It means you are impatient. The credit is coming.
Sorry for my impatience, I only have a few days left to cancel the card to get my AF refunded. Once the credit has posted I am going to cancel the card.
It may ruin my relationship with AMEX, but I booked a $48 ticket using my old TravelBank funds from previous years' credits, then booked the pet fee on the PRG. Then cancelled the reservation within 24 hours. Once the credit posts I'm going to cancel the card, and once the refund posts I should have a credit balance of $100 which I hope to be able to get refunded before they claw it back.
This sort of behavior may be discouraged, but I've already milked AMEX for most if not all of their once-in-a-lifetime cards... Besides, their airline fee credit is too restrictive anyway