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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 13, 2012, 9:15 am
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Originally Posted by djflier
Thanks. I was reading this where the guy said he signed up with DL before the AA even posted...

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16588684-post929.html

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Old info. The deal has changed significantly.
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Old Jul 13, 2012, 9:30 am
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Originally Posted by djflier
July 3 2012 signed up two separate accounts for AA for my wife and I. Just deposited $100k into each account.
Next week will sign up both of us for Delta as existing account holders and deposit another $100k into each account.
oy vey
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Old Jul 13, 2012, 10:30 am
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Is this really a good deal?

Guys, I thought I'd point out if people are putting $200k in cash (husband and wife) and just leaving it here for 1 year it is only 0.7% per annum or 1.4% if done over 6 months assuming 4 flights are about $350 each (not including any tax). Three months is better if you can get away with it.

In other words not a great investment. The only reason to waste your time with this offer in my opinion is if you have short term stocks you hold at other firms and can just replicate them here. For example I had a swing trading ETF strategy at Interactive brokers which I liquidated then replicated the same strategy here. If they were long term gains then obviously this would not work as the loss in tax saving would be far greater than the free tickets.

Just my 2 cents worth

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Old Jul 13, 2012, 3:57 pm
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Originally Posted by djflier
If they were long term gains then obviously this would not work as the loss in tax saving would be far greater than the free tickets.

Just my 2 cents worth

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If you are talking about regular stocks with long term gains,
you do not have to liquidate the old account to move, you could just move your stocks over and their value would be counted against the threshold
for bonus.
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Old Jul 13, 2012, 5:21 pm
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Originally Posted by lanb
If you are talking about regular stocks with long term gains,
you do not have to liquidate the old account to move, you could just move your stocks over and their value would be counted against the threshold
for bonus.
lanb, thanks for pointing that out and thinking outside the box. I do have some positions like that but have already transferred the $200k. I'm looking at this Fidelity trading system. It's a bit different than I'm used to but the product selection seems to be very good.

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Old Jul 13, 2012, 7:27 pm
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Originally Posted by flyerfrog
I got the "Our records indicate that you are not currently eligible for this offer because you selected a type of account that is not eligible to receive this offer." message. Called up and found out it was due to the broken American Express offer I signed up for last year. I never received any points for that offer, but it still is blocking me from getting any additional offers.
Can they not see you have not gotten any bonus from it, and manually notate your account for the eligibility of promo?

Joseph has had to go thru the manual process route also though not for the same reason and he got his bonus.
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Old Jul 14, 2012, 6:54 am
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Data Points

I was the individual back in early April who posted that Fido had changed its AA and UA offer to allow current acct holders to obtain these miles. I had already received the DL miles and completed funding for the $500 Apple promo by recycling funds. I never received any Fido email about the Apple promo and did not receive the one that said the GC was on its way. We went out of the country for a 2 month trip in mid-April and I was elated to find the United Parcel Service package sitting at our front door when we returned in mid-June. It had apparently been there a long time - so glad I live in a safe neighborhood!

Anyway, in early April, I immediately signed up for the AA mile offer for existing customer - hoping that prior recyling of funds would count. In mid-May, I surprisingly received 25K AA miles even though I had added no new funds since signing up for the AA offer. Being excited, I deposited $25K and cycled it out within a week - but have NOT received any additional AA miles. Ah well, it was worth a try!

For my daughter who had an existing acct, I signed up for the UA offer in April, but did not fund it since we were on travel. Received a Fido email in June that I needed to make the new deposits within the next 30 days to make the 90-day funding time frame. Made the $100K deposits in four $25K increments - no cycling. Took about 2 weeks after completion of funding to receive a Fido email stating that the UA miles would be psoted in 6-8 weeks. Received them in her UA account about 2 weeks later. So it took about 4 weeks total for the UA miles to post. Money is still there - need to decide if I should leave for the 6 months?? Wonder if Fido will really preclude future offers if one prematurely withdraws the funds prior to 6 mos? I guess is yes as I am sure that now that they discovered all the loopholes in these offers, controls will be established to close all them.
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Old Jul 14, 2012, 8:07 am
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How long must money stay at fidelity

