trustee and the only beneficiary.


From the Terms and Conditions page:

Promotional Offer Rules:

This promotional offer is only available to new or existing Fidelity brokerage account customers opening or depositing net new assets into a joint or individual nonretirement Fidelity Account®. Net new assets are defined as an individual’s external new money in minus money out, including distributions and transfers.

This offer expires September 30, 2014, and is not transferable or valid in conjunction with any other Fidelity promotional offer. Fidelity Investments reserves the right to modify, change, or alter the terms and conditions of the promotional offer in its sole discretion at any time. Fidelity Investments may terminate this promotional offer at any time. Other terms and conditions may apply.

Promotional offers are limited to one per individual per rolling 12 months.
The promotion is not available for business accounts; trust accounts; mutual fund only accounts; retirement accounts, including, among others, Fidelity IRA, Roth IRA, SEP, and SIMPLE accounts; 401(k) and 403(b) workplace retirement plans; fiduciary accounts (including custodial accounts, estate accounts); 529 college savings plan accounts (i.e. college investment trust accounts); Fidelity accounts managed by Strategic Advisers, Inc. (for example, Portfolio Advisory Services); Institutional Wealth Services (IWS) clients; clients of registered investment advisors working with Fidelity Investments; annuities; and Stock Plan Services accounts. Offer is not valid for non-U.S. residents; persons affiliated with FINRA, a securities exchange or its members; employees of Fidelity, its affiliates, and members of their immediate families and households; or the media.

Certain states and local jurisdictions have laws that limit or restrict public employees from accepting items of value from vendors such as Fidelity that provide services to public institutions. Some public entities such as governments, state universities, health care organizations, etc., also have internal policies that may contain similar restrictions. If you are a public official or employee, you should determine if one of these laws or internal policies applies to you. By accepting this incentive, we assume that you are in compliance with your jurisdiction's laws and institution's internal policies.

Transferred assets will be valued, for the purposes of determining eligibility for this promotional offer, at the close of business Eastern time on the business day or next business day, if on a weekend day or holiday, following receipt by Fidelity Investments of the assets into the account that is eligible for the promotional offer. Funding must come from an external, non-Fidelity source via any standard monetary transfer method (a standard Transfer of Assets form, check, electronic funds transfer, ADM deposit, etc.). Please allow eight weeks from the funding of the eligible account, with the qualifying dollar amount of assets, for American Airlines AAdvantage® miles to be posted to your AAdvantage® account. Your Fidelity Account® must remain open with the qualifying funding for six months from the date that the qualifying assets are first received in the eligible account.

New accounts must be opened within 30 days of registering for the offer. Additional deposits to the eligible Fidelity account may earn you a higher mileage award provided the result is that the cumulative assets meet or exceed the next eligibility tier (up to a maximum of 50,000 AAdvantage® miles). For new accounts, initial and subsequent deposits must be made within 60 days of Fidelity account opening. For new money deposited into existing accounts, all deposits must be made within 60 days of registering for the offer.
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Old Sep 13, 2012, 5:01 pm
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Originally Posted by Mama
I suppose you can withraw your fund ($100K or most of it) right after you receive the points, don't have to wait 6 months.
That's true. The question is what else do you do with the money? I can buy stocks and ETFs etc at Fidelity just like any other broker so may as well just leave it there for the 6 months and transfer it to another broker after that.

Then transfer it back in to Fidelity after 12 months for the second round. The chances of being "dinged" for the second round seem pretty much nil as the 6 months minimum would have been met. Although RobL had a good experience this could be a one off as the terms state you need to leave it in for 6 months.

I also have two kids although babies. I wonder if I can setup accounts and transfer another $100k for each of them as well? Anyone tried that? I'm not seeing anything in the offer rules that would prohibit it.

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Old Sep 13, 2012, 10:39 pm
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Originally Posted by djflier
That's true. The question is what else do you do with the money? I can buy stocks and ETFs etc at Fidelity just like any other broker so may as well just leave it there for the 6 months and transfer it to another broker after that.

Then transfer it back in to Fidelity after 12 months for the second round. The chances of being "dinged" for the second round seem pretty much nil as the 6 months minimum would have been met. Although RobL had a good experience this could be a one off as the terms state you need to leave it in for 6 months.

I also have two kids although babies. I wonder if I can setup accounts and transfer another $100k for each of them as well? Anyone tried that? I'm not seeing anything in the offer rules that would prohibit it.

Cheers
DJ
You need to find out if Custodian Account is eligible. It only mentions Individual account - in the common sense that does not include accounts owned by minors that requires a guardian.
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Old Sep 14, 2012, 1:08 am
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Originally Posted by Happy
You need to find out if Custodian Account is eligible. It only mentions Individual account - in the common sense that does not include accounts owned by minors that requires a guardian.
Good point. I will call next week to find out and report back. When I setup my wife's account there was a technical hitch with the login. I called to sort it out but they would only talk to her and not me unless she signed some sort of power of attorney.

I guess as long as you can setup the accounts online you can just take full control of the account and transfer money in and out etc. The only thing that may screw it up is their dates of birth may flag the enrollment. They have a social security number so that's the main thing.

