Originally Posted by
Points Scrounger
I suppose the answer is that one's account is flagged as a card holder upon issuance.
Some time around issuance, yes. But without finding past threads where datapoints on Plat status upgrade speed (for those who did not have Plat or Spire before the getting card), I would not assume any particular timing. I could possibly envision, for example, how it might possibly not be sent until your first card statement closes.
But again, I bet there's plenty of datapoints on this in some other thread from the past. But you presumably didn't look for one if you started a new thread about this now. (The 10% rebate has been available for quite a few years now, and AFAIK has worked the same the whole time.)