I can also confirm that I had no mailing, didn't phone anyone, and just applied via the link in this thread, towards the end of Jan. I've just similarly seen the refund of the £99, even though the signup page made no mention of it.
So I assume I'll get the 40K points as well.
Good result, especially as I have a £5K bill to pay shortly and the vendor doesn't take Amex, which will give me another 10K points, and puts me on a path to get another free night at 10K spend.