Originally Posted by
jsucool76
There's a 99.99% chance you won't get your card in time to get the 2014 airline credit. Most likely would've been best off applying on say...january 8th or a bit later, cause then you could double dip your airline redemption in january 2016 before your second annual fee hit.
That is if you intend on cancelling the card after year one. If you plan on keeping it then you just need to play the waiting game.
The annual fee shouldn't hit until end of first billing cycle so for the poster, it should be end of Jan/early Feb. That will be more than enough time to double dip before having to pay a 2nd annual fee.