The bigger issue could be if there is a similar technical problem as I had with my wife's account and they want to talk to the applicant/baby all they will get is "goo goo gah gah" so could be an issue....


Cheers
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Old Sep 14, 2012, 12:29 pm
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The promotional materials specify which types of accounts are not qualified for the promotion.

You could have real problems if you set up the account in an infants name. If by some mishap you mess up the log in (as you did with wife's account) you would have to wait till the infant learned to talk before you would be able to do anything with the account.
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Old Sep 14, 2012, 4:45 pm
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Originally Posted by djflier
Good point. I will call next week to find out and report back. When I setup my wife's account there was a technical hitch with the login. I called to sort it out but they would only talk to her and not me unless she signed some sort of power of attorney.

I guess as long as you can setup the accounts online you can just take full control of the account and transfer money in and out etc. The only thing that may screw it up is their dates of birth may flag the enrollment. They have a social security number so that's the main thing.

The bigger issue could be if there is a similar technical problem as I had with my wife's account and they want to talk to the applicant/baby all they will get is "goo goo gah gah" so could be an issue....


Cheers
DJ
You really dont want to fool around on this. The brokerage accounts are really subject to a lot of SEC rules - the brokerage firms would be FINED big time if they let things like in your mind ever happen.

In fact, for existing customers, brokerage firms would send a notification to you every year to ask you if any of your investment goals / financial assets / etc etc have changed from last year or from the time you applied for the account...

You would lose all the protection from SPIC if you deliberately lie on your account.
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Old Sep 14, 2012, 5:11 pm
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a lot of the recent posts imply that the depositor puts in funds for one month, then removes them and still gets the prize. if this is true, i am amazed, as it violates the conditions and terms of a contract. i presume this contract has been approved by some governmental banking regulatory group.

on earlier posts, i saw comments of "claw backs". now many claim one month in, then out. i don't buy that. i put my foot in, and am doing the hookey pookey all around. i just want to know when does the 6 month marker land.
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Old Sep 14, 2012, 5:57 pm
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Originally Posted by slawecki
i just want to know when does the 6 month marker land.
Six months after you open the account.
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Old Sep 18, 2012, 2:45 pm
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Originally Posted by Robl
I applied this year on ~July 14 with cash deposit. Wife applied ~August 21.
My wife registered for the promotion, deposited $50,000, and received the 25,000 mile AA bonus. I recently did the same. I would now like to withdraw the $50,000 from my account -- it's well before six months, but I'm not overly concerned about a clawback, which, so far, is conjecture, not fact -- and deposit it in my wife's account to pick up another 25,000 miles for her.

What would be the best way to execute this? I'm new to Fidelity, so what are my options. Transfer $50,000 from my account to hers (could be a red flag, I suppose, but this would be easiest if permitted). Have Fidelity deposit the funds in my checking account, then deposit those funds in my wife's Fidelity account?
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Old Sep 18, 2012, 2:51 pm
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Originally Posted by i can see for miles
transfer $50,000 from my account to hers?
wrong

Originally Posted by i can see for miles
have fidelity deposit the funds in my checking account, then deposit those funds in my wife's fidelity account?
better
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Old Sep 18, 2012, 2:54 pm
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Originally Posted by djflier
When I setup my wife's account there was a technical hitch with the login. I called to sort it out but they would only talk to her and not me unless she signed some sort of power of attorney.
Joint control. @:-)
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Old Sep 21, 2012, 8:30 pm
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Originally Posted by i can see for miles
have fidelity deposit the funds in my checking account, then deposit those funds in my wife's fidelity account?


I did the same thing and it worked we both got the miles in united
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Old Sep 30, 2012, 11:50 am
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I just signed up for my new fidelity account today. I sent an opening deposit of $1000 just to get the timelines started. Looks like I have to wait about a week to send a substantial amount of $$$ over. From reading upthread, it looks like my 6 month and 12 month periods both start today. Is that right?
Then, it seems that Fidelity does not wait for the six month marker to actually post the miles to a FF account. Most people are reporting this at about the 2 week marker. I did not see anything on the pages that I read about "clawing back" the miles... in other words, it appears that once the miles have posted in the FF account, monies can be withdrawn from the Fidelity account prior to the 6 month mark. Am I right so far?

Also, FYI, the AA promo has been extended to 3/31/13. Didn't check the other airlines.
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Old Sep 30, 2012, 11:53 am
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I get a dead link for the AMEX membership rewards,

a valid link for Delta that expires Feb 2013
and a valid link for United (new or existing customers) valid until Oct 2014!
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Old Sep 30, 2012, 2:49 pm
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took 3+ phone calls to finally get the miles posted correctly, and this was despite multiple assurances by different CSRs that the acct was coded correctly and the miles would post automatically. all in all took over 4-5 weeks. and now to repeat the process all over again for another family member
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Old Sep 30, 2012, 7:07 pm
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Originally Posted by brownie20
took 3+ phone calls to finally get the miles posted correctly, and this was despite multiple assurances by different CSRs that the acct was coded correctly and the miles would post automatically. all in all took over 4-5 weeks. and now to repeat the process all over again for another family member
Luck of the draw. I optedinto United progam for wife and myself. Miles posted within 2 weeks. Fidelity does suffer from inefficiencies when things do not go right the first time around.
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