Currently the only way to have veteran rewards is to apply a game time card to your account as anything else will only apply after your current period of subscription is up. Are there any plans to make game time cards available to NA players or will we just have to wait until our free time runs out?

Just for the record, Ultimate Game Cards, and Crysta do not work. They will not be charged until the current subscription runs out, meaning Veteran Rewards will not be applied until that time.