My SPG points from the July promo posted as soon as my billing statement was ready.

Hi Rick,

My wife's Chase checking personal that we opened March 1st just posted the last miles last week after 100 phone calls. Not only that but they charged the $65 fee over the $25 personal card fee. At open they said wait till miles then credit difference. Now they say i waited to long to get credit but at the time said if we credit it may mess up your miles. So, while there are a blizzard of miles a fall'in – KEEP ON THEM and don't let time pass will be my mantra from now on!

Can't wait to meet you Saturday at Chicago OD!

This is my experience so far at getting the last of my SPG points posted: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/starwood-preferred-guest/1100910-30-000-point-bonus-new-spg-amex-deadline-extended-7-31-a-53.html#post14796554

I received my SPG pts from the 30K sign up bonus almost immediately after the billing cycle ended ; on another note, I xferred those pts to my AAdvantage account and within 2 days, it showed up there as well.

HaHa. I sincerely don't think it has anything to do with one's old age. I've had plenty of trouble with points posting all over the travel industry this year. To some degree, though not completely, I question if this is not a trend in the industry. How much "money" can the companies save if they just don't post the points or miles, and the customer gives up? What these companies lose sight of is that frequent traveller programs are suppose to be an incentive to buy more. As an example, earlier this year Hertz offered me a deal through Airtran. The first rental, the bonus didn't post and I let it slide. When it happened again, I emailed customer support. They wanted 10 business days to respond to a customer! The response was not satisfactory; so I called, which also proved unsatisfactory. So I sent another email which Hertz has never responded to. I needed another rental, and I didn't want to chance Hertz again, so I tried National's promotion. The National miles posted within 48 hours. Next Airtran announced it's deal with Southwest; and suddenly Hertz/Airtran points meant nothing to me, so I let it drop. But the points failing to post did move Hertz to my "least likely to rent from" spot. Then Avis ran a very good promotion through American Airlines, which I booked through aa dot com. Three days later the standard miles posted, but no bonus miles. A call to their customer service was unsatisfactory; but a reply to my email said the bonus miles would post in three days. It is now five days and the bonus miles have not yet posted. I am ready to rent again, and I'll be going with National. I admire the guy who made 100 phone calls to get the points; but my life is just to short. If the frequent traveller programs are not actually going to act as an incentive, then we might as well go back to the industry's dreaded "lowest price" scenario.

Citibank posted my 75,000 miles very quickly in the statment close of my meeting the 1,500 min. spend. Very happy with how fast and painless this deal was. I have another 75,000 to post from my other bus citibank card. I thought of going for more but my hubby didn't like that idea. So I got 150,000 out of that deal….I'm pretty happy.
Thanks Rick!!!!