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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 17, 2015, 1:59 pm
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I have a United Card and about 100K in miles.

Going to switch to Fidelity for the 50K bonus. Which would be better to get the AA or United Miles?

Going to use it for Trip to Japan/Germany or Domestic from Philly or Newark
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Old Sep 22, 2015, 10:35 am
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Originally Posted by ffactoryxx
I have a United Card and about 100K in miles.

Going to switch to Fidelity for the 50K bonus. Which would be better to get the AA or United Miles?

Going to use it for Trip to Japan/Germany or Domestic from Philly or Newark

AA is best for the following reason:
1. US Airway partnership makes many award seats available
2. Off season mile award is 40,000 RT
3. United has a minimum one way 60,000 or RT 60,000 economy while AA is only 20,000 each or 40,000 RT offseason.
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Old Sep 29, 2015, 11:06 pm
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I too went the route of $100k and got 25k miles so far. its been about 3 weeks since my deposit. I wonder when the next 25k miles will come. Once the miles are deposited, am I able to withdraw the money without the miles going away? Is the only caveat for keeping the money so I can repeat this exercise? Need to fund my wifes account as well.

Miles are UA.

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Old Sep 30, 2015, 9:35 am
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Originally Posted by just_me_13
Once the miles are deposited, am I able to withdraw the money without the miles going away?
From the wiki above, and reports I've seen:

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.
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Old Sep 30, 2015, 10:12 am
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Originally Posted by euromannn
AA is best for the following reason:
1. US Airway partnership makes many award seats available
2. Off season mile award is 40,000 RT
3. United has a minimum one way 60,000 or RT 60,000 economy while AA is only 20,000 each or 40,000 RT offseason.
I would disagree that AA is superior to UA. With AA completing its merger with US on 10/17, we don't know how award availability will look, but from flights that have already been converted to AA, availability has fallen to AA levels. I expect further loss of availability on soon-to-be-former US routes. Also, many routes available on AA route through London and thus pick up high taxes. Furthermore, UA simply has more partners worldwide, so availability is generally better. The off season AA rate is a valid point. But overall, I live in a US/AA hub, and I have used UA miles (post US departure from *A) far more often than AA miles on flights to/from Europe.

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Old Oct 1, 2015, 12:45 pm
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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
From the wiki above, and reports I've seen:

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.
As I have reported upstream I have done this 4 times and am yet to be banned. My wife has as well. We may be just lucky. We wait until 1 year has passed from the last withdrawal to re-apply.
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Old Oct 3, 2015, 6:36 pm
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Can you open multiple accounts at same time ?

For example, open 4 fidelity accounts and deposit 100k each to get 200k miles?

At the same time?
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Old Oct 4, 2015, 5:50 am
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How many social security numbers do you have ?
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Old Oct 5, 2015, 7:59 am
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Fidelity said i can get the 50k miles again this year since I left my money there if i add another 100k but i have to wait until Dec 14...day after one year anniv....NICE
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Old Oct 22, 2015, 10:47 am
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How long should one wait after pulling the funds out to register and put funds back in to get the miles? 30 days? 3 months?
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Old Oct 28, 2015, 9:22 am
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Interesting thing here... I'm registered for the Delta promo and am transferring funds from Ally to Fidelity Cash Management account to meet the terms of the offer.

Balance in CMA when registering for offer: $14,xxx
Transferred $5k
Transferred $20k

so... you would think I would have earned 15k SkyMiles.

not so.. the Fidelity Status page says that I have only transferred $20,894.14 towards the offer.

Anybody got an idea how that could be?
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Old Oct 28, 2015, 10:37 am
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Which hotels participate?

The headline says ....and hotel points only.

I could not find any information regarding getting hotel points, can someone advise? Thanks.
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Old Oct 28, 2015, 11:30 am
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Originally Posted by lililolo
I could not find any information regarding getting hotel points
I don't believe there have been any hotel point offers in recent years, if ever.

Originally Posted by tbradnc
Transferred $5k
Transferred $20k
[...]
the Fidelity Status page says that I have only transferred $20,894.14
Did you have transfers out amounting to $4,105.86 in the weeks preceding registration for the offer?
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Old Oct 28, 2015, 6:22 pm
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Originally Posted by IMH
Did you have transfers out amounting to $4,105.86 in the weeks preceding registration for the offer?
Or, did you have the withdrawals in the period after registering?

Fidelity's system automatically subtracts withdrawals after registration from your cumulative total. Accounting for withdrawals prior to registration might be done manually, but I'm not sure about that.
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Old Oct 30, 2015, 9:13 am
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Originally Posted by RLG
Or, did you have the withdrawals in the period after registering?

Fidelity's system automatically subtracts withdrawals after registration from your cumulative total. Accounting for withdrawals prior to registration might be done manually, but I'm not sure about that.
How far back do they go for withdrawals prior to registration?
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