I had a very interesting call with the CS at US air Barclay card. The gentlemen sounded like he was from India for openers. I asked him about my points for the 1st purchase and he said if you pay the annual fee you will get the 40K. I told him I signed up on a link for 1st year fee waived, after a few minutes he agreed. Then he said it will take until April 16 or something, but my card is not linked, he said I have to call US air directly and ask them to link. I called them and they said it is linked. I asked the US air CS about my bonus points for the transfer and she said you got to call Amex. All in a days work