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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 Apr 18, 2015, 10:43 pm
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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FIDO FF Airline Award

Originally Posted by Robl
As I have reported before, I've done this 4 times, most recently with a December deposit and no claw back or blacklist. I also wait 15 months before trying again. Of course YMMV.
1. Can you explain what you deposited(cash or securities) and the amount? $100K
2. Waited 15 month forward date or date you transferred money or securities to FIDO?
3. Did you make any trades to give FIDO money off of your transferred funds?
4. Which airline miles did you go for the last time as I don't like Delta anymore and think AA is best which has ended. Thus looks like UA is the best left over.
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Old Apr 19, 2015, 3:15 pm
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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Amounts ranged from 25k to 100k. Waited 15 months from deposit of total miles. No trades. All for aa miles except first time when you could double dip and I got both skypesos and aa miles.
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Old Apr 19, 2015, 7:41 pm
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Originally Posted by Robl
As I have reported before, I've done this 4 times, most recently with a December deposit and no claw back or blacklist. I also wait 15 months before trying again. Of course YMMV.
SO you transferred in $50k in CASH for 9 months.
1. Did you make any trades, how many eating FIDO commissions of what amount?
2. Did you transfer in any securities?
3. Then you held $50k in FIDO for 9 months then transferred out/
4. Then after 15 months from time you were awarded the FF miles or 15 months from initial deposit($50k) you then withdraw four different times?

Trying to determine how much money FIDO made off of you so if you didn't TRADE then seems straight forward just wait the allotted time frame.
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Old Apr 19, 2015, 7:53 pm
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It was cash and transferred out about 2 months after miles posted. I did the transfers piecemeal starting a month after miles posted.
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Old Apr 24, 2015, 3:23 pm
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott // WN, AA, BA, UA, AS // Avis
Posts: 1,314
Just got my Fidelity bonus miles posted for the 3rd time in the last 3 years

easy peasy
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Old Apr 25, 2015, 5:44 pm
  #2136  
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Feeder Band Land (South FL)
Programs: seeking best cc sign-up & spend bonus offers
Posts: 865
Year ago transferred from ETrade to new Fidel acct specifically for bonus.
Couple days ago initiated transfer all (~$120K) from Fidel back to ETrade.
Delighted to learn ETrade offers $500 credit on $100K-199K transfer if
60 days later there is still transferred amount added to ETrade acct.

(50K miles + $500) + (50K miles + $500) + (50K miles + $500) + (50K miles + $500) + .....
14-month churn is what
I'M THINKIN' LINCOLN!!!
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Old May 2, 2015, 8:53 am
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Finally, I can do this again. Yay!
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Old May 2, 2015, 6:08 pm
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Join Date: May 2011
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Rejected

I tried to sign up for the United bonus today and was rejected. This was an attempt to get my 4th deposit bonus. The first three (one each for AA, UA and Delta) had no problems. I always left the money in for the required period of time and attempted only once per year. I sent a message to Fidelity and here is the reply that I received:

Thank you for choosing Fidelity. I am happy to assist you with the United MileagePlus program.

We recently changed the way our promotion offerings work. With the airline miles, the offering is no longer being offered to all Fidelity customers. If you receive a specific invitation regarding the offering would be the only way you could register for it. I apologize for any confusion.

The rules governing our promotions do change from time to time. I would suggest just checking back in with us on a regular basis to see if they have changed.
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Old May 2, 2015, 7:18 pm
  #2139  
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For any who have set up an account via the airline link, have you subsequently been rejected?
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Old May 3, 2015, 6:27 am
  #2140  
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Berlin
Programs: BA Gold; Accor Plat; IHG Diamond-Amb; Meliá & HH & Marriott Gold
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I was expecting one of our family's accounts to become eligible again in April, but it still isn't. I'll continue to check every week or so.
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Old May 3, 2015, 7:03 am
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Join Date: Aug 2012
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For those who are getting the "This offer is not available to all customers" message... After receiving our first United bonuses, Spouse and I kept assets in our accounts for 18 months (no trades during this time period.) When we tried to reapply, we greceived the above message. We then transferred all assets out of the accounts. A week or so later, we started getting some calls from Fidelity account managers. We never took any of the calls, but their messages referenced recent transfers. After another week or so the United offer showed up again for both of us. Might have been the transferring out of assets or just a time thing. Not sure.
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Old May 3, 2015, 7:24 am
  #2142  
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Thanks for that, flyaxa.

Bear in mind that transfers out of Fidelity made before registering can count against your qualifying transfers in. We don't have any recent reports on the length of the 'look back' period (the wiki talks about both 30 days and three months).
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Old May 6, 2015, 10:46 pm
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Stupid question: If you already have an account (I have a brokerage and 401k with Fidelity), can you open a new account and receive the miles ?

While I am not eligible for my current account, I clicked on "open a new account" and it let me, it even pre-filled the information from my current account. I just didn't have the balls to proceed.

Also wondering, if I do proceed, where can I check that I am enrolled for the miles?
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Old May 7, 2015, 9:09 am
  #2144  
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Washington, DC, USA
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Very frustrating how arbitrary it seems to be. Husband and I both opened with a bonus more than 4 years ago. Haven't been eligible since then. A couple of months ago, I tried opening a joint account and I didn't get the usual message. Transferred $100k and never saw the miles. Contacted them and was initially told I wasn't qualified and offered free trades instead but after another call, they finally agreed to grant the miles.
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Old May 12, 2015, 10:23 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2012
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I apologize if this has been discussed on the thread, but is it possible to open an eligible account for a minor, or to add a minor's account to the existing joint account?
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