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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 Nov 21, 2012, 4:43 pm
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Completely agreeing with RLG that moving securities is usually a better value, just pointing out that there could be a cost to move securities. For instance, TD Ameritrade charge $75 if your account will be left with less than $200 value (ie they require that you do a full transfer/closure rather than the free partial transfer). E*Trade charge $25 for partial and $60 for full.

Even with these fees the value is still fantastic. Like I said I'm just pointing out.

I used to park securities in Scottrade between offers - no transfer fees, but now that I saw that TDA give free partial transfers I am going to switch to them - to avoid the phone call from the local Scottrade branch every time wanting to know why I am moving things out.
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Old Nov 21, 2012, 5:31 pm
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Originally Posted by zbenye
Completely agreeing with RLG that moving securities is usually a better value, just pointing out that there could be a cost to move securities. For instance, TD Ameritrade charge $75 if your account will be left with less than $200 value (ie they require that you do a full transfer/closure rather than the free partial transfer). E*Trade charge $25 for partial and $60 for full.

Even with these fees the value is still fantastic. Like I said I'm just pointing out.

I used to park securities in Scottrade between offers - no transfer fees, but now that I saw that TDA give free partial transfers I am going to switch to them - to avoid the phone call from the local Scottrade branch every time wanting to know why I am moving things out.
I transferred securities into Fidelity in 2010. I don't remember any fee. It was TDAmeritrade that charged me $75. 50,000 AA miles for absolutely no cost except for filling out transfer forms was the best deal I ever found. I plan to do it again for 50,000 UA miles soon.
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Old Nov 21, 2012, 9:47 pm
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ok so last dec I got both the UA and Delta promos and I want to do it again.

I'm going to pull 100K out of my Fidelity account next week and then redeposit in January. Will this work? Or do they have a larger window for looking at cycling money?
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Old Nov 21, 2012, 10:06 pm
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I have recieved my 3rd play with fido. 50,000 Delta, 50,000American, now United but only 25,000 United miles
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Old Nov 26, 2012, 4:26 pm
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If I already have an account at Fidelity, and I pull out 100k and put it back in some time later, how long does later have to be in order to get the promotion? I know that nothing specific has been said by the reps, but what works/doesn't work?

I know switching securities between brokers is more efficient but I don't have 100k at two different brokers yet and I'm trying to combine this offer with some capital gains harvesting before LTCG rates go up.
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Old Nov 27, 2012, 5:22 am
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Originally Posted by Andrew Mao
If I already have an account at Fidelity, and I pull out 100k and put it back in some time later, how long does later have to be in order to get the promotion? I know that nothing specific has been said by the reps, but what works/doesn't work?

I know switching securities between brokers is more efficient but I don't have 100k at two different brokers yet and I'm trying to combine this offer with some capital gains harvesting before LTCG rates go up.


I would think withdrawing money sooner rather than later. IMO there should be no restriction on money withdrawn if it was kept in the 6 months that your last promo required, and in my case that requirement was not enforced.

I took money out 5 months ago and am eligible end of Dec start January. I would suggest if you are not looking to churn the money , having someone at Fido certifying your eligibility before sending Fresh funds in.

If you are looking to churn the money like last year YMMV .

I thought that I was good to go Dec 1 st but was told end of month to be certain!
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Old Nov 27, 2012, 11:19 am
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Originally Posted by onthego15
I transferred securities into Fidelity in 2010. I don't remember any fee. It was TDAmeritrade that charged me $75. 50,000 AA miles for absolutely no cost except for filling out transfer forms was the best deal I ever found. I plan to do it again for 50,000 UA miles soon.
No Fee on Fidelity transfers.
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Old Nov 27, 2012, 11:21 am
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If I transfer assets to and Existing Fidelity account using MP, can I transfer it to another fidelity account using AA, for example?
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Old Nov 27, 2012, 12:31 pm
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Originally Posted by gsforfree
If I transfer assets to and Existing Fidelity account using MP, can I transfer it to another fidelity account using AA, for example?
It has to be NEW Money - so the transfer must be from OUTSIDE Fido.

