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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 May 11, 2012, 11:34 am
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I know there has been a debate going back and forth on whether cycling still works.

Anyone open an account in late april (obviously assuming large cycles) who has gotten the points?
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Old May 11, 2012, 2:46 pm
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I opened my account on 4/14 under the United promo. I started with $20k and cycled twice, plus I had $15k transferred in from my employer (not sure if this counts towards the promo). I have not seen any miles yet, but my fingers are still crossed.
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Old May 11, 2012, 10:24 pm
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Originally Posted by sweetz_21_83
I opened my account on 4/14 under the United promo. I started with $20k and cycled twice, plus I had $15k transferred in from my employer (not sure if this counts towards the promo). I have not seen any miles yet, but my fingers are still crossed.
this doesn't sound promising for cycling, you should of gotten something by now
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Old May 11, 2012, 10:30 pm
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Originally Posted by compddd
this doesn't sound promising for cycling, you should of gotten something by now
I agree but what if there is some other factor that triggers the miles to be awarded. Maybe the cash has to be cleared in the account when they sweep the accounts to get the miles to post. Or a average daily balance...Your guess is as good as mine. Im also interested on why others are getting dinged on their accounts and why others are not.
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Old May 12, 2012, 10:58 am
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Originally Posted by sweetz_21_83
I opened my account on 4/14 under the United promo. I started with $20k and cycled twice, plus I had $15k transferred in from my employer (not sure if this counts towards the promo). I have not seen any miles yet, but my fingers are still crossed.
What dates did you make each of your deposits?
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Old May 12, 2012, 1:51 pm
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I did notice that a majority of people here had problem with UA miles not being deposited. Did anyone signup for AA cycled and didn't receive their miles? Just throwing it out there...
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Old May 12, 2012, 2:03 pm
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Originally Posted by snugglening
I did notice that a majority of people here had problem with UA miles not being deposited. Did anyone signup for AA cycled and didn't receive their miles? Just throwing it out there...

I opened with AA on April 2, 12 with $25,000 new account. I have cycled for a total of $100,000 and have yet to see anything posted to my AA account.
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Old May 12, 2012, 3:36 pm
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Originally Posted by gohogs34
I opened with AA on April 2, 12 with $25,000 new account. I have cycled for a total of $100,000 and have yet to see anything posted to my AA account.
you should of gotten some miles for the 25k atleast, are they not depositing miles now until the 90 days are up, similar to how they wait the 30 days until they send you the apple gift card?
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Old May 12, 2012, 3:58 pm
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Originally Posted by snugglening
I did notice that a majority of people here had problem with UA miles not being deposited. Did anyone signup for AA cycled and didn't receive their miles? Just throwing it out there...
My existing account got UA miles several years ago. Signed up for the AA promotion and deposited 100k into it on Apr. 9. So far, haven't got anything in my AA account. I will wait one more week, and move the money back to BankDirect.
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Old May 13, 2012, 10:58 am
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Opened a new account late April. Deposited $25k on 4/30, $25k on 5/2 and $10k on 5/9. 25,000 AA miles posted today. NOW I will see what else I can do with this balance, if anything, and will report back.

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Old May 13, 2012, 11:31 am
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Originally Posted by napilimom
Opened a new account late April. Deposited $25k on 4/30, $25k on 5/2 and $10k on 5/9. 25,000 AA miles posted today. NOW I will see what else I can do with this balance, if anything, and will report back.
Same here, my deposit was on the same week as you, and my miles have posted. It seems that the waiting time at least for AA miles is 3 WEEKS!!! I'm going to try to churn, will report back as well.
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Old May 13, 2012, 12:12 pm
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For what it's worth, here are my data points (though I'm not sure they're relevant anymore). Sorry I don't have specific dates.

January -- called and received exemption for AA miles as existing account holder.

Early February -- funded account with full 100k, called Fido to let them know (per the exemption instructions), and the AA miles immediately posted.

Late February -- signed up for Delta offer.

Early March -- Delta miles posted.

April 3 -- signed up for the 200 free trades offer, and immediately received confirmation email for the free trades.

April 5 -- signed up for Apple offer.

April 6-20: cycled to reach 300k (I withdrew and re-deposited 3 times, so I wasn't relying on Fidelity crediting deposits from before my Apple signup).

May 8: received the "our gift to you" email

May 11: received $500 gift card via UPS

Now I plan to repeat the process for my wife (but too bad I won't be able to get her the AA/Delta double dip. At least I won't have to go through the exemption process!)
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Old May 13, 2012, 1:04 pm
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Originally Posted by napilimom
Opened a new account late April. Deposited $25k on 4/30, $25k on 5/2 and $10k on 5/9. 25,000 AA miles posted today. NOW I will see what else I can do with this balance, if anything, and will report back.
Originally Posted by Rommie2k6
Same here, my deposit was on the same week as you, and my miles have posted. It seems that the waiting time at least for AA miles is 3 WEEKS!!! I'm going to try to churn, will report back as well.

Very promising for cycling. Thanks for sharing.
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Old May 13, 2012, 3:15 pm
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Fidelity Bonus offers for airline miles & hotel points ONLY

Note that I have not done any cycling of funds; this was all new $. I will, however, see what I can do about that now.
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Old May 13, 2012, 5:36 pm
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Same here, I have not cycled yet... going by how long it takes miles to post, I'm guessing even if I start cycling now, we will only know the result by mid June.
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