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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 Mar 6, 2016, 9:43 pm
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Originally Posted by yoshapman
I put 100K in an account about 2-3 years ago, then took out most of it but left some. I logged in and now and it said my account was eligible. That means that I'll have no issues as long as I fund my account within 60 days?
That's been my experience, yes.
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Old Mar 7, 2016, 9:00 am
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Read a few pages but wanted to confirm that in order to get the miles you don't necessarily need to invest your $25k/$50k/$100k? Putting it in a new brokeage account and keeping it as cash would suffice?
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Old Mar 7, 2016, 9:09 am
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Read a few pages but wanted to confirm that in order to get the miles you don't necessarily need to invest your $25k/$50k/$100k? Putting it in a new brokeage account and keeping it as cash would suffice?
Definitely.
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Old Mar 7, 2016, 7:29 pm
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Originally Posted by josephstern
My personal rule is to wait until 12 months after the last mileage deposit date.
A Fidelity rep told me over the phone that they use the mileage award date to determine eligibility. I don't know if that was always the case, as I have done this deal for a few years, always applying at the beginning of March and having the miles post in Mid-March. I have not churned any of the funds, so I was surprised that it was saying I wasn't eligibile this time.

Last year there was some delay in posting the miles -- I applied and funded the account on March 1, and the miles didn't post so I called them. They ended up having to get the "back office" (their term) involved to post the miles as they agreed I signed up and was eligible, and there was some technical glitch. So now my next eligibility date is in Late-March, though they are checking to see if they can override (been a 25+ year customer).

FWIW, I did ask why it was limited to once per year -- whether it was a Fidelity requirement or some other entity's, and they said it was a FINRA rule, but I don't know any more background on it. I do know Capital One Investments (FKA Sharebuilder) also has periodic limits, but don't know if they are annual or more frequent.
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Old Mar 28, 2016, 6:47 pm
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Guys - where on fidelity.com do I see if my account is eligible for 50k AA miles for a 100k deposit

Thx
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Old Mar 28, 2016, 7:50 pm
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Try the link:

http://www.fidelity.com/program

where program can be:

aa
delta
united

then log in and you should see a screen with info.
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Old Mar 29, 2016, 1:27 pm
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Just giving a data point. Got approved for the third time following keeping the monies in account for 9 months and then waiting the full three months to reapply.
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Old Apr 12, 2016, 5:03 pm
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Can you do different airline offers simultaneously? e.g. deposit $25K in 3 separate installments using a different promo code for DL, UA and AA in a single year.
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Old Apr 13, 2016, 1:56 pm
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Originally Posted by svasandani
Can you do different airline offers simultaneously? e.g. deposit $25K in 3 separate installments using a different promo code for DL, UA and AA in a single year.
No. One bonus per Fidelity account per year.
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Old Apr 15, 2016, 8:16 am
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I understand the limits for individuals, but I'm wondering about couples. If I transfer out the funds after 9 months into a joint account then open an account in my wife's name and fund it from that account, would that work?
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Old Apr 15, 2016, 10:41 am
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The restrictions on repeating these offers are based on individuals and their SSNs. It doesn't matter whether the funds go into a joint account or a sole account. Nor does it matter which external account the money comes from (or how it got there, if it was previously in a different account with Fidelity).

Does that answer your question, fredc84?
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Old Apr 15, 2016, 11:22 am
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Originally Posted by IMH
The restrictions on repeating these offers are based on individuals and their SSNs. It doesn't matter whether the funds go into a joint account or a sole account. Nor does it matter which external account the money comes from (or how it got there, if it was previously in a different account with Fidelity).

Does that answer your question, fredc84?
I think so, thanks...going to try to get my wife in before the offer ends end of Sept.
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Old Apr 15, 2016, 11:49 am
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Originally Posted by fredc84
[...] before the offer ends end of Sept.
There's almost certainly no need to rush. The offer pages linked to in the wiki currently show end dates of September 30 (AA), October 31 (UA) and December 31 (DL), but for many years now they have all been renewed again and again.
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Old Apr 15, 2016, 12:12 pm
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Originally Posted by IMH
There's almost certainly no need to rush. The offer pages linked to in the wiki currently show end dates of September 30 (AA), October 31 (UA) and December 31 (DL), but for many years now they have all been renewed again and again.
Ah, ok. I've only ever done this once and I'll have to use the same money in my account for hers....the 9 months is up end of July. I'm doing the AA one so by end of Sep...barring a renewal, of course.
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Old May 11, 2016, 4:42 pm
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Any experience withdrawing your money prior to the 9 month holding period? Does Fidelity really claw back the miles?

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