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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 May 8, 2012, 5:41 pm
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maybe i'm dense and I missed this, but the airlines all have different expiration dates: AA is in September, DL in Feb 2013, and UA Oct 2014!!

i would expect these to be ongoing, but if the UA ISN'T a typo, perhaps it's going to be possible to triple-dip that one after all!
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Old May 8, 2012, 7:45 pm
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Originally Posted by teammjs
maybe i'm dense and I missed this, but the airlines all have different expiration dates: AA is in September, DL in Feb 2013, and UA Oct 2014!!

i would expect these to be ongoing, but if the UA ISN'T a typo, perhaps it's going to be possible to triple-dip that one after all!
In previous instances, Fido extended those deals when they are about to expire. I am hoping they continue that practice.
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Old May 9, 2012, 4:04 am
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Why did fidelity give me a 10k UA deposit and then a 25k UA deposit when I've already made 100k in accumaltive deposits? What is this 10k? I thought it should be 15k for the first 25k in deposits.
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Old May 9, 2012, 8:12 am
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Originally Posted by scwam
Why did fidelity give me a 10k UA deposit and then a 25k UA deposit when I've already made 100k in accumaltive deposits? What is this 10k? I thought it should be 15k for the first 25k in deposits.

You will get the rest of your miles the following week. Fido does a sweep weekly and checks for the amounts that has cleared not pending. The exact same thing happened to me.
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Old May 9, 2012, 8:26 am
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Originally Posted by scwam
Why did fidelity give me a 10k UA deposit and then a 25k UA deposit when I've already made 100k in accumaltive deposits? What is this 10k? I thought it should be 15k for the first 25k in deposits.

Can u tell me which dates u deposited money? I applied for UA (new customer) 3/29 but deposited $25k 4/25 and also $25k 4/26. I haven't received any miles yet...
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Old May 9, 2012, 9:09 am
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My Deposit History for UA Bonus (non-churning)

I deposited a whole 100k (no churning) in two separate accounts for the UA bonus, one for myself and one for my mother.

Apr 23: $25k deposit
Apr 25: $25k deposit
Apr 27: $25k deposit
Apr 30: $25k deposit ($100k reached in each account).

As of today, 5/9, not even the initial 15k miles have posted to either account.
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Old May 9, 2012, 12:06 pm
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Originally Posted by magnate
I deposited a whole 100k (no churning) in two separate accounts for the UA bonus, one for myself and one for my mother.

Apr 23: $25k deposit
Apr 25: $25k deposit
Apr 27: $25k deposit
Apr 30: $25k deposit ($100k reached in each account).

As of today, 5/9, not even the initial 15k miles have posted to either account.
I'm betting you start seeing miles post this weekend

Takes some time occasionally, be patient they will post.
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Old May 9, 2012, 5:39 pm
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Originally Posted by magnate
I deposited a whole 100k (no churning) in two separate accounts for the UA bonus, one for myself and one for my mother.

Apr 23: $25k deposit
Apr 25: $25k deposit
Apr 27: $25k deposit
Apr 30: $25k deposit ($100k reached in each account).

As of today, 5/9, not even the initial 15k miles have posted to either account.
Mine deposited on Apr 24, also no miles. I signed up for AA.
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Old May 9, 2012, 8:14 pm
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Originally Posted by cocodidi
Can u tell me which dates u deposited money? I applied for UA (new customer) 3/29 but deposited $25k 4/25 and also $25k 4/26. I haven't received any miles yet...
03/20/2012 Electronic Funds Transfer Received Cash Amount: $15,000.00
03/20/2012 Electronic Funds Transfer Received Cash Amount: $10,000.00
03/26/2012 DIRECT DEPOSIT BANETRANSFER Cash Amount: $2,500.00
04/05/2012 DIRECT DEPOSIT BANETRANSFER Cash Amount: $25,700.00
04/09/2012 Electronic Funds Transfer Received Cash Amount: $5,300.00
04/09/2012 DIRECT DEBIT BANK ETRANSFER Cash Amount: -$27,700.00
04/10/2012 Electronic Funds Transfer Received Cash Amount: $500.00
04/16/2012 DIRECT DEPOSIT BANETRANSFER Cash Amount: $27,825.00
04/24/2012 DIRECT DEPOSIT BANETRANSFER Cash Amount: $32,230.00
05/04/2012 DIRECT DEPOSIT TRANSFER Cash Amount: $27,000.00
05/07/2012 DIRECT DEPOSIT Trnsfr Cash Amount: $3,300.00

