I'm so glad I found this forum.
Applied for the Platinum a month ago, was approved. A nice lady on the phone gave me the 100k points (which just showed up two days ago).
Just applied for this Gold card, was approved, will send a SM tomorrow requesting code 5894. What's interesting is that I originally applied through a 25k offer linked somewhere in this thread, but after logging in to speed up my application process, I was forwarded to a 10k rewards after spending $30k in the first year. If I get any push back from the SM I'll use that bait-and-switch to my advantage.
Very appreciative of all the feedback in these threads!