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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 Nov 16, 2017, 5:02 pm
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Are there any other live offers elsewhere to net a free 50k miles annually?
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Old Nov 16, 2017, 5:10 pm
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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.
Originally Posted by ukinny2000
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
Originally Posted by euromannn
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.
Real reason no more bonus is probably because of the commission price war. The bonus offers were all terminated shortly after commissions were dropped to $4.95. All started with Schwab dropping commissions to $6.95. Fido responded by dropping to $4.95.

E-Trade and TD Ameritrade still at $6.95.
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Old Nov 16, 2017, 5:19 pm
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Originally Posted by GetSetJetSet
Are there any other live offers elsewhere to net a free 50k miles annually?
Bank Direct gives AA miles for having accounts there. They pay monthly and you can have one savings account and one checking account per household. They also have CD's that pay AA miles as well. If you go that route, you forgo almost all the interest on the account since you are getting miles instead. For us, since we get really good value out of our miles, it's worth it, may not be for everyone. One of the accounts has a $12 monthly fee (probably the checking) but the other does not.
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Old Nov 16, 2017, 5:29 pm
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Originally Posted by fredc84
Bank Direct gives AA miles for having accounts there. They pay monthly and you can have one savings account and one checking account per household. They also have CD's that pay AA miles as well. If you go that route, you forgo almost all the interest on the account since you are getting miles instead. For us, since we get really good value out of our miles, it's worth it, may not be for everyone. One of the accounts has a $12 monthly fee (probably the checking) but the other does not.
How much do they want you to deposit per account and how many miles/mo do they pay out?
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Old Nov 16, 2017, 8:14 pm
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Originally Posted by GetSetJetSet
How much do they want you to deposit per account and how many miles/mo do they pay out?
Click the tab that says "Mileage Program" and it will list all the accounts.

https://www.bankdirect.com/products/...ngmileage.aspx
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Old Nov 18, 2017, 11:34 pm
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Originally Posted by euromannn
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.
I assume the TD & Etrade cash offers are taxable and 1099s are issued?
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Old Nov 19, 2017, 4:41 am
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That would stand to reason.
Unless the Treasury & IRS has granted them permission to hand out tax free money to millionaires.
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Old Nov 19, 2017, 11:57 am
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Originally Posted by Paiteaw
That would stand to reason.
Unless the Treasury & IRS has granted them permission to hand out tax free money to millionaires.
This answer, while clever, is somewhat muddied by actual practices, IME.

In terms of 1099s, xfer bonuses are reported for taxable accounts, but not retirement accounts (although with a TIRA, you will effectively pay taxes on it when you withdraw).

I may not remember correctly, but I think ETrade will not report if the bonus is under $600, but TD will.

Neither seem to report the close-out fee reimbursement or the value of free trades on the 1099.

However, TD has reported other amounts, e.g. the $50 referral bonus you get when a friend opens an account (on 1099-misc).

Note: I'm not saying receipt of 1099 implies taxability or vice versa in any of these cases. Only your tax accountant or lawyer can answer that.
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Old Jan 2, 2018, 5:20 pm
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hmmm

Originally Posted by fredc84
Click the tab that says "Mileage Program" and it will list all the accounts.

https://www.bankdirect.com/products/...ngmileage.aspx

Nice, so basically deposit $50K, get 5K miles per month? So basically $75 worth of miles, less $12 fee, so net $756 per year or 1.5% effective interest in miles. Might be worth it for the 20K miles of sign ups, but not in the context of $500 from chase sign ups.

I got a mailer from citi for 50K miles for citigold. That might be a way better deal, but unfortunately that is targetted.
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