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Old May 9, 2012, 9:26 pm
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does fidelity do a credit inquiry?
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Old May 9, 2012, 9:36 pm
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I did the UA offer but then signed up for Delta and got the following email:

"Our records indicate that you are not currently eligible for this offer because you selected a type of account that is not eligible to receive this offer."

Any advice?
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Old May 10, 2012, 12:11 am
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Originally Posted by joogle
I did the UA offer but then signed up for Delta and got the following email:

"Our records indicate that you are not currently eligible for this offer because you selected a type of account that is not eligible to receive this offer."

Any advice?
You have 2 options:
1) Wait a year because I told you to
2) Read the thread and discover why you need to wait a year

Up to you
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Old May 10, 2012, 12:27 am
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Smile

Originally Posted by magnate
I deposited a whole 100k (no churning) in two separate accounts for the UA bonus, one for myself and one for my mother.

Apr 23: $25k deposit
Apr 25: $25k deposit
Apr 27: $25k deposit
Apr 30: $25k deposit ($100k reached in each account).

As of today, 5/9, not even the initial 15k miles have posted to either account.

Good to know that I'm not the only one! This tells me it's a system thing I'll post and let u guys know when I get miles on the other hand... For another account ... I got my $500 apple GC. I applied 3/27 for offer and churned 100k three times. I got the GC 5/6 I'll post on that SPAM forum before I get in trouble here :P
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Old May 10, 2012, 10:07 am
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hmmm..

Here's brief history on one account of a famil member:

April 2011: churn AA
May 2011: churn DL, last miles posted with DL around 5/2
May 4, 2012: signed up for UA-- same account
May 7, 2012: deposited 50k (was going to do another 50k in a week, no churn)
May 9, 2012: received the "type of account is not eligible" e-mail.

Checked my print-outs, and everything was correct.

So, I should be eligible per the rolling 12 month rule, but still got the e-mail.

I'm going to wait for a few weeks, or until someone posts they got UA miles after depositing same time or later before calling. Since I intend to actually park the 100k there, I expect to fulfill the rules, but I figure waiting will see if the e-mail is a non-issue (since there are reports of this in the past) and determine if others might be able to ignore it if they are going to attempt to churn (since calling may manually fix my issue, but won't determine if it gets "solved" automatically by assuming the e-mail was an error and not a factor).
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Old May 10, 2012, 10:37 am
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Originally Posted by teammjs
Here's brief history on one account of a famil member:

April 2011: churn AA
May 2011: churn DL, last miles posted with DL around 5/2
May 4, 2012: signed up for UA-- same account
May 7, 2012: deposited 50k (was going to do another 50k in a week, no churn)
May 9, 2012: received the "type of account is not eligible" e-mail.

Checked my print-outs, and everything was correct.

So, I should be eligible per the rolling 12 month rule, but still got the e-mail.

I'm going to wait for a few weeks, or until someone posts they got UA miles after depositing same time or later before calling. Since I intend to actually park the 100k there, I expect to fulfill the rules, but I figure waiting will see if the e-mail is a non-issue (since there are reports of this in the past) and determine if others might be able to ignore it if they are going to attempt to churn (since calling may manually fix my issue, but won't determine if it gets "solved" automatically by assuming the e-mail was an error and not a factor).
A little too eager, you jumped the gun too early.
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