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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 Apr 25, 2017, 4:19 pm
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Originally Posted by euromannn
ANy options to fund an exisitng account still?
See my post #2431 in this thread.
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Old May 13, 2017, 10:11 am
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Originally Posted by pgary
Fidelity has other promotions that will still be available after March 31. We will still be limited to one promotion per 365 days.
For other bonuses and to get a definitive date on which you can get your next bonus, call Fidelity's Promotion Department at (800)544-5315. I have marked my calendar.
Just hit the link for the Cash Bonus offer and found that Fidelity says "Offer no longer available". Is the Cash Bonus offer ($300 for $100K deposit) gone as well?
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Old May 14, 2017, 4:16 pm
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After you call the number I provided, please post what they tell you here.

Thanks.
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Old May 15, 2017, 11:55 am
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Fidelity promotions dept told the only promo active now is for free trades.

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Old May 15, 2017, 2:22 pm
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Originally Posted by RobUAIntl
Just hit the link for the Cash Bonus offer and found that Fidelity says "Offer no longer available". Is the Cash Bonus offer ($300 for $100K deposit) gone as well?
It was only a matter of time with the recent price wars.
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Old Jun 9, 2017, 11:10 am
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Anyone still waiting for their AA miles to deposit from this year's Fidelity 100k miles promotion? I opened and funded my Fidelity account on March 30/31 this year and am still awaiting AA miles deposit.
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Old Jun 9, 2017, 11:38 am
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Originally Posted by vishesh
Anyone still waiting for their AA miles to deposit from this year's Fidelity 100k miles promotion? I opened and funded my Fidelity account on March 30/31 this year and am still awaiting AA miles deposit.
Something is wrong, call them to find out.
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Old Nov 1, 2017, 12:41 pm
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Really surprised this hasn't popped back up. Anyone receive any targeted offers?
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Old Nov 2, 2017, 7:35 am
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Originally Posted by TravelingRabbit
Really surprised this hasn't popped back up. Anyone receive any targeted offers?
Offers have been pulled. Was fun while it lasted.
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Old Nov 2, 2017, 8:13 am
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The mileage offers were replaced cash back offers
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Old Nov 2, 2017, 8:50 am
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Originally Posted by drminn
The mileage offers were replaced cash back offers
The sign up bonus offers (which were up to $2,500 for $1mm in transfers/deposits) have also been pulled
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Old Nov 7, 2017, 6:18 pm
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I asked our rep at Fidelity branch about cash bonus offer and he said it was discontinued due to change in federal law concerning Fiduciaries. I got them in the last couple of years and when my husband recently switched $500k from his workplace plans, he got nada (this was in October 2017). So apparently the law is what put a stop to the bonuses.
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Old Nov 7, 2017, 7:31 pm
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I got the same spiel as well, by way of explanation for no longer having the offers for miles. However, I suspect that explanation might not be the case. Though off-topic, e-trade for example sent me an email offering cash bonuses at tiers starting at $10,000. For the tier that your husband was in ($500K) he would have gotten $1,500 from ETrade. Merrill Lynch also offers cash bonuses (which are negotiable as I have found out), so it's worth shopping around
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Old Nov 11, 2017, 6:02 am
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Originally Posted by T Q
I asked our rep at Fidelity branch about cash bonus offer and he said it was discontinued due to change in federal law concerning Fiduciaries. I got them in the last couple of years and when my husband recently switched $500k from his workplace plans, he got nada (this was in October 2017). So apparently the law is what put a stop to the bonuses.
That strikes me as BS from Fidelity. I have Fidelity accounts and was going to move more money to them. However, since the bonuses were gone I "shopped" around a bit. I found a generous offer from eTrade so I called Charles Schwab and asked them if they would match it and they said, "yes, no problem, done."

If federal regulations/law regarding fiduciaries had changed it would impact Schwab every bit as much as Fidelity.

Regards
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Old Nov 13, 2017, 2:06 am
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Originally Posted by T Q
I asked our rep at Fidelity branch about cash bonus offer and he said it was discontinued due to change in federal law concerning Fiduciaries. I got them in the last couple of years and when my husband recently switched $500k from his workplace plans, he got nada (this was in October 2017). So apparently the law is what put a stop to the bonuses.
Fidelity is full of crap and CHEAP NOW!

E-Trade has unto $2500 CASH off for $1Million transferred in.
TD AMeritrade has $2500 Apple Gift for $1 Million transferred in.
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