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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 10, 2015, 6:10 pm
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Originally Posted by exm
Since apparently I have to wait 90 days, I put my $25k in 2 months CD. Risk free, my money grows a bit and I'm sure Fidelity considers this a trade. Rinse and repeat afterwards. It's okay if I only hit the $50k (25k miles) bonus. My money was sitting in a savings account earning next not nothing anyway.
Don't know where you're getting 90 days from but whatever you deposit with Fidelity needs to remain there nine months. And you certainly can't take money out after 90 days and then send it back and have them count it as an additional deposit for more miles (I think the qualifying deposits need to be done with 30 days).

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Old Jan 10, 2015, 6:21 pm
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I don't know why it is so difficult for people to read the T&C of the promotional offers before trying to enroll .
When people engage in a strategy based on the false assumptions of others it will not work out as assumed. Just because you read it on the Internet, that does not make it true.
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Old Jan 10, 2015, 6:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Paiteaw
I don't know why it is so difficult for people to read the T&C of the promotional offers before trying to enroll .
When people engage in a strategy based on the false assumptions of others it will not work out as assumed. Just because you read it on the Internet, that does not make it true.
There's a lot of misinformation out there, and even this forum isn't clear. If I ended up getting 15k miles for storing $25k in a CD, fine.
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Old Jan 17, 2015, 7:11 pm
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2 family members and I have not been eligible to re sign up for the promotion for months but as of yesterday we're now all eligible - woo hoo!! only 1 family member now still ineligible i had a largish wire transfer into my account and made several trades recently but family members haven't had much in recent activity. so recheck your eligibility folks - you might just be pleasantly surprised!
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Old Jan 19, 2015, 2:39 pm
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Originally Posted by exm
There's a lot of misinformation out there, and even this forum isn't clear. If I ended up getting 15k miles for storing $25k in a CD, fine.
Your money needs to be with Fidelity for 9 months, not 90 days. If you withdraw money at 90 days, you would probably see a crawl back of miles. Dont cry foul then as the terms say it very clearly on how long the new money must stay at Fidelity.
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Old Jan 24, 2015, 1:42 pm
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A couple of quick questions:

My wife did the Fidelity deal a little more than a year ago; she pulled the money out about 2 months ago.

I just did the deal last week.

If my wife waits another month, could she do it again (different last name from mine)?

How long does it typically take to get the UA miles -- I vaguely remember it being pretty quick for my wife last year.

I don't think I want to do any "investing" with this money -- I have other accounts for that, and I don't really want to further complicate my financial life. So I'm basically parking cash. Has anyone figured out the best (of the bad) returns for that with Fidelity? A CD perhaps? I need to leave it there 9 months, right?

Thanks for the summary!
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Old Jan 24, 2015, 2:55 pm
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Your memory is about right. The miles get posted shortly after the funds are received. And yes, nine months is the requirement for maintaining the assets on deposit . I suppose a CD is a safe parking place.
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Old Jan 24, 2015, 4:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Paiteaw
Your memory is about right. The miles get posted shortly after the funds are received. And yes, nine months is the requirement for maintaining the assets on deposit . I suppose a CD is a safe parking place.
My wife did a 0.40% CD for 9 months. Extra $300 at maturity. You can get a 9-mo CD at 0.45% on Fido now.

Not much but better than nothing.

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Old Jan 24, 2015, 5:29 pm
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Originally Posted by JATR4
My wife did a 0.40% for 9 months. Extra $300 at maturity. You can get a 9-mo CD at 0.45% on Fido now.

Not much but better than nothing.
Thanks. I'm guessing the "sweep" in the money management account is something like .10%?
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Old Jan 27, 2015, 8:30 am
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Are there any data points as far as applying on the weekend as opposed to the weekdays in regards to being approved ?

Is there an instant approval possibility such as with credit cards.
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Old Jan 27, 2015, 8:46 am
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You can call to inquire if you are eligible but there are no tricks to applying that I am aware of.
Are you opening a new account or trying to add to an existing account?
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Old Jan 27, 2015, 8:51 am
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Originally Posted by Paiteaw
You can call to inquire if you are eligible but there are no tricks to applying that I am aware of.
Are you opening a new account or trying to add to an existing account?
adding to existing
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Old Jan 27, 2015, 10:55 pm
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Originally Posted by rover4618
Are there any data points as far as applying on the weekend as opposed to the weekdays in regards to being approved ?

Is there an instant approval possibility such as with credit cards.
There isn't really an application like for a credit card. So there's nothing really to be approved. You're just funding an account on Fidelity with at least $25k.
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Old Jan 28, 2015, 4:58 pm
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Originally Posted by filmimiles
There isn't really an application like for a credit card. So there's nothing really to be approved. You're just funding an account on Fidelity with at least $25k.

Your missing the point entirely.

# 1. You apply online to be eligible for the promotion.

# 2. You receive notification whether you are or are not eligible for the
promotion.

# 3. If eligible you proceed to fund the account.
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My question pertains to step #2.

After you apply online do some people get notified immediately they are eligible ?

How long does it usually take to receive notification whether or not you are eligible ?
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Old Jan 28, 2015, 11:57 pm
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Originally Posted by rover4618
Your missing the point entirely.

# 1. You apply online to be eligible for the promotion.

# 2. You receive notification whether you are or are not eligible for the
promotion.

# 3. If eligible you proceed to fund the account.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

My question pertains to step #2.

After you apply online do some people get notified immediately they are eligible ?

How long does it usually take to receive notification whether or not you are eligible ?
using the links in the wiki some family accounts see

"Unable to sign up for the [American or United] Offer
You are not eligible to sign up for this Offer due to the reason(s) listed below:

We apologize, but this offer is not available to all Fidelity customers."

and others go to a page that asks for the ff number and confirms enrollment after entering the required information. hth.
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