I had a bit of a panic moment today. I got the email with my one time activation code around 11:00 this morning. I didn’t realize until I tried to activate my account that I needed a second email with my member id. I started to read tales of people waiting weeks to get that second email, and only finally getting it after calling and practically begging MS,
and I started to get a little nervous. Thankfully I got the member id email at 6:00 tonight. I activated my account, and surprisingly my points were already loaded. So I banked them to next year and immediately booked a quick 3-night stay in October. Now the planning begins!