Go Back  FlyerTalk Forums > Miles&Points > MilesBuzz
Reload this Page >

Fidelity Bonus offers for airline miles & hotel points [EXPIRED March 31, 2017]

Community
Wiki Posts
Search
Old Nov 19, 2013, 6:07 pm
FlyerTalk Forums Expert How-Tos and Guides
Last edit by: TravelinSperry
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.
Print Wikipost

Fidelity Bonus offers for airline miles & hotel points [EXPIRED March 31, 2017]

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Jan 7, 2013, 10:16 am
  #811  
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: NYC
Programs: Mileage Plus, Aadvantage, Skymiles, Marriott, Priority Club, SPG, Amtrak, Hertz
Posts: 834
Originally Posted by lilpooh108
Thanks for posting. This freaks me out. I opened an account in August and on 1/3 (at about 5 months post initial deposit) had to take the money out for an emergency but it freed right back up again.

I'm now thinking about re-depositing the money to avoid any issues.
How long do you have to keep it in? I'm thinking of rolling over my 401k into a Fidelity Roth before moving it to Vanguard (where I actually want the money). How long would the cash need to sit with Fido?
Kay_nyc is offline  
Old Jan 7, 2013, 10:19 am
  #812  
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Born and raised in South Carolina, now in New York City.
Posts: 534
Originally Posted by Kay_nyc
How long do you have to keep it in? I'm thinking of rolling over my 401k into a Fidelity Roth before moving it to Vanguard (where I actually want the money). How long would the cash need to sit with Fido?
I think it's only brokerage accounts (not retirement accounts)?
saranyc is offline  
Old Jan 7, 2013, 10:20 am
  #813  
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: NYC
Programs: Mileage Plus, Aadvantage, Skymiles, Marriott, Priority Club, SPG, Amtrak, Hertz
Posts: 834
Originally Posted by saranyc
I think it's only brokerage accounts (not retirement accounts)?
The offer or the minimum time requirement?
Kay_nyc is offline  
Old Jan 7, 2013, 12:02 pm
  #814  
FlyerTalk Evangelist
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,767
Originally Posted by Kay_nyc
How long do you have to keep it in? I'm thinking of rolling over my 401k into a Fidelity Roth before moving it to Vanguard (where I actually want the money). How long would the cash need to sit with Fido?
Originally Posted by saranyc
I think it's only brokerage accounts (not retirement accounts)?
Originally Posted by Kay_nyc
The offer or the minimum time requirement?
Retirement accounts are not eligible for the promotion because the retirement accounts are subject to their specific tax laws, in particular, any added "value" from outside the account would need to be accounted for as Contribution for the year that is added. Back in the days when some banks / brokerage firms offered cash incentive to retirement accounts, the portion added must be included (or reduced) your yearly contribution to make sure you do not go over the annual cap.
Happy is offline  
Old Jan 8, 2013, 8:05 am
  #815  
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: JFK
Posts: 382
Has anyone gotten the "Unfortunately, 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." email and gotten the miles without having to talk to Fidelity?
kilton is offline  
Old Jan 8, 2013, 10:57 am
  #816  
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Oakland, CA
Posts: 1,231
I needed to call in so they could manually add the miles
hamburglar is offline  
Old Jan 8, 2013, 11:20 am
  #817  
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 86
Originally Posted by Kay_nyc
How long do you have to keep it in? I'm thinking of rolling over my 401k into a Fidelity Roth before moving it to Vanguard (where I actually want the money). How long would the cash need to sit with Fido?
Yup ditto what everyone else said. Only brokerage accounts, not retirement accounts. If they allowed retirement accounts I'd roll mine over too and not even worry about it. The minimum is 6 months and I think the previous poster is the first instance of clawback throughout this thread. Before they just blacklisted you for future promos.

