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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 23, 2017, 6:10 am
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Originally Posted by travelinmanS
Has anyone else had success in getting an exception by calling? I just tried to register and was denied since I'm well within the 12 months (July 2016 was my last time). Would it be worth a call? I'd drop $100K in there right away and keep it there as I have with all my deposits over the past 3 years. Haven't removed a cent from Fidelity if that would make a difference.
I doubt people are going to try this in the smaller window you are describing since it has only been 9 months since your last. However, since Rover4618 got them to exempt him by a few weeks, there's no telling what your chances are. If this bonus is truly going away, there's no harm in trying. Your only issue would be if for some magical reason this bonus did not go away after all.
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Old Mar 23, 2017, 8:09 am
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I called and they allowed me to do it one more time even though i first did it ~4 mo ago.

Thank you FT!
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Old Mar 23, 2017, 8:40 am
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Originally Posted by Tiberius123
I called and they allowed me to do it one more time even though i first did it ~4 mo ago.

Thank you FT!
Wow, they must be feeling generous since this bonus is ending. What number did you call? I assume the one in the wiki?
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Old Mar 23, 2017, 11:03 am
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Originally Posted by Tiberius123
I called and they allowed me to do it one more time even though i first did it ~4 mo ago.

Thank you FT!
ditto. I last did mine in October of last year. Called the number in the Wiki. The frontline rep said no dice, so I asked him to ask anyway as a courtesy exception. Lo-and-behold the exception was granted, I am registered and will xfer the monies in next week
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Old Mar 23, 2017, 11:11 am
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Originally Posted by Tiberius123
I called and they allowed me to do it one more time even though i first did it ~4 mo ago.

Thank you FT!
meaning you opened a second account and dropped in another 100k?
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Old Mar 23, 2017, 2:16 pm
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Something else about this. If this is ending, what's the point of leaving your money in the Fido account now? Before, if you took the money out before the 9 month period, you were barred from doing this promotion in the future. But now, there is no future, so what's to stop everyone from withdrawing their money prior to 9 months since there is nothing to be barred from?
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Old Mar 23, 2017, 2:18 pm
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I was thinking the exact same thing.

I'm still in my most recent funding period and it's about to end. If I could, I'd like to put the funds back where I got them from.
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Old Mar 23, 2017, 3:24 pm
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So what if they reinstate the program? Then you can't participate.
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Old Mar 23, 2017, 10:13 pm
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Originally Posted by fredc84
Something else about this. If this is ending, what's the point of leaving your money in the Fido account now? Before, if you took the money out before the 9 month period, you were barred from doing this promotion in the future. But now, there is no future, so what's to stop everyone from withdrawing their money prior to 9 months since there is nothing to be barred from?
Fidelity did right by me and gave me an exception. I am grateful and will not burn them in return. Bad karma.
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Old Mar 24, 2017, 5:59 am
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I am another month away to be eligible again. Called the CS just now and he was able to manually override the time restriction and sign me up again. Thanks FT!
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Old Mar 24, 2017, 7:28 am
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Originally Posted by rover4618
Fidelity did right by me and gave me an exception. I am grateful and will not burn them in return. Bad karma.
Well, personally, I'm not going to do it because Fidelity is my brokerage anyway. I just thought about it off-hand. Plus, the money I put in are in 9-month CD's so it's more of a rhetorical question on my part....though others seem to be interested in the question.

I am thinking about doing another deposit again with the exception....tho I would only be able to get enough for 25K, so might not be worth it.
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Old Mar 24, 2017, 9:05 am
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Originally Posted by fredc84
I am thinking about doing another deposit again with the exception....tho I would only be able to get enough for 25K, so might not be worth it.
Actually, on a pro rata basis, the $25K deposit yields the best rate of miles. You can earn 15K miles. I'm going to do one as this will be our last opportunity to earn miles in this easy way.
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Old Mar 24, 2017, 9:18 am
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Originally Posted by SanDiego1K
Actually, on a pro rata basis, the $25K deposit yields the best rate of miles. You can earn 15K miles. I'm going to do one as this will be our last opportunity to earn miles in this easy way.
actually meant 25K bonus (for $50K deposit)
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Old Mar 24, 2017, 9:24 am
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No exception granted for our two accounts
Both accounts had points last awarded on 07/31/16
Maybe because we had little activity? One account was stocks/mutual funds. The other was cash instruments (CDs). We didn't do any active trading.
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Old Mar 24, 2017, 9:52 pm
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Any ideas of where best to park the money in Fidelity ? All CD's are paying crapola these days.
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