My brother applied through my referral link setup on Facebook. He still hasn't received his card.

He wasn't even an Aeroplan Member and for years I've been telling him to skip out on Air Miles and go with Aeroplan. So he applied for the Amex Aerogold, and checked off the option to assign him automatically an Aeroplan number.

Its a week and he still hasn't received his card. IIRC its up to 10 business days, so that's what I told him.