For anyone else interested, I moved my money out on 1/3 and still haven't received a *call* yet. No miles deducted from United, but we've already spent it on a future award ticket. My main concern is Fidelity trying to charge me for the miles since I've already redeemed them.
lilpooh108 is offline  
Old Jan 8, 2013, 12:05 pm
  #818  
 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: HH Gold, Marriott Gold, PC Plat, Emirates Silver
Posts: 2,679
Thinking of doing this again for my wife but not sure if she is eligible again. She will not like it if she has to call and they say no and I will be in the doghouse again.

She put money in July 2011 and took out all but $500 in Nov 2011. She is eligible due to meeting the rolling 12 months but did not meet the 6 month requirement last time.

I am trying to decipher from previous posts if she would get the bonus again. There were a lot of emails back and forth last time since she was considered a spouse and it was one per family back then. She had a different address on file so they gave it to her.

Do you think she will get dinged for the bonus again due to not leaving the money in for 6 months before.
mileshound is offline  
Old Jan 8, 2013, 12:11 pm
  #819  
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: JFK
Posts: 382
Originally Posted by hamburglar
I needed to call in so they could manually add the miles
Thanks. Was it because you had withdrawn earlier than 6 months the last time around?
kilton is offline  
Old Jan 8, 2013, 12:19 pm
  #820  
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 86
Originally Posted by mileshound
Do you think she will get dinged for the bonus again due to not leaving the money in for 6 months before.
Yes. Earlier reports of CSR approving the bonus did not work out, the system didn't give ppl miles if they previously violated terms. This is about 20 pages back.
lilpooh108 is offline  
Old Jan 8, 2013, 8:36 pm
  #821  
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 756
Whats the best way to submit to Fido for the 50k United offer for existing members. Should I fill out the forms online or call the 800-544-3719 number. Just wondering if calling in will get me a better chance of making sure I get the miles.
Thanks
sharka is offline  
Old Jan 8, 2013, 11:09 pm
  #822  
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Oakland, CA
Posts: 1,231
Originally Posted by kilton
Thanks. Was it because you had withdrawn earlier than 6 months the last time around?
Nope. Not sure what it was about. They had to review my account and manually approve.
hamburglar is offline  
Old Jan 10, 2013, 11:21 pm
  #823  
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Boston
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Platinum, AA 1MM Lifetime Gold, JetBlue Mosaic (sometimes)
Posts: 138
Anyone hear of Fidelity getting mad if the money moves to another fidelity account before the 6 months is up? Say to make an annual funding to a Fidelity profit-sharing 401k (those contributions max out around $50k/year for successful self-employed people) tied to your same social security #.
dbh1 is offline  
Old Jan 10, 2013, 11:30 pm
  #824  
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: Marriott/SPG Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 887
Hi,

I need Delta SkyMiles.

The Fidelity Delta offer is set to expire February 14.

I partook of moving one account into Fidelity January 2012 to get the max bonus.

My other account was transferred to AmeriTrade to get their bonus as well. But AmeriTrade stopped that offer not long after.

Should I try to double-dip, Fidelity, move AmeriTrade account over in early February? With the "rolling 12 months" language in the offer, I think I'm eligible to get it again. Especially since the Delta offer even mentions adding to existing accounts.

Or wait and see if some new offer with Vanguard or ScottTrade or something pops up?
ElPresidente is offline  
Old Jan 11, 2013, 5:26 pm
  #825  
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: PHX & PPT
Programs: DL PM, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold, AmExPlat
Posts: 833
Originally Posted by dbh1
Anyone hear of Fidelity getting mad if the money moves to another fidelity account before the 6 months is up? Say to make an annual funding to a Fidelity profit-sharing 401k (those contributions max out around $50k/year for successful self-employed people) tied to your same social security #.
Since the original terms of the promo specifically excluding funding to retirement accounts (including 401ks), you risk a clawback of your points if you transfer less than six months after your qualifying deposit.
BarbiJKM is offline  


Contact Us - Manage Preferences - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

This site is owned, operated, and maintained by MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks are the property of their respective owners.