Mine was approved today (I have a fraud alert on all my accounts so I had to call after receiving a letter). Customer service confirmed that I will get 50,000 on first spend. I am not an elite- but did have miles in my account. I got the CO explorer in March of 2011 and got bonus miles. Before that I had another UA card and got bonus cancelled that in August 2011. If this last bunch comes through I will be very happy.