Another Data Point
Both the wife and I applied for our first 50k Citi AAdvantage Visa card from page one link #2 of this thread on 4/5/13 and both of us were instantly approved. Today, 4/22/13 both of us applied for the 30k Gold AAdvantage card and were also instantly approved. Now we will wait 65 or so days and apply for the business version. ^