Otherwise people just transfer assets among families and friends within Fido to get the bonuses without bringing in any new assets to the company. Do you really think a promotion would be designed to allow such? As dumb as Fido's IT system was in the past, this would not trigger a bonus. Let alone now it seems to really clean up its act and beef up its monitoring / enforcing dept.
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Old Nov 27, 2012, 6:15 pm
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Originally Posted by gsforfree
If I transfer assets to and Existing Fidelity account using MP, can I transfer it to another fidelity account using AA, for example?
It has to be NEW Money - so the transfer must be from OUTSIDE Fido.

Otherwise people just transfer assets among families and friends within Fido to get the bonuses without bringing in any new assets to the company. Do you really think a promotion would be designed to allow such? As dumb as Fido's IT system was in the past, this would not trigger a bonus. Let alone now it seems to really clean up its act and beef up its monitoring / enforcing dept.
I may have not made myself clear:

Transfer 1
Assets from my Scottrade acct were transferred into my existing Fidelity Brokerage Account.

I used the MP promo to do this.

Potential Transfer 2
I set up a Cash Management account, and transfer and HSBC e-savings account into said account using the AA promo.

Thus, after using the UA promo recently, can I do the same with new money and a new account with the AA promo?
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Old Nov 27, 2012, 6:34 pm
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Originally Posted by gsforfree
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I may have not made myself clear:

Transfer 1
Assets from my Scottrade acct were transferred into my existing Fidelity Brokerage Account.

I used the MP promo to do this.

Potential Transfer 2
I set up a Cash Management account, and transfer and HSBC e-savings account into said account using the AA promo.

Thus, after using the UA promo recently, can I do the same with new money and a new account with the AA promo?
Please read post # 1 carefully. You have to wait at least a year before you can do any other promo.
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Old Nov 27, 2012, 9:45 pm
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Originally Posted by gsforfree
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I may have not made myself clear:

Transfer 1
Assets from my Scottrade acct were transferred into my existing Fidelity Brokerage Account.

I used the MP promo to do this.

Potential Transfer 2
I set up a Cash Management account, and transfer and HSBC e-savings account into said account using the AA promo.

Thus, after using the UA promo recently, can I do the same with new money and a new account with the AA promo?
Cash Management Account does NOT qualify. It has to be brokerage account.

Besides, as pointed below:

Originally Posted by onthego15
Please read post # 1 carefully. You have to wait at least a year before you can do any other promo.
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Old Dec 5, 2012, 12:26 pm
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How to maximize miles gained from Fidelity accounts?

So,

I opened a new Fidelity account, put 145k in and got my 50k miles from United. If I leave that $ in the account, open a second Fidelity account and move 120k into it, can I get a second 50k bonus? If not, how can I best move money around to trigger bonuses on the other airlines if I can't double up on United? Thanks!
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Old Dec 5, 2012, 2:24 pm
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Originally Posted by GetSetJetSet
So,

I opened a new Fidelity account, put 145k in and got my 50k miles from United. If I leave that $ in the account, open a second Fidelity account and move 120k into it, can I get a second 50k bonus? If not, how can I best move money around to trigger bonuses on the other airlines if I can't double up on United? Thanks!
If you actually read the terms and conditions which you can find on Fidelity's website or in post # 1, you will see that you are eligible for only one bonus every twelve months.
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Old Dec 5, 2012, 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by onthego15
If you actually read the terms and conditions which you can find on Fidelity's website or in post # 1, you will see that you are eligible for only one bonus every twelve months.
Lovely, so, after 12 months does it automatically give me a new bonus or I need to move money out and then back in? Are there any other similar offer where I can park money while waiting for the 12 mo clock to run?

Also, I am not looking to double dip with the same money. There is no mention as to if it is ok to open a second account and move a second 100k in and get a second bonus. If I put the money in the first account, get my 50k miles and leave that money sitting as I wait for the 12 mo clock to run out, can a second account with a second 100k earn me a second 50k before the 12 mo clock?
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