Received my Elite kit today, having had my qualifying flights post two weeks ago and the sweep done the following Sunday, 10-days ago. This means it takes a full week to process the new kits and get them into the mail. I believe the processing centre is just outside Toronto, which means mine was likely posted Monday.

So anyone expecting to newly qualify for Elite or SE mid-year, count on two weeks from the Sunday sweep in most of Canada, add another week for delivery by regular mail outside the country. [The delay experienced earlier this year by many Es and SEs was due to an accident in the mailing house and not the normal processing procedure, so I am sure David's kit will make it down to New Zealand well before he departs, quite likely next week.]

BTW, as posted by Parnel in another thread, the "default" kit contains:

4 SWUs
4 NAUs
2 MLL/AL Passes
1 Duty Free discount voucher

And of course:

1 Membership Card
2 Luggage Tags
2 "Spaghetti" straps

And while one doesn't get to opt for any threshold bonuses, one does get 2,500 bonus Status Miles.

Anyone care to swap some SWUs for SSWUs?