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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 Jul 11, 2016, 2:12 pm
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Originally Posted by euromannn
Fidelity --> AA takes less than 2 weeks from the time you meet Fidelity deposits criteria. Funds must settle in FIDO first.

FIDO is extremely fast in transferring the AA miles and AA I think posts with 3 working days for the FIDO mile transfer.
So I can't get the bonus if I have $200K to invest/desposit and get 2 bonuses?
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Old Jul 11, 2016, 3:40 pm
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No double dip available , you can only get one bonus per year per accountholder.
If I had a $1,000,000 to deposit, do you think they would give me ten bonuses or 500,000 miles?
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Old Jul 11, 2016, 4:56 pm
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Originally Posted by schrute
So I can't get the bonus if I have $200K to invest/desposit and get 2 bonuses?
FIDO gives only 50K FF miles per account. If you have a joint account with two tax payer ID numbers then on special request you can get 100K if you deposited $200,000(as I have asked before).

So for one tax payer ID number no matter how much you invest as Palteaw has stated one promo per 12 month cycle.

You could put $50,000 in Bank Direct and get the no fee 30K AA miles.

Personally, I do not like doing business with Bank Direct even for miles.
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Old Jul 11, 2016, 6:27 pm
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What about if I use my parents SSN? They get a new Fidelity account, I give them each $100K (a "loan" from me) to fund their account. Get da bonuses, close the account and refund my money?
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Old Jul 11, 2016, 7:37 pm
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Sure, let us know after you "get da bonuses", ok ?
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Old Jul 11, 2016, 8:45 pm
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Originally Posted by schrute
What about if I use my parents SSN? They get a new Fidelity account, I give them each $100K (a "loan" from me) to fund their account. Get da bonuses, close the account and refund my money?
Yes, two accounts with different tax pay ID will work.
Parents will pay income tax on interest if a cash account which will be small maybe $10 max.

Need to keep money in account nine months then can withdraw money and leave account open or just closed and withdraw money.
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Old Jul 11, 2016, 9:39 pm
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Originally Posted by euromannn
Yes, two accounts with different tax pay ID will work.
Parents will pay income tax on interest if a cash account which will be small maybe $10 max.

Need to keep money in account nine months then can withdraw money and leave account open or just closed and withdraw money.
There's income tax on interest? What if the loan is issued (by me) and they decide later to rescind it? Coincidentally right after getting the award?
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Old Jul 12, 2016, 11:20 am
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Are you all sure that schrute can re-use a mileage number to make this work?

Something tells me the mileage account number can't be used for more than one SSN/TIN.
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Old Jul 12, 2016, 2:14 pm
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Also, the names on the accounts need to match.
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Old Jul 12, 2016, 7:07 pm
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Originally Posted by Paiteaw
Also, the names on the accounts need to match.
Good thing they have their own SSNs and AAdvantage accounts. Anything else? Mostly concerned about the IRS being alerted about the moneys.
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Old Jul 14, 2016, 9:01 am
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For those of you wondering how to park the $100k that you transfer to FIdelity, they offer brokered CDs that are issued by FDIC issued banks. You can buy 9-month CDs from them and essentially get interest payments comparable to online savings accounts. Since these CDs are FDIC insured, they are as good as keeping the cash in a savings account.

Hope this helps someone.
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Old Jul 14, 2016, 9:08 am
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That's what I did, and I believe there were no fees, except probably a slight reduction in the yield.
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Old Jul 14, 2016, 11:51 am
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Originally Posted by josephstern
Are you all sure that schrute can re-use a mileage number to make this work?

Something tells me the mileage account number can't be used for more than one SSN/TIN.
Joseph, yes I've done it with family account.
There was similarity in name but two different tax ID which is important as only one promo every 12 months per tax ID.

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Old Jul 14, 2016, 11:56 am
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Originally Posted by euromannn
Joseph, yes I've done it with family account.
There was similarity in name but two different tax ID which si important as only one promo every 12 months per tax ID.
OK. Beyond my comfort zone.
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Old Jul 14, 2016, 5:10 pm
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Originally Posted by josephstern
OK. Beyond my comfort zone.
Well, in August I will withdarw a $100k security and then move to another institution to get $500.00 award.

Then cycle back in January when my award promo is reset for another 50K miles.
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