How long mustthe 100k stay at fidelity? Can you withdraw it immediatly after getting miles or will that trigger them taking back the miles?
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Old Jul 14, 2012, 9:21 am
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Originally Posted by brettskyg
How long mustthe 100k stay at fidelity? Can you withdraw it immediatly after getting miles or will that trigger them taking back the miles?
6 or 9 months
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Old Jul 14, 2012, 10:56 am
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Originally Posted by brettskyg
How long mustthe 100k stay at fidelity? Can you withdraw it immediatly after getting miles or will that trigger them taking back the miles?
This is unclear. There has not been one documented case in any thread of a clawback of miles from Fidelity.
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Old Jul 14, 2012, 4:49 pm
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withdrew after getting miles

Deposited $50k in April
A few days later, got 25K AA miles and a phone call warning clawback/charge if miles were withdrawn prior to 6 months
Around July 1, I withdrew $50K, leaving behind the few pennies earned in interest. I have not been contacted regarding clawback/charge as of today. I will update this if it changes.

UPDATE: Miles have still not been clawed back. Radio silence from FIDO.

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Old Jul 15, 2012, 9:18 am
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On the subject of pulling money out early: To be clear, there is the possibility of a clawback, but also the possibility that your account or SSN will be noted in a way that will make you invalid for any future promotions from Fidelity.

Already, to get miles a second time, they have to check your account manually. So, essentially, anyone who registers once gets disabled for the future. If you want that overturned when you're eligible again, you likely have to abide by the 6/9 month period.
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Old Jul 15, 2012, 9:51 am
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In mid-May, I opened an account. By 5/31, I had transferred in over 25k. No cycling. Got my 15k UA bonus on 6/15.

By 6/30, I brought in more new money, getting me over 50k (no cycle/churn). I got the incremental 10k UA bonus on 7/6 automatically. No need to contact Fido at all. So it looks like the automated system is still working, even after the first part of the bonus has posted.
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Old Jul 15, 2012, 11:44 am
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Originally Posted by josephstern
On the subject of pulling money out early: To be clear, there is the possibility of a clawback, but also the possibility that your account or SSN will be noted in a way that will make you invalid for any future promotions from Fidelity.

Already, to get miles a second time, they have to check your account manually. So, essentially, anyone who registers once gets disabled for the future. If you want that overturned when you're eligible again, you likely have to abide by the 6/9 month period.
Sorry for the noobie question, what's the 6/9 month? I understand you have to keep the money in fido for 6 month, what's the 9 month for?
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Old Jul 15, 2012, 11:45 am
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Originally Posted by centrifuge41
In mid-May, I opened an account. By 5/31, I had transferred in over 25k. No cycling. Got my 15k UA bonus on 6/15.

By 6/30, I brought in more new money, getting me over 50k (no cycle/churn). I got the incremental 10k UA bonus on 7/6 automatically. No need to contact Fido at all. So it looks like the automated system is still working, even after the first part of the bonus has posted.
It stopped working for a while after they overhauled the system. There are posts about folks have to call to chase their balances of bonus when they did incremental funding to make it up to second level.

Based on your post and another post a few above yours, it looks that Fido has fixed this after experiencing some legitimate calls / complains about "where is the balance of my bonus?"

I tend to agree with Joseph whether you want to treat this as a one-time grab and crash deal or whether you want to keep the opportunity for the future, assuming Fido does not actually claw back miles. Given the speed of Fido, I would venture to say, the claw back if happens, would be months later. Those who think they can circumvent this happening by cleaning out their UA accounts may want to think twice. UA can bill you for the negative balance at the regular rate it sells the mile, or if your ticket has not flown yet, UA could stop you at the gate.

Years ago there were stories about UA actually sent out bills to charge the negative balance. Do not ever read any final outcome though.

There were a few half-told stories in the AMEX Membership Reward threads that folks borrowed Membership Reward points to transfer to airlines (and in one case redeemed ticket that has already flown one segment), counting on their bonuses that did not materialized. Too bad those half-told stories never have had any update for happy endings. They remain half-told... I guess the ending might not be happy.

My own sense is, whenever the final outcome is NOT a good one, the posters who started the "Help" thread never came back to finish the story. The contrary seems to be true also - if things got resolved to the poster's liking, very likely the community would hear about it, even weeks / months later. Only when the final outcome is a bad one, then almost 100% of the time, the community would be left hanging as to what eventually happened! Some common human nature I suppose.
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