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When you upgrade, you don't necessarily get a fee right away anyhow. You may (or may not) have time to get the signup bonus before your fee is assessed. That's because of doing an upgrade in the middle of the year cycle of your card that you upgraded.
I believe their wording was that within 45 days I will be assessed a pro-rated fee. I'll keep you all posted on how this works out. 24 hours after upgrading, my account now shows the card as an Aspire and the account number has remained the same (no surprise, I know).