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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 Jan 15, 2014, 12:05 am
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Originally Posted by euromannn
Great thread JosephStern!

I have earned 150,000 FF miles to date and will get another in August!!!

Thanks
Curious-was that for three separate years? I've been told that 50k miles is max.
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 5:01 am
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Originally Posted by 747FC
Curious-was that for three separate years? I've been told that 50k miles is max.
50K miles per year is the max. This deal has been going on for many years.
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 9:33 am
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 9:33 am
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Originally Posted by 747FC
Curious-was that for three separate years? I've been told that 50k miles is max.
Max 50K per year. Now the account is tied to your social security account number.
Although AA may be dropping out Delta & United appear to be ongoing PROMOs.
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 10:41 am
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Originally Posted by euromannn
Max 50K per year. Now the account is tied to your social security account number.
Although AA may be dropping out Delta & United appear to be ongoing PROMOs.

I wish my account executive had told me about this a few years ago, or that I had earlier stumbled on the information.... At least I got my miles for this year
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by 747FC
I wish my account executive had told me about this a few years ago, or that I had earlier stumbled on the information.... At least I got my miles for this year
This thread started 3 1/2 years ago, and Fidelity was offering these deals before that. So, chances are good that they will continue for some years into the future.
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 2:27 pm
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Originally Posted by euromannn
Max 50K per year. Now the account is tied to your social security account number.
Although AA may be dropping out Delta & United appear to be ongoing PROMOs.
What leads you to belive that AA may drop out of this promotion? I checked the thread for the past several weeks, and I didn't see anyone report this.
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 3:17 pm
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Actually it is the Delta deal that is currently set to expire the soonest - Feb. 14, 2014. In the past Fidelity has almost always extended these offers.
The current AA deal expires Sept. 30, 2014
The current UA deal expires Oct. 31, 2014
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Old Jan 15, 2014, 7:28 pm
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Delta is very difficult to find coach award seats so not that big of a fan.
United just increased partner FF award by 63%.

Guess AA is my next target even though FF award tickets take many months booking in advance on AA also.

Originally Posted by onthego15
Actually it is the Delta deal that is currently set to expire the soonest - Feb. 14, 2014. In the past Fidelity has almost always extended these offers.
The current AA deal expires Sept. 30, 2014
The current UA deal expires Oct. 31, 2014

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Old Jan 20, 2014, 2:41 pm
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Is a credit pull required for opening a brokerage account with Fidelity?
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Old Jan 20, 2014, 2:43 pm
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Originally Posted by rtwvagabond
Is a credit pull required for opening a brokerage account with Fidelity?
You are NOT applying for credit with Fidelity (quite the opposite as you are transferring assets into an Fidelity account) so opening an account has nothing to do with credit pulls.
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Old Jan 20, 2014, 10:31 pm
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Originally Posted by ncsustash
I have been waiting since 12/2
Have you received your miles yet? Was told twice it should be coming but still nothing..
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Old Jan 24, 2014, 1:23 pm
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Originally Posted by onthego15
You are NOT applying for credit with Fidelity (quite the opposite as you are transferring assets into an Fidelity account) so opening an account has nothing to do with credit pulls.
The is a credit report inquiry soft pull vs formal credit application inquiry hard pull. The soft pull inquiries normally have no impact. The regular accounts you have at banks ask for soft pull nquiries on a 2-4 times per year after you have opened the account. However, if you apply for a brokerage margin account this would most likely be a formal credit application hard pull which can be approximately 6-10 point correction.

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Old Jan 27, 2014, 8:10 am
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Funds deposited 11/19. Called 12/9 and was told they had to submit the ileage request manually and it should take about 2 weeks. Secure msg 1/15, they cited tech problems but claimed a system upgrade over the weekend would fix everything and I should have the miles by "the end of next week." Still nothing so I sent another SM. Has anybody received their miles for November/December deposits?
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Old Jan 29, 2014, 7:45 am
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So United gave me 50K about 2 weeks after I deposited the $100K, and then a few weeks later, gave me another 25K. First reference for 50K - "Fidelity referral program bonus." 2nd reference - "Fidelity Financial Services" - anyone know why that is? Error?
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