Originally Posted by
plsavaria
I ordered a new card during the promotion and cancelled my previous card, before having to pay the annual fee.
Spend more than $500 on the first day, got the 15k bonus posted the next day.
Awesome! Thanks for the reassurance that this will work!
Update Aug 2013: Just wanted to add that it worked after all. Per advice given here, I spent enough to cover the fee, then on the next statement, the fee was refunded, and my 15k aeroplan points showed up in my account. Sweet!
