I am very confused about the 10K miles. When does that kick in for a cardholder? Both my DH and I on separate accounts were grandfathered into Aviator program from the old US MC.

The discussion here swings between the 10K miles benefit and the retention/AF waiver attempts. They are mutually exclusive, right?

TIA.

PS. Also, since the credit dept. was closed when we called on Monday and we have to call back to close (that's what we were told by nice rep Cheryl), what should we be asking for? Annual fee was waived. We were set to have the Aviator CL transferred over to Barclay CR opened in December.

We were given an earlier impression "no go" on Aviator AF, so after closing on a home and chains off from the mortgage company tracking our credit habits, I advised my DH to apply for another Barclay card so we wouldn't lose the $20K CL. Thus, the reason why we were being transferred to the Barclay credit dept.

But now that the AF waiver was granted for him, what should we be asking for in addition? I got the standard AF waiver and $1K/5K AA miles on my separate Aviator. Frankly, I would like something better for his card. Thanks again.