Yes, in the year my wife took the first year fee free card offer for the regualr card, the terms of FFF then were as now (i.e., pay the fee to goet FFF QA credit). One or more FT threads discussed this then, and could probably be found via a search, that indicated that this worked, and it was borne out by her experience. Also, a spearate flier enclosed with the mailing of this offer represents that getting the card will be a QA for FFF05 (despite the fact that there is no fee for the first year).