Datapoint:
Applied: 5/13/2014
Satisfied Requirements: 6/2/2014
Points Posted: 8/28/2014
It wasn't quite that easy though. I called up to verify the promotional code was associated with my account after signing up. I called up again to verify I had satisfied the requirements. All good.
Fast forward to this week and I get a $300 bonus instead of the 30K AA posting. They had me under the wrong promotion. That took several days to rectify, but the miles have now deposited.
What a painful bank to work with. The sheer number of secure messages, chats, and time spent on the phone to verify and correct this promotion was absurd. They are the Comcast of the banking institutions apparently.