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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 Jan 13, 2013, 12:37 pm
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I did the AA offer in Feb 2012 and cycled money, got the 50k miles and then withdrew 90% of the money.

This time around I have 100k to deposit, should I be good to go for another 50k AA after Feb 2013?
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Old Jan 13, 2013, 1:34 pm
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Originally Posted by compddd
I did the AA offer in Feb 2012 and cycled money, got the 50k miles and then withdrew 90% of the money.

This time around I have 100k to deposit, should I be good to go for another 50k AA after Feb 2013?
Only Fido can tell you since now they seem to look back at accounts more closely.

And there are reports about 20 pages back that even being told yes by a couple CSRs initially, one can still be eventually denied when someone decided to scrutinize the account activities in previous promo.

Test the water and report back to help out the community if you could.
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Old Jan 13, 2013, 3:52 pm
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Originally Posted by compddd
I did the AA offer in Feb 2012 and cycled money, got the 50k miles and then withdrew 90% of the money.

This time around I have 100k to deposit, should I be good to go for another 50k AA after Feb 2013?
I think the 6 month "crack down" came later in the game than Feb 2012. You might be in luck.

I came fairly late to the party, but it seems to me from reading the thread that, although it went against Fido's spirit to "fetch" the funds back and forth, they didn't actually state it in the T & C's for a long while... Fido chewed on the bone before realizing the T & C' s had a loop hole as big as a Great Dane.

Let us know what happens. Worse case scenario: they don't give you the points so you take your money out and go elsewhere, not bothering to wait the 6 months.
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Old Jan 14, 2013, 1:42 am
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Originally Posted by reaper99999
Looks like I encountered the first case of clawback...

Created an account and deposited money into my account: 10/31/12
Miles received: 11/14/12
Withdraw 99% of the balance: 12/14/12
Got a call from fido about missing funds regarding promo: 12/18/12

I just checked my UA account and all of the miles added were deducted away.

Now I have to put the money back in. I wonder how long I have to keep it inside to not trigger a clawback again.
Here are some updated data points:
Redeposited money back into acct: 12/27/12
Got miles back: 01/11/13
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Old Jan 14, 2013, 8:33 am
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Originally Posted by reaper99999
Here are some updated data points:
Redeposited money back into acct: 12/27/12
Got miles back: 01/11/13

Wow, they gave the miles back to you? Better go buy a lottery ticket-- this is your lucky day!
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Old Jan 14, 2013, 10:25 am
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Originally Posted by reaper99999
Here are some updated data points:
Redeposited money back into acct: 12/27/12
Got miles back: 01/11/13
Good to know you got a 2nd chance.

I suppose you would now keep the money there for the full term. You do not want to test "3 times a charm", do you?
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Old Jan 14, 2013, 11:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Happy
Good to know you got a 2nd chance.

I suppose you would now keep the money there for the full term. You do not want to test "3 times a charm", do you?
Yea, better play it safe. But would be interesting to see if others are still able to get away with pulling money out early.
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Old Jan 23, 2013, 4:07 pm
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Data point: Deposited $50k last year, got miles and withdrew after 1 month. Waited 12+ months. Deposited $50k this year and waited two weeks. Then I got an email that I had not opened a new account (action needed). Called Fidelity and clarified I was only depositing to an existing account and that should qualify. Was on hold for about five minutes, CSR came back and said yes everything looked good and they would manually post the miles. One week later the 25k Delta miles posted. Looks like last one for Delta/Fidelity before the offer expires, hopefully something will be there next year!
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Old Jan 23, 2013, 7:37 pm
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Originally Posted by JL100
Data point: Deposited $50k last year, got miles and withdrew after 1 month. Waited 12+ months. Deposited $50k this year and waited two weeks. Then I got an email that I had not opened a new account (action needed). Called Fidelity and clarified I was only depositing to an existing account and that should qualify. Was on hold for about five minutes, CSR came back and said yes everything looked good and they would manually post the miles. One week later the 25k Delta miles posted. Looks like last one for Delta/Fidelity before the offer expires, hopefully something will be there next year!
Did you use the offer form to sign up before you deposited your $50K?

Looks like 12 months is beyond the look back period.
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Old Jan 23, 2013, 10:57 pm
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Looks like United and AA offers are also available to existing customers. I don't think it was the last time I applied.
I just clicked on the link, and saw that you could fund an existing account. Also T&C said:

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.


Any existing customer applied and got AA or United bonus recently?
TIA

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Old Jan 24, 2013, 7:27 am
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Originally Posted by echip
Looks like United and AA offers are also available to existing customers. I don't think it was the last time I applied.
I just clicked on the link, and saw that you could fund an existing account. Also T&C said:

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.


Any existing customer applied and got AA or United bonus recently?
TIA
I tansferred funds into an existing Fidelity account from TD Ameritrade to get United miles. I had previously gotten United miles from Fidelity (although not within the last 12 months) and I received an email telling me that I did not qualify for the promotion. This is after a representative had told me that I did qualify prior to the transfer. I called and another representative told me that I definitely qualify and she would begin the process of manually entering the data for me to get the miles. I have tried in the past to open a new Fidelity account to get American miles and I received this same denial letter, but in that case I did not qualify for the miles so I did not push it.

Two things irritate me. I have never cycled money with Fidelity like others describe in this thread with depositing money with Fidelity and then witdrawing it. I have responded to two other offers with them and I left the money in the required time to get the promised reward. The other irritation is I guess just bad luck. I always earn 6% or more on my TD Ameritrade brokerage account funds and I either break even or lose money on my Fidelity brokerage account. Maybe my luck will change at Fidelity with respect to miles and investment earnings.
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Old Jan 24, 2013, 10:07 am
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link for membership rewards not working
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Old Jan 24, 2013, 1:06 pm
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That offer has expired long back.
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Old Jan 25, 2013, 7:39 am
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Originally Posted by echip
Looks like United and AA offers are also available to existing customers. I don't think it was the last time I applied.
I just clicked on the link, and saw that you could fund an existing account. Also T&C said:

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.


Any existing customer applied and got AA or United bonus recently?
TIA
I called a CSR who sent me UA Eail invitation for UA promo .Sent the $100K and got a ding email . Called same CSR Back and was told computer will auto kick out any not first time bonuses . They manually applied and got the 50 K UA
4 days later.

FYI this is the way it has to be done going forward I was told . I am eligible again in one year for UA DL or whatever has not expired .

They also said they thought all offers would be extended
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Old Jan 25, 2013, 7:46 am
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Originally Posted by PETERPNYC
I called a CSR who sent me UA Eail invitation for UA promo .Sent the $100K and got a ding email . Called same CSR Back and was told computer will auto kick out any not first time bonuses . They manually applied and got the 50 K UA
4 days later.

FYI this is the way it has to be done going forward I was told . I am eligible again in one year for UA DL or whatever has not expired .

They also said they thought all offers would be extended
Thanks for the update and explanation. My United bonus has not posted more than one month after I transferred >$100K in securities. Time to make that call. I only waited because last month a Fidelity CSR assured me that I was properly registered for the promo.
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