I just now got a reward certificate for puchases back in October! Free is free, but don't hold your breath waiting for rewards to come in. At least they will now e-mail them so you can print them out yourself, but they are still VERY slow. I've gotten about 180$ in rewards certificates by having friends use it on their regular purchases if they don't have the card (and have no interest). The new 15k requirement kinda sucks - have to spend 25$ more just to get the same reward. They let you enter your card # online now, so online purchases count now, too.
They've given me the card free 2 years in a row. If you wait 'til the renewal time, you may get lucky and get a 'free' offer like I did just a week before it was set to expire.