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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 12, 2015, 2:00 pm
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Join Date: Sep 2011
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I have an existing 401K account w/ them so I chose "fund an existing account". I'm getting this when I tried to log in with my credentials:


We encountered a Technical issue.

Due to technical reasons, we are currently unable to register you for this offer. Please try again later. For immediate assistance, you may also contact a Customer Service representative at the number provided on the right.

Anyone else has run into this? thanks!
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Old Nov 12, 2015, 2:32 pm
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Originally Posted by OvertheCascades
I have an existing 401K account w/ them so I chose "fund an existing account". I'm getting this when I tried to log in with my credentials:

We encountered a Technical issue.

Due to technical reasons, we are currently unable to register you for this offer. Please try again later. For immediate assistance, you may also contact a Customer Service representative at the number provided on the right.

Anyone else has run into this? thanks!
Fidelity's Ts & Cs (see the Wiki above also) state that 401k accounts (as well as other retirement accts) are not eligible for this offer. As for why the message says to try again later, I have no idea why they would tell you to do that.
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Old Nov 12, 2015, 2:35 pm
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Originally Posted by OvertheCascades
I have an existing 401K account w/ them so I chose "fund an existing account".
You can only get miles for funding a non-retirement brokerage account.

Fairly early on in the account opening process (start here) you will be asked if you have an existing account. At that point, log in using the same credentials you use for your 401(k). After you've opened the brokerage account you should be able to register for the mileage offer. If you still encounter "technical issues" phone customer service.
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Old Nov 29, 2015, 11:17 pm
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just did it for the 3rd time
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Old Nov 30, 2015, 5:34 am
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I think I have been deemed illegible after churning this deal twice. In 2015, I did not participate in this deal. Is there anyway I could jump back in or seek reconsideration?
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Old Nov 30, 2015, 7:53 am
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I just took advantage of the offer into my cash management account, which was eligible and has brokerage features.

I understand I can't transfer the money back out for nine months - except I'm constantly transferring money into and out of that account - How will they determine if I've left the money there or not?
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Old Nov 30, 2015, 8:54 am
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They have supercomputers that know how to add and subtract.
Actually, I believe they use your account balance on the day your application is approved to base such calculations. So trying to do a withdrawal and re-deposit will not work. They net out your outgo with your inflow to determine how much you actually put into the account.
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Old Nov 30, 2015, 11:14 am
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I'm not trying to play games. No need for snark.

This is a serious question. I transfer money in a few times a month and transfer money out every several months.

But I guess from your response if my inflows are more or equal to my outflows I should be OK.
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Old Nov 30, 2015, 1:51 pm
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Originally Posted by Mary2e
I guess from your response if my inflows are more or equal to my outflows I should be OK.
My experience, and almost all of the reports I've read here, suggest that this is the case and Paiteaw summed things up well.

(Snark? Looked more like humour to this reader.)
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Old Jan 6, 2016, 11:13 pm
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are there offers like this for other brokerages as well? i looked on aa and united and couldnt find any bonus mile offers
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Old Jan 10, 2016, 8:09 pm
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Data point: have done this three times each time withdrawing the money after six months. 2014-2015 when I tried to sign up was ineligible. Checked today and now I am eligible again! No other business besides self funded retirement accounts invested in low expense ratio index funds. I just did fund my self employed IRA, so maybe that made me a more attractive customer.

The thing that makes this less attractive now is that you need to keep the funds in for nine months after the date from the miles post; before I think it was six months from first date of deposit. Still, if you think of it as a 10 month CD that is tax free, if I get one cent per mile I break even. I should be able to beat that, but already have a ton of AA miles, rarely fly United or Delta, but can find a way to make it work.
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Old Jan 30, 2016, 9:28 am
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Amazed to say that I did this again and got the miles again. I think this was my fourth.

Like the above posted, I was ineligible for a while, but I became eligible again earlier this year. Thanks Fido!
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Old Jan 30, 2016, 1:49 pm
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Originally Posted by schistosomiasis
Data point: have done this three times each time withdrawing the money after six months. 2014-2015 when I tried to sign up was ineligible. Checked today and now I am eligible again! No other business besides self funded retirement accounts invested in low expense ratio index funds. I just did fund my self employed IRA, so maybe that made me a more attractive customer.

The thing that makes this less attractive now is that you need to keep the funds in for nine months after the date from the miles post; before I think it was six months from first date of deposit. Still, if you think of it as a 10 month CD that is tax free, if I get one cent per mile I break even. I should be able to beat that, but already have a ton of AA miles, rarely fly United or Delta, but can find a way to make it work.
Wife took out all funds one month after miles posted and no claw back. Was her 4th time around.
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Old Jan 31, 2016, 6:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Robl
Wife took out all funds one month after miles posted and no claw back. Was her 4th time around.
Had she done that before?

Based on other people's experiences, I'd say she won't get a fifth shot after that.
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Old Feb 1, 2016, 7:59 pm
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Originally Posted by josephstern
Had she done that before?

Based on other people's experiences, I'd say she won't get a fifth shot after that.
We're both repeat offenders. I'm on my 5th go round. Maybe just lucky so far.
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