Add authorized user between Nov 15 and Dec 31 2013
AU makes first spend by Feb 28
Receive 15k bonus within 8-12 weeks from the end of the promo period (listed as Dec 31)

This means basically points should post during March. And since Chase posts points once a month, I'm not stressing out until after my statement closes on the 11th and the base points post on the 18th/19th

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/marri.../#post17934084

damn, i wish my card got targeted for that!

You didn't have to be targeted, you just had to call in and tell them that you wanted in on the offer. Your simple knowledge of the offer SEEMED to be enough. But now with no points posting...
However, even those who actually were targeted haven't gotten their miles yet either, so I'm still holding out hope!

Update: the $60 cash rebate GCR signup for this card has been bumped up from 8,000 to 24,000 pts. Apply through GCR instead of directly at MBNA!

Is the best current sign up bonus for a no AF, not FYF, card the Amex Blue Sky (15k, including referral)? Or am I missing something somewhere? Also, any thoughts on the overall best no AF card out there, apart from the sign up bonus?

Yes. For American Express, the two no-fee options are
The Blue Sky® Credit Card
and
The Holt Renfrew Card from American Express®

Nearly all the good signup bonuses are offered by credit card companies who hope you'll keep (and pay for) the card after the first year; most people it seems don't bother to cancel after the first year.

If you want a card to hold long term, no annual fee, one example is the MBNA Best Western MasterCard.

There's also the regular Air Miles CC. It's not the greatest FFP out there, but if you already have some history/points with Air Miles, the signup is 500 miles, no annual fee.

• Earn 1 AIR MILES®* reward mile for every $15 in Card purchases at AIR MILES®* Sponsors
• Earn 1 reward mile for every $20 in purchases everywhere else the Card is used
• No annual fee

Has Amex changed their MR posting times? I have always received my signup bonus points very soon after reaching the minimum spend. When I contacted them they indicate that it is 8-10 weeks from date of reaching the minimum spend. Sure enough when I found the fine print it does indicate this (except it says up to eight weeks):

Please allow up to eight weeks for the Welcome Bonus to be awarded.

For some reason, it says only six weeks for the Plat card.

I sure hope it doesn't take this long as it will change my timing for churns, especially when I want to use these for the Avios bonus (hopefully coming).

Short answer: Yes. Posting times have changed.
Long answer: You will find lots of opinions on this topic, some of them repeated a lot:rolleyes:, at:
Churning Amex in Canada
and also at:
30000 aeroplan points no fee amex aeroplan gold card through a refferal

Jerry, I don't think the Short answer is a DEFINITIVE "Yes". More like a "Maybe".

Tommy, look at the last few pages in the threads that Jerry linked to...there have been varying success/failures in getting the MR threshold points posted right away. As you and I and others had become accustomed to, we were able to reliably see the 20K, 25K, 60K posted after the spending requirement was posted to the Amex account, but since Sept/Oct last year, it has been (as someone FAMOUS on FT puts it) consistently inconsistent. ;) And it's not just the Membership Rewards cards, but also the Aeroplan Plus cards.

Unfortunately, you've fallen into the group that has NOT seen the points right away, and so now YMMV on calling up Amex to get the points posted, as they can indeed cop-out and redirect and refer you to the 8-10 weeks "general" guideline for posting the points...but, once you get beyond 10 weeks you should be ALL OVER the the MR department to award you the points "immediately".

Good luck.

Base points have posted, AU 15k has NOT

Anybody else with feedback?

Same here

Was told from 2 reps (one offshore and not) that bonus points did not make it for this cycle... and wait for the next one. uh.

We don't have one of these for Australia anywhere do we? - MilesBuzz Australia?

Ditto. Really wish another card with no foreign transaction fees would enter the Canadian market. I don't find any value with this card other than that, more so now with Marriott consistently devaluing their program.