My current Gold card says Rewards Plus, so I'm very uncertain whether I'll get the rewards or not. I'm new to all this, but I imagine the best play would be to spend the $3k + annual fee and hope for the best. I won't get my card until next week, but I probably won't call to confirm. I'm not convinced it'll matter that the 100k bonus was noted on your account or not. I already confirmed that the card came with the bonus when Amex called to confirm that I made the application. That's probably good enough.

There is one thing I haven't made a decision about, though. I might get an idea the more into churning and points I get, but is this a handy card to have after the 100k reward is used? My goal for this year is probably only 1 intl flight and a few domestic flights. I hope to grow to more intl flights in the next few years ... but not sure when that will be.
I suppose that is really up to me to decide whether the $450 annual fee is worth is, but what are other peoples' plans ?